MacGowan started the politically-tinged Pogues in London in 1982, with the backing of several traditional Anglo-Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, mandolin and accordion. One might mistake ...

The Pogues were a punk band that just happened to employ traditional Irish instruments like accordion, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, tin whistle and uilleann pipes in their songs. They were also an ...

The Pogues, then seven members strong, had multiple personnel changes over the years, but their sound was defined from the beginning by James Fearnley on accordion and Spider Stacy on tin whistle.

Cave performed the Pogues song “A Rainy Night in Soho” at the service. His face looked emotional, and his voice quivered as he played the piano, and musicians played violin and accordion ...

MacGowan, who died last Thursday, recorded it with his band the Pogues, and if you ever saw ... and the song flatlines into that single accordion note, now an octave lower.

The Pogues melded Irish folk and rock ’n ... Irish melodies and instruments including banjo, tin whistle and accordion. “It never occurred to me that you could play Irish music to a rock ...

The Pogues’ most famous song ... traditional Irish melodies and instruments including banjo, tin whistle and accordion. “It never occurred to me that you could play Irish music to a ...

The Pogues’ most famous song ... traditional Irish melodies and instruments including banjo, tin whistle and accordion.“It never occurred to me that you could play Irish music to a rock ...

He also mentioned a wit sharp enough to intimidate company, a quality to which James Fearnley, The Pogues’ accordion player, referred in his excellent memoir Here Comes Everybody. Everyone in ...

Thanks to the enduring allure of "Fairytale of New York," the spirit of the Pogues' Shane MacGowan is in the air once more. But MacGowan's impact and legacy were also heard onstage in Dublin last ...

(SOUNDBITE OF WILL HOLSHOUSER'S "ABIDE WITH ME") JOHNSON: For many music fans, the accordion will bring to mind the music of the Celtic punk rockers The Pogues, and Holshouser touches on the Irish ...