London • I fell in love with “Fairytale of New York,” the indelible Christmas ... I found out later he was Spider Stacy, who played tin whistle in the Pogues. There was adventure and longing ...

Backed by a fiddle, cello, tin whistle, and a trio of silken-voiced backup singers performing Kirsty MacColl's part of the duet, "Fairytale of New York" was perfectly suited to Hozier's rich ...

“I just thought it would be really interesting to see what they do with a Christmas song,” recalled Murray in the BBC TV documentary The Story of Fairytale Of New York ... the answer,” said Spider ...

If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988) The follow-up single to “Fairytale of New York” showed a refinement ... of the hard stuff in one hand, a tin whistle in the other and this tale ...

Have you ever heard a better opening to a song than that one, from “Fairytale of New York” by MacGowan ... backed by swelling strings and piping tin whistle, goes on to admit he’s not ...

The students and staff at Holy Trinity College in Cookstown, Co Tyrone say they're stunned by the warm reaction to their cover of "Fairytale of New York ... Canavan on tin whistle, Ryan Coney ...

LONDON — Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of Celtic punk band the Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York ... banjo, tin whistle and accordion.

The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, who was behind the iconic Christmas song Fairytale of New York, has died aged 65. MacGowan formed the legendary band with Peter 'Spider' Stacy (tin whistle ...

Recorded in the summer of 1987 and released later that year, The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" famously never made it to number one in the U.K first time around, held off the top spot by Pet ...