In our latest post on The Blackpool Sentinel @colmocallaghan.bsky.social revisits Brian, (the work of Ken Sweeney) A remarkable body of songs worth another listen. (check out the recent rerelease on @needlemythology.bsky.social Read here theblackpoolsentinel.com/2025/09/07/b...

For the week that’s in it… a guest post on Oasis… courtesy of Eoin O Callaghan… theblackpoolsentinel.com/2025/08/14/o...

Jarvis Cocker paused during Pulp’s 3Arena show last week to remember their first gig in Dublin — The Rock Garden, March 1993. A £10-a-night hotel, missing gear, and one unforgettable punchline. Read the full tale of Pulp’s curious Irish beginnings here theblackpoolsentinel.com/2025/06/16/p...

Good evening from Cork… saying it as it is..

I've started playing one classic Irish song every day and I'm going to share them here. Today's is Galway's 'The Swinging Swine' Them Ghosts Do Come (1987). Joanne Loughman has one of the purest voices I've ever heard, and that wonderful jangly guitar? Pure magic. youtu.be/a4m2gDMbVNI?...

Remember the buzz of a good disco? Dave Heffernan captures it beautifully in our latest guest post - “Yes Disco.” A lovely read for anyone who was ever there — or wishes they had been: theblackpoolsentinel.com/2025/04/24/y...

Finally got around to actually doing another @libfocus.bsky.social post after what seems years. It's one I've been playing around with for ages... Some of my favourite records about libraries and librarians... I hope you enjoy (or at least enjoy the music 👇

Boyzone’s story gets the documentary treatment in No Matter What—a sharp, stylish look at fame, media, and music @colmocallaghan.bsky.social gives his take in our latest post. #Boyzone #NoMatterWhat theblackpoolsentinel.com/2025/02/12/b...

Well, a few days late posting this… but still… 😊

Bowie and Cork via The Blackpool Sentinel. theblackpoolsentinel.com/2016/01/19/d...

RTE’s Late Late Show has some amazing performances of Irish bands in their archives. Can you imagine what god-fearing Ireland of 1979 thought of this Virgin Prunes performance. youtu.be/hyFHn_IWMQQ?...

Remembering Mick Lynch - gone 9 years today. @colmocallaghan.bsky.social wrote a lovely tribute to Mick at the time theblackpoolsentinel.com/2015/12/18/m...

New post alert. Just back from the Kane Gang’s recent gig in Sunderland, we dive deep into the Kane Gang and reflect along the on the iconic Kitchenware Records scene, touching on Prefab Sprout, Paddy McAloon, and Martin Stephenson. theblackpoolsentinel.com/2024/12/04/h...

Ronnie Spector has what is easily the funniest quote in that new Beatles '64 documentary.

We’ve started a starter pack for those who post about Irish rock music. If you want to be added, or know somebody who should be on this list please let us know! Let’s connect this scene up

Shane McGowan died this day last year. Here’s a piece on Shane and The Pogues, one of the first ever pieces on the TBS - “Kiss me I’m Irish” theblackpoolsentinel.com/2015/03/17/k...

We've started a starter pack for those who write about Irish rock music... if you're one of those, or know others let us know we'll add you / them. Thanks. #irishmusic #irishrock go.bsky.app/JfybWJS

A new TBS post is coming soon, but in the meantime, we'll be posting some of the most read posts on the blog... First up "Prefab Sprout: From Croke Park to Langley Park to Memphis" #prefabsprout theblackpoolsentinel.com/2024/08/19/p...

"whoiwasandwhatiam" is a beautiful, emotional, enthralling single piece of music, 37 minutes long, with the only lyrics having been written by Dennis Potter. Lots to talk about, which we did a week or two ago." ~ Niall Crumlish psychiatryandsongs.com/2024/10/01/d...

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