Bad news for Providence’s loudest singalong. The Parlour on North Main Street is up for sale, and once a buyer turns up the doors close, taking the PVD Shanty Sing with it. Sharks Come Cruisin have hosted the night there for 12 years.
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The Punkfolkers Catch the Night Bus To Tombland: “Punkfolk” Opens the 1977 Tribute
Norfolk’s Punkfolkers are back. London-Irish punk-folk man Anto Morra and three old punks from East Anglia’s STAIN! have put out “Punkfolk”, the opening track of their long-awaited album Night Bus To Tombland, due in April 2027 to mark 50 years since The Clash’s debut.
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The Dreadnoughts Book a New England Double, Then Jera On Air 2027
Vancouver’s clusterfolk crew The Dreadnoughts are heading back east in January. They hit Scottish Dave’s Pub in Clinton, Connecticut on Friday, January 15, then Deep Cuts in Medford, Massachusetts on Saturday, January 16, with Consuelo’s Revenge riding shotgun.
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The Rumjacks: Down To Nothing Lands as Series 1 of 6
The Rumjacks have a new single out. “Down To Nothing” landed Friday, a two-and-a-half-minute shot of Celtic punk now sitting as their latest release on Apple Music and the artist pick on Spotify.
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Common Run: Live For Today Is West Virginia’s Celtic Street Rock Debut
West Virginia’s Common Run have their debut EP, Live For Today, out now: four tracks of what the band call “Celtic street rock and roll,” released on their own Common Run Records. It’s the first proper release from a crew based in the state’s eastern panhandle.
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The Pogues Go Back to The Nips: Spider Stacy Sings “Gabrielle” for Shane
The Pogues didn’t cover a Pogues song for Shane MacGowan’s tribute album. They went back further, to “Gabrielle” by Shane’s pre-Pogues punk band The Nips, with Spider Stacy on lead vocal. It released Friday, November 13 on 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan (Rubyworks).
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Sharks Come Cruisin: Last PVD Shanty Sings as The Parlour Goes Up for Sale
Providence shanty crew Sharks Come Cruisin are marking the end of an era. Their longtime North Main Street home, The Parlour, is up for sale — and the band’s November newsletter flags the next two PVD Shanty Sings as the last ones at the room that made the sing possible.
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The Guzzlers: Drinking The Dream Is Out Today
Limerick brothers Tom and Cian O’Dowd — The Guzzlers — put their debut out today. Drinking The Dream lands on Campus Label: ten tracks cut live and entirely acoustic, the first ten songs they ever wrote together.
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Dave King Back With Flogging Molly: First Stage Return Since 2024
Dave King is back on stage with Flogging Molly. The band confirmed their frontman rejoined them on stage during late October’s Salty Dog Cruise — their first time playing together since 2024, after King’s traumatic brain injury wiped out the 2025 calendar and scrubbed their Warped Tour dates.
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Muirsheen Durkin & Friends: Bunch Of Bastards
Eight years is a long stretch between pints, but Muirsheen Durkin & Friends are back with Bunch Of Bastards, and the Arnsberg crew haven’t softened a bit. Same no-frills Teutonic Celtic punk that made 11 Pints & 3 Shots (2018) such a stomper — pipes up front, Mac Rünker’s sandpaper bark on the mic, and songs built for sticky floors and flying elbows.
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