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Podcast: The BelTel
Episode: Shane MacGowan: London-Irish punk, performer and poet
Description: Shane MacGowan has died at the age of 65. From a poetry-fuelled middle class upbringing to the chaotic UK punk scene, MacGowan was an innovator, marrying punk with Irish music, the chronicler of the Irish émigré, and a poet who wrote about love, loss and the chaos of addiction. Fionnan Sheean and John Meagher look at the life he led and thelyrics he wrote. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.