Ahoy, mateys. For those of you who are unaware, Wednesday, Sept. 19 is the 17th annual National Talk Like a Pirate Day. Which is, of course, the coolest holiday since Christmas. Maybe it’s even cooler ...

Swashbuckler: a blustering, swaggering fighting man. "The Pirates of Penzance" is a Gilbert & Sullivan musical that features some cavorting swashbucklers. Fans of Gilbert & Sullivan musicals are in ...

LEERING, full of menace and the threat of pain, “15 Men on a Dead Man’s Chest” is arguably the most famous pirate song ever committed to tape (and thanks to its refrain, “Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, ...

Three-cornered hats, skull-and-cross-bone-decorated clothing and black eye patches are all associated with pirates. Add some instruments, screaming fans and a temporarily stolen boat and you end up ...

As far as the record industry is concerned, the existential (and the literal) threat of piracy has not been negated by the rise of streaming. Legal action continues and studies claim the issue ...

In July, Rockin’ Ron the Friendly Pirate released his latest full-length record, Talk Like a Pirate. The rollicking collection of nautically themed children’s tunes is the affable Vermont buccaneer’s ...

"space pirates" and "set sail". :) I'm trying to keep the music submissions more varied these days, and I do read and take ...

The Pirate Bay has rolled out some interesting new features designed to help users discover new music. When you go to a page containing a music torrent, provided TPB can parse out the name of the band ...

As legal music downloading takes off as never before, music pirates are shunning peer-to-peer services in favor of using iPods to swap music. According to a report from the Pew Internet & American ...

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star recruited the talents of Tom Waits, Keith Richards, Nick Cave, Sean Lennon, Broken Social Scene and others for a follow-up to his 2006 Rogue's Gallery album. By ...