Irish music critic Stephen White has a new Last Mixed Tape episode out, and it’s a sharp 16-minute dig into Shane MacGowan’s long fight with what Irish music was “allowed” to sound like.

The Sick Bed of MacGowan: How the Pogues Changed Modern Ireland landed October 10. White traces the Tipperary-to-punk collision that made The Pogues, the diaspora dignity baked into the songs, and how that restless streak still runs through Lankum, The Mary Wallopers, Madra Salach and Fontaines D.C. His take is blunt: Shane didn’t corrupt tradition — he tore the fences down. Catch it on Apple Podcasts and at thelastmixedtape.com.

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