| Title: | Celt Notefile |
| Moderator: | TALLIS::DARCY |
| Created: | Wed Feb 19 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Shane MacGowan and the Popes are at Avalon in Boston next Wednesday 8/9.
Has anybody listened to their new album, The Snake?
-Julia
This is a review by Kevin Convey in the Herald.
From out of the puddles of Guinness, piles of broken glass and tales of
alcoholism and exhaustion that attended his departure from the Pogues in
1990, Shane MacGowan rises - alive and well enough to make a top-shelf
punk-Celt solo album.
Better by far than the album th Pogues made without him, The Snake finds
the dentally challenged MacGowan in fine, woozy form, spitting out tales
of drink, debauchery and death in a broken voice that makes Dylan sound
like Pavarotti.
The Popes lean harder toward rock than the Pogues did and what they can't
match in musicianship they make up for in enthusiasm. If MacGowan's songs
aren't up to his best work with the Pogues, The Snake is still a comeback
that verges on the miraculous.
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| 1492.1 | RANGER::HORGAN | Craicailte indiadh damhsa | Fri Sep 15 1995 12:18 | 14 | |
Some events coming soon to the Boston area. Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Concert of Champions. Saturday, October 14th, 8:00 pm. Kenney Junior High School, Waltham, Mass. Gaeilic Roots II Festival Boston College Irish Studies Program Concerts, workshops, lectures, ceilis, etc. etc. September 29 - October 1. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. | |||||
| 1492.2 | MROA::NADAMS | hi ho ro ri i o | Fri Sep 15 1995 13:37 | 15 | |
Some additional info on the Gaelic Roots II Festival: A ticket
for everything is $75; there are two masters concerts on Sunday,
with tickets $20; Saturday workshops (any or all) are $25; ceilis
on Friday and Saturday night are $10.
A couple of other coming-up-real-soon concerts, these at the
Blackstone River Theatre, 1420 Broad St., Central Falls, Rhode
Island. Telephone: 401-722-6460.
Saturday, September 16, 8:00 p.m. -- Noel Hill ($7 adult/$5 senior)
Sunday, September 17, 7:00 p.m. -- Cherish the Ladies ($15)
Saturday, October 14, 8:00 p.m. -- Reeltime ($8 adult/$6 senior)
Nancy
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