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Phil Coulter and John Sheahan vs Lankum and The Mary Wallopers: Sit back and enjoy the music-industry hatred

What a pleasure to observe the flare-up between the composer and last surviving Dubliner and the drone-folk maestros and bouncy balladeers

The Dubliners: Bob Lynch, Barney McKenna, John Sheahan, Ronnie Drew and, in front, Ciarán Bourke in 1965. Photograph: Brian Shuel/Redferns
The Dubliners: Bob Lynch, Barney McKenna, John Sheahan, Ronnie Drew and, in front, Ciarán Bourke in 1965. Photograph: Brian Shuel/Redferns
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Hugh Linehan
Sat Sept 28 2024 - 05:00

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