The BBC said that listeners find the lyrics ‘jarring’ in 2022 BBC Radio 2 has confirmed that it will not play the original version of ‘Fairytale of New York’ by The Pogues this Christmas. The 1987 song, which is performed by The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and singer Kirsty MacColl, creates headlines every festive season […]

3 years ago

Christmas Feels Different. The Vibes from Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim have certainly nailed the sentiment with their Christmas single and now a Grammy-winning LA-based music producer has given them his backing. Greg Wells, who won a Grammy for his work on The Greatest Showman soundtrack and has produced Elton John, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Adele, and […]

5 years ago

Still better than David Bowie and Bing Crosby’s ‘Little Drummer Boy’. Fianna Fáil’s answer to Calvin Harris, Trevor Gilligan has returned with a brand new Christmas song and boy, is it a stocking filler of a tune. ‘Christmas Kiss’ is the latest from the Clondalkin councillor who was previously described in JOE as both “more […]

9 years ago

Prepare yourself, because some shops are already playing them.

9 years ago

There’s plenty of great songs that have been written to celebrate this time of year. They have no place here. Some artists manage to make a decent claw wedge out of writing a top quality Christmas song, and manage to survive off the proceeds from that for the rest of the year until the Yuletide […]

11 years ago

These guys want to keep X-Factor off the Christmas No.1 spot for some great Irish children’s charities. That’s something absolutely everyone at JOE can fully get behind. When I Grow Up was recorded in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre and features a chorus of over 2,000 voices from AIMS, the Association of Irish Musical Societies – […]

11 years ago