If ever a back catalogue epitomised the American Dream, it’s the albums of Van Halen.

A look at the careers of Leonard Cohen and Elvis Costello through Costellos' three favourite songs of Cohen's, listed in a Vanity Fair article.

Finnegan’s Wake. It’s an 200-year-old Irish ballad about a man named Tim Finnegan who lived, died and was reborn – all due to ...

The Pogues are one of those bands that sound old school and modern at the same time, and that was, and still is, part of ...

Wham! has made Official Charts history by landing the Christmas No. 1 spot twice in a row. "Last Christmas" was blocked from ...

The band's next pick, I Speak Astronomy, taken from the same album, is a firm favourite of Eugene's, who notes ...

From Pogues frontman Shane McGowan to TV presenter Chris Kamara, many big names have spent their lives blowing out birthday ...

Previously, I touched on the worst Christmas songs ever written, so why not try my hand at the best? The earworms, the nostalgia bringers, the tear jerkers, this list has them all, and then some!

One called it a “moving performance” and suggested it was a fitting tribute to MacGowan and the late Kirsty MacColl, who sang with The Pogues for the original version. “This is the greatest ...

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There comes a point every festive season when it suddenly dawns on you that if you hear the same old Christmas songs one more ...

Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be ...