Fairytale of New York (The Pogues) - Jeff Tweedy, The Staves, Punch Brothers & more | Live from Here

Chris Thile, Jeff Tweedy, The Staves, Sarah Jarosz, Punch Brothers, Rich Dworsky, and Ted Poor perform The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" to close out our December 16, 2017 broadcast. #ThePogues #FairytaleOfNewYork #JeffTweedy

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[CarpeDonnelly]

RIP Shane MacGowan. Listening on repeat today

[stimpsonjcat]

Ima say it again.
Sarah knows when to sing and gracefully fades to the background when she knows she's not the center.
Amazing.

[nicholashowlett]

The best Xmas song bar none. RIP Kirsty MacColl, can't believe its been 17 years – and thanks to all the performers of this stirring version

[anthonysalvati]

Sarah Jarosz plays her music with such an infectious joy, she has very quickly jumped to the top of my favorite artists.

[margueriteroberts]

This is the BEST Christmas carol and a lovely tribute to the wonderful Pogues.

[JakeTolbert]

Curse you, pandemic, for ending Live from here, one of the brightest spots in current times.

[stimpsonjcat]

Like there was ever a pub that could have commanded this level of talent.

[petersimons]

This song and why it moves me and others.
I am in NYC, Christmas Eve, I am ten years old and have walked outside from a hotel apartment block thimgie, I am wearing a (unbetween known to me, ) a tweed coat, cause its really cold.
At 42nd and 3rd., theres a cop directing traffic.
He blows a whistle and stops all, in every direction. He walks over to me and says "where did ya get that jacket ?" I shrug, cause I dont no. ". He says thats a "Donnegal Tweed." and your an Aussie, am I right?. cause I am kinda lost and so he gives me direction back to the hotel, blows a whistle and all the cars and others are moving again. Big thanks here from me to the NYPD albeit it some 60 years late and thankfull for him being Irish.

[jayelliott]

I love this Christmas Carol...and I love this version.

[pistenqueen]

My all time 23.12. Tradition:
Searching this song on YouTube and listen to all these beautiful versions!
Will never get tired doing this!
Merry Christmas to all of you! 🎄❤️

[britschmenn]

What a worthy tribute. Drives this old 200pounder to tears.

[Sugarplum]

Oh, This is the Fairytale of New York cover I've ever seen !

[dlminflorida]

This is so beautiful! You guys are great and this song needs more exposure in the United States even now! Thanks for this!

[milliewray]

Caught this live, stunning! The 3 part harmony on the "Well so could anyone" line breaks my heart

[lee]

Man, what a lineup for my all-time favorite Christmas song.

[justinbeech]

It’s a great song no matter how you arrange it and sing it !’ Great version!

[KeelyBurnMusic]

I’d never actually heard this song before and this was an awesome first impression! Love the harmonies particularly.

[bif]

When is someone going to make a movie of this song?

[lyi-nexz]

lol, thile at 3:29. love this rendition of the song. beautifully done.

[ScottatHouseonaHill]

Spectacular. The Staves are wonderful on this!