LONDON CELTIC PUNKS WEB-ZINE

  • EP REVIEW: SONS OF O’FLAHERTY – Winter (2023)

    CELTIC Celtic-Punk from the occupied country of Brittany. 3 tracks (+another 3!) of season themed tracks from the great Sons Of O’Flaherty. This site is dedicated to all forms of Celtic music specifically Celtic-Punk and what we especially love is to hear music from the Celtic nations themselves so we’re delighted to bring you the…

  • EP REVIEW: PATRICK&PATRICIA – Folk Of Sea (2024)

    Japanese Celtic-Folk-Punkers Patrick&Patricia are back with the follow up to last years cracking debut with a new EP with six brand new songs. Patrick&Patricia feature on this site for the second time in five months with their brand new mini-album featuring six new self penned tracks. Their debut album Folk Or Alive made the London…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BLACK TARTANS – Never Stop (2023)

    After all the trails and tribulations Black Tartans have been through what else do you call your debut album other than Never Stop? A perfect blend of fast and heavy Punk Rock and superb bagpipes sees a great return for one of Celtic-Punk’s Premier League bands. Many, many moons ago when I was much younger…

  • NEW SINGLE: BRUTUS’ DAUGHTERS Como Piedras

    Como Piedras first single release from the new album of the same name from Madrid, Spain based Celtic-Punk band Brutus’ Daughters. A new song and video hits the streets from Madrid based Celtic-Punk band Brutus’ Daughters. Having began life as a classic Punk-Rock get-up they decided to add both Asturian bagpipe and fiddle and a…

  • NEW ALBUM: THE GRINNING BARRETTS – Bottle Hymns (2023)

    They may hail from British Columbia but its the blood of The Grinning Barretts Scots and Irish ancestors that dominates the music. Loud, proud and in-your-face Celtic-Punk! A six piece, bagpipe strangling, vocal chord mangling, Riot Brewing imbibing, Vancouver Island Celtic punk rock frenzy. “It’s as if their music was a horde of Irish warriors…

  • EP REVIEW / INTERVIEW: THE RAMSTAMPITS – Stompin’ wi’ the ‘Stampits (2023)

    A potent brew of Celtic-Punk from the Celtic heartlands. Three tracks of powerful, melodic, anthemic music from one of the scene’s brightest hopes The Ramstampits. Was a couple of years back a brand new Celtic-Punk band based in the Scottish Highlands and Islands burst onto the scene playing a dynamite mix of Celtic infused Punk.…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: EAST RIVER RATS – The Year Of The Rat (2023)

    Nova Scotia has a special place in Celtic music and especially in Celtic-Punk. Just last week we reviewed the new album by Brad Lannon and today we have another band from the same place the wonderful East River Rats and their second album The Year Of The Rat.   East River Rats are a seven piece Celtic…

  • NEW SINGLE: SOLO ACT AULD HAGGIS MacMURRAY RELEASES The Auld Celtic Lands

    Solo musical performance artist Auld Haggis MacMurray plays, writes, sings, records original songs in everything from 60’s Ska to 60’s Surf Rock and has now released an authentic Celtic rocker with some warm, heart lifting powerful lyrics for the Celtic people and their friends.   This is turning out quite the moment for solo artists…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE GO SET – The Warriors Beneath Us (2023)

    The seventh full-length album from Victoria-based Celtic-Punk band The Go Set. The release follows on from their London Celtic Punks voted #1 double-EP ‘Of Bright Futures’ ‘…and Broken Pasts’ from 2020. The existence of London Celtic Punks is down to two bands, Flatfoot 56 and The Go Set. Playing in quick succession back in 2007 they…

  • NEW SINGLE: GERMAN BAND THE FEELGOOD McLOUDS RELEASE Back In Life

    German Celtic-Punkers The Feelgood McLouds are back with a new single – Back In Life – means not just back in life but back on stage, in the clubs, in the backstage rooms and the cramped tour bus together dancing and partying. The world is sad enough so escape with The Feelgood McLouds into their…

  • NEW SINGLE: TEMPLARS OF DOOM – Will Ye No Come Back Again

    New York unashamedly Irish-American Celtic-Punk Irish band The Templars Of Doom just released a stunning new video and single taken from their recently released third album Rising Of The Doom. Coming out of the aptly titled Ulster County in New York state come The Templars Of Doom. Paying homage to the UK82 style of English…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE REAL McKENZIES – Songs Of The Highlands, Songs Of The Sea (2022)

    After a couple of years of misery for Celtic-Punk fans 2022 has been something of a special year with the biggest and best the scene has to offer all releasing albums and The Real McKenzies even releasing two!  Here Ray Ball checks out Songs Of The Highlands, Songs Of The Sea out everywhere today. Packed to…

  • EP REVIEW: THE RAMSTAMPITS – ‘Light The Beacon’ (2022)

    Stunning debut release of Celtic-Punk direct from the Celtic Heartlands. Six tracks from The Ramstampits full of power, originality, melody, anthemic choruses and variation, performed by some of the best Folk and Punk rock musicians anywhere.  The Ramstampits is a bit of a mouthful and a rather odd name for a band until you find…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THEIGNS & THRALLS – Theigns & Thralls (2022)

    The new project from Skyclad vocalist Kevin Ridley Theigns & Thralls sees the release of their self titled debut album and while it may divide Metal fans it’s one that should get Celtic-Punk fans very excited. Theigns & Thralls is a new band formed by vocalist and songwriter Kevin Ridley. Kevin has been a long…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE CUNDEEZ – ‘Geeez It’ (2022)

    The brand new album from The CundeeZ. Pure Dundee scheme Rock’n’Roll wi bagpipes! It does literally seem like just the other day that Dundee band The Cundeez released anything. Geeez It is the boys 6th studio album and follows swiftly on the heels of Teckle An Hide which made #4 in the London Celtic Punks…

  • EP REVIEW: THE GRINNING BARRETTS – ‘Hope Like Hell’ (2022)

    Bagpipe strangling, vocal chord mangling, gormandizer uplifting, Riot Brew imbibing, Vancouver Island Celtic-Punk Rock. “It’s as if their music was a horde of Irish warriors from the 1800’s running at you in black studded jackets and mohawk hair” A new 4-track EP released for St. Patrick’s Day just gone it appears here in a rather…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE REAL McKENZIES – ‘Float Me Boat’ (2022)

    The Real McKenzies released a best-of album, “Float Me Boat”. Let’s get into it!

  • EP REVIEW: THE CLOVERHEARTS – ‘Still Pissed’ (2022)

    New music just keeps on coming from Australian / Italian Celtic-Punk band The Cloverhearts. One of the scene’s more prolific bands its quality over quantity though and always incredible how they transfer their catchy melodies, tin-whistle ear-worms and energetic live performances into the recording studio. From their debut EP in 2019 The Cloverhearts have never…

  • THE CLOVERHEARTS NEW SINGLE ‘Thorn In My Side’

    The brand new video from Aussie/ Italian Celtic-Punkers The Cloverhearts. ‘Thorn In My Side’ with a strong message against bullying. Lots of change for the Italian band. A new manager and band members but the same ol’ Cloverhearts sound at heart! ‘Thorn In My Side’ is a bagpipe-driven power anthem about staying true to yourself,…

  • COUNTRY ROADS: THE GENTLEMEN Vs. THE CLOVERHEARTS

    Two bands from completely different places and era’s pay homage to the late great John Denver with their version of his classic track ‘Country Roads’ done Celtic-Punk. Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River. Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze. * Country roads,…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: GREEN GUARD – ‘Devil’s Lung’ (2021)

    Hello and welcome to Green Guard. Pretty damn good Celtic-Folk-Punk from Moscow, Russia with bagpipes… and heart! Russia has seen a fair few Celtic-Punk bands come and go so it’s always great to be able to report on these pages a new band. I say new but that is only to us and they’re been…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: TORTILLA FLAT – ‘New Stuff In An Old Barrel’ (2021)

    The bagpipe heavy Swiss Celtic Folk’n’Punk band Tortilla Flat celebrate both their 30th anniversary together as well as their 10th anniversary of playing with The Independent Pipers with the release of their ninth album New Stuff In An Old Barrel. Tortilla Flat celebrate a amazing 30 (yes thirty!) years together in 2021. This makes them…

  • MUIRSHEEN DURKIN RELEASE NEW SINGLE. COVER OF THE UK SUBS ‘RIOT’

    German Celtic rockers Muirsheen Durkin release ‘Riot’ as a tribute to old school indestructible Punk-Rock legend Charlie Harper of the UK Subs. “Closing down our club for no good reason” A wake-up call after the forced Corona break! Having known each other for some thirty years it was only a few years back in 2009…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: RAISE YOUR PINTS. CELTIC- PUNK SAMPLER. VOLUME 6 – VARIOUS ARTISTS (2021)

    From the scene. For the scene. After months of planning, organising and fund-raising the compilation album Raise Your Pints #6 has finally been delivered. Twenty bands from eleven countries celebrating (might be the wrong word- editor) the virus lockdowns in Celtic-Folk-Punk style.  Anyone remember the original Celtic-Punk samplers from Shite’n’Onions? I think they stretched to…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: DROPKICK MURPHYS – ‘Turn Up The Dial’ (2021)

    Now the dust has settled and everyone else has had a go and published their reviews of the latest Dropkick Murphys album ‘Turn Up The Dial’ it is our turn. We see our role here as to promote the little known bands in the Celtic-Punk scene but we have always got time for the ‘big-hitters’…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BUGUL NOZ – ‘Chat In The Freezer’ (2021)

    The second album from Bugul Noz. Belgian Celtic-Punk with major influences from both Metal and Brittany especially. Apologies to Bugul Noz as their email somehow ended up in a file I no longer use so when I came across it four months later I dashed off an apology to the Bhoys and settled down to…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE PEELERS – ‘Down And Out In The City Of Saints’ (2021)

    Immersed in a hotbed of Gaelic culture that smashed head on into a love of whiskey, poetry, footy, debauchery, ska and punk The Peelers may not be the most prolific band on the Celtic-Punk scene but  for 20 odd years they have certainly been one of its best!  Sadly for The Peelers the release of their…

  • EP REVIEW: THE WORKING CLASS SYMPHONY – ‘Mulat Sarira Angrasa Wani’ (2021)

    A island nation with a great seafaring tradition and history of invasion and occupation that became a republic two years after Ireland. Why Indonesia of course and one of the leading lights of the Celtic-Punk scene are The Working Class Symphony. Over the years that this site has existed we have reviewed many Celtic-Punk releases…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE RUMJACKS – ‘Hestia’ (2021)

    The long awaited and hotly anticipated new studio album from The Rumjacks is now out and available everywhere. We missed the release date last week as we didn’t get an advance copy for the first time (!) but better late than never and who better to judge it for us than the ‘FolkPunker’ himself Anto…

  • EP REVIEW: THE FEELGOOD McLOUDS – ‘Saints & Sinners’ (2021)

    A new five track EP of original top class Celtic-Punk from German band The Feelgood McLouds. Before all this Covid nonsense March use to be the busiest month for us by far. We would still be reviewing St. Patrick’s releases into April and May but as with everything else normal service is suspended. Luckily their…

  • INTERVIEW WITH WU WEI FROM CHINESE CELTIC-PUNK BAND SMZB

    We here at London Celtic Punks have a passion for music but what about those who use music to try and achieve a higher goal than just pure enjoyment. The Chinese Celtic-Punk band SMZB are such a band and here Michael X. Rose interviews WuWei their lead singer/ songwriter and reviews their latest album, Once…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: CELT AND PIPER – ‘No Mercy’ (2020)

    Breton Celtic-Punk group Celt And Piper unleash their debut album No Mercy. Eight songs of bagpipe heavy rocking Celtic music! What could be a more Celtic band name than Celt And Piper I wonder? Answers on a postcard please but this newish band from Nantes in Brittany (NOT France) certainly nail their colours to the…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE CUNDEEZ – ‘Teckle An Hide’ (2020)

    Dundee is a truly unique place in Scotland becoming known as YES City after 57% voted in favour of Scottish independence in 2014’s referendum – the highest proportion of Yes votes in Scotland. Like their hometown The Cundeez are also unique. Unashamedly Dundonian Working-Class with a fast and heavy sound, straight out of the Punk-Rock…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: PADDY MURPHY- ‘Rams Rebels Goats And Girls’ (2020)

    If you want to indulge in Celtic Folk Rock, you will definitely take pleasure in Paddy Murphy. Homesickness, the struggle for freedom, sailor’s yarns, love of the odd drink and the rebellious Irish spirit coming together in a musical whirlwind from Austria! With the popularity of Celtic-Punk in Germany second to none it’s perhaps no…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE REAL McKENZIES- ‘Beer And Loathing’ (2020)

    Their eleventh full-length album Beer And Loathing is a true return to form for Canada’s The Real McKenzies. Dueling guitars double up against soaring bagpipes while Paul regales the listener with epic tales of alcohol soaked debauchery, historic sagas and hard-fought personal battles. The Real McKenzies need little introduction having founded in 1992 in Vancouver,…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: CelKILT- ‘The Next One Down’ (2020)

    French band CelKIlt have long established themselves as one of the Celtic-Punk/Rock scenes heavyweights and here they return with their seventh album The Next One Down. Trad Celtic-Rockers CelKIlt are back with their seventh album, recorded in Italy, France and Switzerland over several months, its time has unfortunately come in the middle of the clampdown…

  • EP REVIEW: 7 STOUT CLAN- ‘7 Stout Clan’ (2020)

    Another EP release this time three original songs from Eastern Finland from a band that deserve a lot more recognition. I give you 7 Stout Clan. I find it quite hard to fathom how a band that has been together since 2008 has only just released a small handful of recordings! I suppose its quite…

  • NEW SINGLE FROM INDONESIAN CELTIC-PUNK BAND THE WORKING CLASS SYMPHONY

    The new single/ video release from one of the best bands around and from a non-English speaking country too! The Working Class Symphony play a brand of Celtic-Punk that is totally influenced by Irish traditional folk music. If only more Irish bands played with this much passion and pride! The new single ‘Alerta Song’ from…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: KRAKIN’ KELLYS- ‘Burn Your Flag’ (2020)

    My favourite Celtic-Punk band in the whole wide world are back with their second album and needless to say it’s another belter to beat up the floor to. The last couple of years have been out of this world for Belgian band Krakin’ Kellys. Only formed in 2017 they have far and away been the…

  • EP REVIEW: THE CLOVERHEARTS- ‘The Sacred’ (2020)

    The second EP from one of the brightest new bands in the Celtic-Punk scene has descended! The Cloverhearts follow a great tradition of Italian bands that capture perfectly what Celtic-Punk is about.  Only a few months after their debut release The Sick took the Celtic-Punk scene by storm The Cloverhearts return with another blockbuster EP.…

  • EP REVIEW: THE KILMAINE SAINTS- ‘Off The Wagon Acoustic Sessions’ (2020)

    The Kilmaine Saints are back! One of the best Celtic-Rock bands Irish-America has ever produced with a seven track acoustic EP that includes two new songs and five re-imagined Saints classics. This explosive, high-energy Celtic rock band from Central PA will lift your hearts, your spirits, and your pint when you’re not looking! Well what…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: PATRICKS- ‘Rocky Road To Ireland’ (2020)

    “When we need to escape from reality, and it’s not possible to take a trip to the green land, have a couple of glasses of mead instead and fly inside the head to the land we love so much” Rocky Road to Ireland is the second full length album from Italian band Patricks does much…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BODH’AKTAN- ‘De Temps Et De Vents’ (2019)

    The seventh album of Bodh’aktan from Québec. Seven rogues fusing elements of Celtic, Rock, Trad, Pop and Punk and the music of the Celtic Nations, especially Brittany and Ireland. With bagpipes, flute, accordion, violin and bouzouki and vocals in both French and English they are a force to be reckoned with! We are well into…

  • LONDON CELTIC PUNKS PRESENTS THE BEST OF 2019!

    Well here we go again. It only seems like five minutes since I was compiling all the votes into last years Best Of that saw The Rumjacks romping home with Album Of The Year. This year has been a bit quieter on the Celtic-Punk front but as last year was so busy that is perhaps…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BARLEYJUICE- ‘The Old Speakeasy’ (2019)

    Barleyjuice out of Philadelphia are back with their seventh studio album with fourteen never before released recordings featuring ‘Juice members old and new! Drinking, singing about drinking, singing while drinking, drinking while singing. We never drive while drinking, but we do drive while singing drinking songs, which drives others to drink, giving our drinking songs…

  • 2019 REVIEW ROUND-UP’S PART TWO: EUROPE- BROPHY’S LAW, DIE DÖDELSÄCKE, HELLRAISERS’N’BEERDRINKERS, PYROLYSIS, SCHËPPE SIWEN

    We continue in our vain attempt to catch up with the Celtic-Punk and related releases we missed throughout the year! Each year the number of releases we receive here at 30492- LONDON CELTIC PUNKS continues to amaze us. Now this is great news but it does mean that we cannot keep up with everything we…

  • EP REVIEW: THE CLOVERHEARTS- ‘The Sick’ (2019)

    From false friends, to (temporary) sobriety, to lovable junkies and the world’s worst public transport however you like your Celtic Punk’n’Roll – the debut release from The Cloverhearts will have you covered! No country in the world had had such a relationship with Ireland and the Irish as Italy. From the poverty stricken roots of…

  • EP REVIEW: KRAKIN’ KELLYS- ‘Irish Tribute’ (2019)

    Celtic Skate Punk, beer and bar fight ! What happens when traditional Irish Rock n’Roll meets American Punk music? Here the Krakin’ Kellys take six Irish folk music classics and unite punk-rock riffs with Gaelic-inspired melodies. Angry microphones, greasy bass lines meet bagpipes, flutes and accordion for a drunken party which will leave everyone pumped…

  • EP REVIEW: THE FIGHTING 69th- ‘FAMOUS FOR NOTHING. TRIBUTE TO THE DROPKICK MURPHYS. VOLUME 2 (2019)

    Back again for more it’s Celtic-Punk’s most prolific artist the Buffalo, New York based ‘One Man Band’ The Fighting 69th release their second tribute to Celtic-Punk’s #1 band this year. Five more songs given an affectionate twist and again available as a free download. Was only in September we reviewed Volume 1 of the Fighting…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: 13 KRAUSS- ‘Redención’ (2019)

    Spanish Celtic-Punk band 13Krauss may be part Dropkicks and another wee part Molly’s but 100% Celtic-Folk-Punk! Redención is the third studio album (all independent releases) from Zaragoza based Celtic-Punk band 13Krauss. They were delivered kicking and screaming on 8th December 2012 and a year later they released their first demo Atlántida (available here for free…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: PIPES AND PINTS- ‘The Second Chapter’ (2019)

    One of the best known, most popular and most travelled bands in the the Celtic-Punk scene Pipes And Pints from Czech Republic are back with their third album and a radically different sound! Pipes And Pints are definitely one of the better known Celtic-Punk bands around so it was a bit of a shock when…

  • “YOU’RE A ENGLISH BASTARD, YOU’RE A IRISH BASTARD”

    “You’re a English Bastard, You’re a Irish Bastard” is funny way to explain the situation of Irish folks born outside of Ireland. Stephen Gara, a friend, musician who plays in Neck, and who currently lives in the Hudson Valley was born in London to Irish parents. He told how the English referred to him as…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: ALTERNATIVE ULSTER- ‘Craic Agus Ceol’ (2019)

    Energetic Irish-American Celtic-Punk experience fuelled by Irish whiskey, Irish History and Great Highland Bagpipes! The roots of Alternative Ulster began in March 2015 in NY State’s Catskill’s region. Since then album’s have have been released at regular intervals starting with their debut album, Rebellion. Raw punk rock with Highland bagpipes or as piper John McGovern…

  • EP REVIEW: THE PLACKS- ‘Rebellious Sons’ (2019)

    The debut release from The Placks based in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. World champion Pipers and Punk-Rock legends combine to play a concoction of Celtic infused Punk-Rock and Trad-Folk, but with melody, mirth and a message! One thing that is always levelled at the Celtic-Punk scene is that it is often inauthentic. There are…

  • LONDON CELTIC PUNKS PRESENTS THE BEST OF 2018!

    Well it seems like only yesterday that I was sitting in Mannions in north London totting up the votes for the Best Album Of 2017 over a couple of pints and so here we are again. Everyone loves to give out there opinions and we are no different so for what it’s worth, here’s who…

  • 2018 REVIEW ROUND-UP’S. PART ONE: THE CELTIC NATIONS- CRAIC’n’ROLL, DAMIEN DEMPSEY, PIRATE COPY, FALPERRYS

    Every year we are completely shocked by the sheer number of Celtic-Punk releases we receive here at 30492- LONDON CELTIC PUNKS. As happy as this makes us it unfortunately means that we cannot keep up with everything out there. Sometimes we will receive music that we simply don’t have time to give a review to…

  • THE CELTIC PUNKCAST. BONUS EPISODE- TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2018

    December is usually the time when all the various Celtic-Punk media begin to compile and release their Best Of charts. There’s already been a couple and we are no different with ours traditionally released in the first couple of weeks of January. Our stablemates over at The Celtic Punkcast have just put out a special…

  • EP REVIEW: SCOTCH- ‘Last In The Bar’ (2018)

    Get your **FREE DOWNLOAD** of Austrian Highland Punk-Rockers Scotch debut EP! Far too often bands from outside the Celtic diaspora seem to think that Celtic-Punk is solely down to the influence of the Irish when in fact every Celtic nation should be credited. Today’s band give it away in their name where they get the…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: TIR NAN OG- ‘From The Gallows’ (2018)

    From The Gallows is the fourth album from German Celtic folk punk band Tir Nan Og. Released in January 2018 according to Marvey Mills it delivers an instant slab of authentic folk punk loveliness from the opening song to the very last drop of the fourteenth track. It is necessary, when reviewing an album, to…

  • NOVEMBER’S EPISODE OF THE CELTIC PUNKCAST #20 OUT NOW!

    London Celtic Punks have teamed up with The Celtic Punkcast to bring you the best in Celtic-Punk, Celtic rock and folk punk from around the world so be sure to check out their November episode. G’day everyone! The new podcast from our partners The Celtic Punkcast is up for November. The featured band are New York’s The…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE RUMJACKS- ‘Saints Preserve Us’

    The new album from the undisputed Kings Of Celtic-Punk hits the decks right across every corner of the globe. I never thought they’d ever come close to their out of this world debut album but as Shane O’Neill shows they have not only made an album to compete with Gangs Of New Holland but possibly…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: ALTERNATIVE ULSTER- ‘Boobies, Bagpipes, Banjos & Beer’ (2018)

    Back again with their third album it’s New York’s Alternative Ulster with another, lucky for us, thirteen songs of punk rock driven energetic Celtic pride, humor and downright defiance. Almost six months to the day that previous album, Pog Mo Thoin, hit the streets New York’s Alternative Ulster are back again with another album of rough’n’ready Irish-American…

  • EP REVIEW: THE GRINNING BARRETTS- ‘The Riot EP’ (2018)

     The second EP release in less than six months from the beer and whisky fuelled bagpipe Celtic punk rockers The Grinning Barretts. Delivering more of the same with a range of floor stompin’, table poundin’ trad Irish folk originals, to catchy, ‘waketheFup’ Irish punk anthems that will sure blow the cobwebs out your ears! Though…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BODH’AKTAN- ‘Ride Out The Storm’ (2018)

    Bodh’aktan feature seven characters from vastly different musical trends disembarking to forget the daily grind and all the hassle and leave only good times and a good mood behind them! To fans of Celtic-Punk music traditional Irish music is part and parcel of why we love it so much. It is rather surprising then their…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: HOLD FAST- ‘Black Irish Sons’ (2018)

     The debut album from Pennsylvania-Irish band Hold Fast takes both traditional Irish and original material in a blend of Celtic, punk and rock. Hold tight, hold steady, Hold Fast!  The term Black Irish is thought by many to originate back in Ireland for the offspring of Spanish sailors shipwrecked on the west coast of Ireland back in 1588.…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE CLAN- ‘Here To Stay’ (2018)

    Here To Stay the third studio album from the Milan based Irish rockers The Clan. Celtic rock band formed 2013 from a group of musicians coming from diverse musical directions but with the same deep love for Ireland and its unique sound.  Back in 2016 The Clan were one of the first bands on the…

  • SINGLE REVIEW: TORTILLA FLAT featuring JORGEN RED WESTMAN- ‘THE 45rpm’ (2018)

    With the Swiss taking the World Cup by storm here’s a band that’s been around for quite a while and have released a bunch of cracking Celtic-Punk records. ‘The 45rpm’ is a vinyl 7″ release of chugging punk rock with full blooded bagpipes roaring throughout. Taking their name from John Steinbeck’s novel of the same…

  • HUNGARIAN CELTIC-PUNK WEEK. ALBUM REVIEW #2: PADDY AND THE RATS- ‘Riot City Outlaws’ (2018)

    Hungarian Celtic-Punk week continues with another huge band from the scene. Paddy And The Rats serve up a pirate party with a heavy dose of polka, punk and folk bringing the Irish pub straight into your merry home!  So we move onto Album #2 of our Hungarian Celtic-Punk Week (be sure to check out #1…

  • EP REVIEW: THE GRINNING BARRETTS- ‘The St. Padraig’s’ (2018)

     Beer and Whisky fuelled bagpipe Celtic punk rock from Vancouver Island 5 piece The Grinning Barretts who deliver a range of originals from floor stompin’, table poundin’ trad Irish folk, to catchy, ‘waketheFup’ Irish punk anthems! The Grinning Barretts hail from the town of Ladysmith on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The area was renowned for…

  • EP REVIEW: TEUFELSTANZ- ‘Carmina Tristia’ (2018)

    Teufelstanz are a Russian band that performs medieval music in modern times. In Teufelstanz they play medieval bagpipes supported by various rhythms of the drums with deep resonant percussion. A unique sound they call ‘Alternative Medieval Music’. If one of the aims of this site is to introduce people to new music then I can safely…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: MUIRSHEEN DURKIN AND FRIENDS- ’11 Pints & 3 Shots’ (2018)

    And we all thought Muirsheen Durkin had gone off to mine gold in California but would seem he got lost on the way to Amerikay and ended up in Arnsberg and started playing some proper kick-arse Irish-Celtic-Folk-Punk-Rock! I have a feeling we’ll still be reviewing Celtic-Punk releases from March well into the Summer at this…

  • EP REVIEW: RAISE MY KILT- ‘A New Tartan’ (2018)

    All the way from Argentina it’s the new EP from Raise My Kilt. Celtic-Punk that is 100% attitude and  100% fun! Well what can we say except that its become common these days for bands in the celtic-punk scene to schedule their releases around St. Patrick’s day and 2018 has been no different and we have…

  • EP REVIEW : IN FOR A PENNY ‘Sometimes It’s Better To Not’ (2018)

    We called In For A Penny the hottest new Celtic-punk band of 2017 and with their new EP that came out for St. Patrick’s week they only cement that view in our eyes! One of the highlights of 2017 amongst all the album releases from the ‘superstars’ of celtic-punk was the discovery of a new band…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: KRAKIN’ KELLYS- ‘Promised Land’ (2018)

    What happens when traditional Irish Folk’n’Roll meets American Punk music? A rather unique blend, courtesy of Belgian Krakin Kellys! Now dear readers I’m sure you have absolutely no idea how many celtic-punk albums we have to trawl through to give you the best of the bunch. Well let me tell you its loads and its…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: ALTERNATIVE ULSTER- ‘Pog Mo Thoin’ (2018)

    The second full length album from New York’s Alternative Ulster is thirteen songs of Celtic pride, humor and defiance. Powerful and raw and driven by Great Highland Pipes! The roots of Alternative Ulster begin in March 2015 in NY State’s Catskill’s region. Their debut album, Rebellion, came out in February 2016 and our review ended with “an…

  • 2017 REVIEW ROUND-UP’S PART THREE: THE CELTIC NATIONS- BIBLE CODE SUNDAYS, THE DECLINE!, BRUTUS’ DAUGHTERS, REAL McKENZIES, VINCE CAYO, THE BOTTLERS

    So welcome to 2018 and the first post of the year and the last of our round-ups from 2017. We simply could not keep up with the volume of releases we keep receiving so rather than completely neglect them here’s some much shorter reviews that will at least give you a taste of what they…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: LES RAMONEURS DE MENHIRS- ‘Breizh Anok’ (2017)

    Proper authentic Celtic celtic-punk from the masters of the genre! With more than 50,000 sales and over 600 gigs on the clock the Menhir Chimney Sweeps are one of the scene’s best and biggest bands, and they deserve that fame to spread beyond Brittany too. There really is nothing like a Celtic celtic-punk band. By…

  • EP REVIEW: THE McMINERS- ‘Tales of Betrayal and Deceit’ (2017)

    Irish style celtic-punk from Brazilian band The McMiners. Yet another example of the international status of celtic-punk for you now with a great band hailing from Belo Horizonte in Brazil. It’s the sixth largest city in the country and in a country the size of Brazil that means its bigger than most counties over here! With over…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE POURMEN- ‘Rise & Shine’ (2017)

    A bunch of hedonistic, lapsed-Catholic, Dorchester-Irish cowboys and whalefisher men, pissed on cheap whiskey with a soundtrack of punk, Irish, sea-shanties, outlaw country and Americana. The Pourmen formed in January 2013 and played their first gig not long after on St Patrick’s Day and have in a short time become one of the bands to…

  • HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHENTIC IRISH-PUNK BAND!

    The Irish are quite rightly famed for their music. Whether or not this would be so if the country and it’s inhabitants hadn’t had such a tragic past is debatable but traditional Irish music has been around centuries and has had an influence on many different forms of music, most notably in American bluegrass and…

  • EP REVIEW: BORN AGAIN HEATHENS- ‘Born Again Heathens’ (2017)

    Celtic punk rock from Raleigh, NC bringing a swift kick in the pants to Celtic Music. Something different, something rude, something drunk, something crude! Rocking away out of Raleigh, the capital city of the state of North Carolina, Born Again Heathens play absolutely amazing kick-ass UK82 style punk rock with bagpipes. Born out of the ashes of the areas…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: FLATFOOT 56- ‘Odd Boat’ (2017)

    Playing positive-natured hardcore-tinged celtic-punk Chicago heavyweights Flatfoot 56 released their new album, Odd Boat, last week with Sailor’s Grave Records. Produced by Matt Allison in Chicago and featuring twelve songs that blend their unique blend of traditional Irish folk music and surging punk rock. by  Gerard Mellon, 03/2017. So, it’s been five long years since we had…

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