LONDON CELTIC PUNKS WEB-ZINE

  • OBITUARY: REMEMBERING OUTLAW CULT HERO MOJO NIXON.

    We just heard about the untimely passing of outlaw Country music legend Mojo Nixon. A man who did to Country music what Shane MacGowan did to Irish music. In early February Mojo Nixon’s web site announced to the world and shocked fans Mojo Nixon How you live is how you should die. Mojo Nixon was…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: LEWIS ‘BURNER’ PUGH – Bullets For Bread (2024)

    Lewis ‘Burner’ Pugh is a solo artist from Leeds influenced by everything from bluegrass and country through to skiffle and punk. Bullets For Bread’, his third solo album, is a politically driven album of original folk and country influenced songs out on Shed Load Records. 2024 has been a rather slow year so far in…

  • NEW SINGLE: THE JOHNNY CLASH PROJECT – I Am A Crime (2024)

    Six years on from their groundbreaking debut album The Johnny Clash Project have returned with an original song this time but still in line with their goal of taking the words of The Clash and the music and spirit of Johnny Cash and combining for one hell of an almighty sound. It’s six years since…

  • CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: CASH-A-LIKES: 18 MEN IN BLACK WHO WALKED THE LINE

    FREE DOWNLOAD Everybody wants to be JOHNNY CASH! This collection of Johnny Cash inspired contemporaries throbs with the man in black’s very particular brand of swagger and soul. Featuring contributions from the likes of underappreciated Rockabilly, Country and Honky Tonk, it’s a wild, irresistible musical ride, full of Cash-tastic rhythms and attitude.  A perfect way…

  • THE BIG NASHVILLE STAR WHO WAS AN IRISH KID FROM BROOKLYN!

    Famous for a string of hits during the 1970’s and early 80’s proud Irish-American Eddie Rabbitt was one of the most popular Country singers of his era. Here Kevin Rooney introduces us to his life and music. Eddie Rabbitt was a popular Irish-American Country singer best known for a string of hits in the late…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: PHANTOM OF THE BLACK HILLS – ‘That Witch’ (2021)

    One of the best bands to wield a banjo IN THE WORLD Phantom Of The Black Hills  soak in influences as varied as Country, Punk, Goth, Folk, Bluegrass with distorted vocals and mysterious mystique and a dark (very dark) western ethos.  That Witch is their 6th studio album and they are accompanied by Mather Louth…

  • CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: THE JOHNNY CASH SHOW (1970)

    Songwriter. Six-string strummer. Storyteller. Country boy. Rock star. Folk hero. Preacher. Poet. Drug addict. Rebel. Saint AND sinner. Victim. Survivor. Home wrecker. Husband. Father. Son. and more… FREE DOWNLOAD I was rather fortunate to grow up with The Man In Black in my ear. It was thanks to my Mum who kept up a steady stream…

  • THE TOP TEN ANTI WAR SONGS

    There hasn’t been a day since the invention of the phonograph record when the world has not been at war someplace. We are told that the world stands on the edge of a precipice, and there is very little we can do so instead of a fallout shelter I’ve built a list of the ten…

  • CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: SONGS FOR POLITICAL ACTION- FOLK MUSIC, TOPICAL SONGS AND THE AMERICAN LEFT

    Long since out of reach for those that would most benefit from hearing it this 10 CD collection of near 300 rare political songs from between 1926-1953 is as perfect a package as could possibly be. Released on the German-based Bear Family label it features songs from folk singers Almanac Singers, Pete Seeger, The Weavers, Woody…

  • TEN OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES FROM THE JOHNNY CASH SHOW

    John R. ‘Johnny’ Cash February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003 Songwriter. Six-string strummer. Storyteller. Country boy. Rock star. Folk hero. Preacher. Poet. Drug addict. Rebel. Saint AND sinner. Victim. Survivor. Home wrecker. Husband. Father. Son. and more… Today is the birthday of the ultimate Rock’n’Roll rebel the one and only Johnny Cash. We have covered Johnny’s life several…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BRADLEY PALERMO- ‘Volume 1’ (2019)

    Los Angeles-based Folk-Punk Bradley Palermo has released his first album comprised of previously released singles, reworked and remastered to create Volume 1. Folk music doused in punk and Americana influences that bristles with dark humour. We are certainly lucky to be friends with Bryan McPherson as it was that connection that led Bradley Palermo to…

  • 2018 REVIEW ROUND-UP’S. PART THREE: USA AND JAPAN- THE CHERRY COKE$, THE GODDAMN GALLOWS, RAILROAD EARTH

    Here is Part 3 and the final part of our 2018 Round Up’s where we catch up with the releases that we couldn’t give a decent review to first time round. I would make it a new year resolution to do better in 2019 but feel I can’t as the amount of excellent releases we receive…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: TAN AND SOBER GENTLEMEN- ‘Veracity’ (2018)

    Their has been a few great debut Celtic-Punk albums during 2018 but here is one of the very best from North Carolina’s the Tan and Sober Gentlemen. Raw and unfiltered, a blend of hard-driving, danceable roots delivered with a punk edge and whisky-fuelled abandon they call ‘Celtic-Punk-Grass’. Holy f*$%*£g shit this is a one hell of…

  • EP REVIEW: THE TWO MAN TRAVELLING MEDICINE SHOW- ‘A Snakes A Snakes’ (2018)

    A Snake’s a Snake is the brand new EP from Dorset’s finest ramshackle Americana-Country-Folk-Punk band The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show released on Musical Bear Records. The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show formed in 2016 and have rapidly become firm favourites on the south coast music festival scene in a short time. Described as ‘Heartfelt,…

  • EP REVIEW: THE CRAICHEADS- ‘Greetings From Another Land’ (2018)

    One of the biggest pullers on the London Irish scene Celtic-folkers The Craicheads are back with an 4-track EP the follow up to their debut album and a taster for their new studio album due next year! There are two Irish communities living in London. The Irish and the London-Irish. The Craicheads are London-Irish through and…

  • PHANTOM OF THE BLACK HILLS

    Phantom of the Black Hills are one of the most innovative bands you will ever hear that has a banjo! This isn’t the Country music of Nashville or the Grand Ole Opry instead its angry polemic over bluegrass banjo, mandolin and upright bass mashed together with raucous punk guitar, blistering drums and dirty, snarling distorted vocals with extreme…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE LANGER’S BALL- ‘Hard Time In The Country’ (2018)

    Irish-American Celtic-rockers The Langer’s Ball are back in town with their first release as just a duo in over eight years.Writing, touring and performing for over a decade The Langer’s Ball play their own brand of traditional drinking songs and original material with a thumping beat and a flurry of notes and harmonies. Hard-hitting and…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE JOHNNY CLASH PROJECT- ‘The Johnny Clash Project’ (2018)

    The most novel and interesting covers album you will ever hear! The debut album of The Clash re-imagined as The Man In Black. 1977 punk as boom-chuka-boom-chuka country’n’western with the roots of original rock’n’roll showing. By some quirk of fate I came across the Italian band The Johnny Clash Project and purely on the name decided…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: ‘THE HANGMAN’S BLUES: Prison Songs In Country Music 1956-1972 (2016)

    Grim tales of jailbirds, cutthroats, cuckolds, executioners, murderers and escapees.  Prison ballads form part of the historic lifeblood of Country Music and saw a resurgence after the 1960 execution of controversial convict Caryl Chessman. Here are some of the very best, seldom heard since their original release. Running the gamut from smooth balladeers of woe to ramshackle…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BLACK IRISH TEXAS- ‘The Good, The Bad And The Indifferent’ (2017)

    Black Irish Texas are not just another Irish punk band. They may be influenced by the giants of the scene but this seven piece brings plenty more to set them apart. With Guinness fueled lyricism Black Irish Texas navigate you between psychobilly and Texas two-step all in one show. With a new album to promote they are touring Europe…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE LOGUES- ‘Comin’ of Age’ (2016)

    The Logues are five culchies from Co. Tyrone who play music! Formed in 2006 in the sleepy small village of Castlederg (in Irish: Caisleán na Deirge, meaning ‘castle on the Derg’) in County Tyrone in the north of Ireland. It lies on the River Derg and is just across the border from County Donegal. The various members were keeping a drunken…

  • CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: JOHNNY CASH- ‘The Christmas Spirit’ (1963)

    Songwriter. Six-string strummer. Storyteller. Country boy. Rock star. Folk hero. Preacher. Poet. Drug addict. Rebel. Saint AND sinner. Victim. Survivor. Home wrecker. Husband. Father. Son. and more… WITH FREE DOWNLOAD!! Though he would go on to later make umpteen Christmas themed albums this was Johnny Cash’s first attempt and by far his greatest. Released in…

  • FILM REVIEW: THE REVENGE OF THE MEKONS (2013)

    “the band that took punk ideology most seriously” Directer: Joe Angio    Release Date: November, 2013  Running Time: 99 minutes “A loving ode to an unsung band” – LA Times “Marvelous” – New York Post “Jubilant” – The Village Voice Emerging soon after the first blasts of UK punk rock, the Mekons went from being a group of socialist…

  • INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: WOMEN FOLK- ‘Iconic Women Of American Folk’

    This compilation explores four pioneers of the first wave of the American folk movement. Today is ‘International Women’s Day’ so when better than to give you this excellent compilation featuring five of the greatest ever folk music artists to have ever lived. Sadly three of the five are no longer with us and only one…

  • HOW THE IRISH AND THE SCOTS INFLUENCED AMERICAN MUSIC

    By Erik Devaney During the 19th-century, song-smiths in southern Appalachia, who had absorbed African rhythms from local slave populations, began fusing these rhythms with elements of celtic folk music, thus forming the basis of the country music genre. The influence of Celtic folk music in the South began before the start of the American Revolution.…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: TOM O’REILLY AND THE SWAGGERS- ‘One Fine Day’ (2016)

    SWAGGER, SWAMP AND SLIDE! “Celebration of people and their homelands, loves desired and lost. West country original country folk songs with soul, conjuring images of landscapes, oceans and the haunts of both the living and dead. Guaranteed to take the listener on a magical journey” Just as I was planning on reviewing this great album from Tom…

  • EP REVIEW: NOWHEREBOUND- ‘Til Death, For Life’ (2015)

    Nowherebound are an acoustic band based out of Austin, Texas with twinges of punk, country and folk thrown together at a moment’s notice over a few beers and too much coffee. Formed in 2010 out of the ashes of local Texan punk bands Nowherebound have had a very busy 2015 plying their brand of folk-country-punk rock. Not only have…

  • CATCH UP 2014 REVIEWS! BLACK 47, CELKILT, BIG ART PETERS, CRUACHAN, MY LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE, DUCKING PUNCHES, DEIEDRA, HARD UP, JOHNNY KOWALSKI AND THE SEXY WEIRDOS, LES FOSSOYEURS SEPTIK, NOWHEREBOUND, THE POKES

    Here at 30492- LONDON CELTIC PUNKS blog we much prefer to do really detailed reviews but its been impossible for us to keep up with all the great releases we have come across so here’s a few quick ones just to catch up and get 2014 out of the way. Each and every one are worthy of…

  • CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: VARIOUS ARTISTS- ‘People Take Warning! Murder Ballads And Disaster Songs 1913-1938’ (2007)

    AND FREE DOWNLOAD people are always drawn to the scene of an accident and it was no different in the past either… A simply stunning 3 x CD box set that is now out of print and unavailable unless you’re willing to pay an absolute fortune. It’s the real deal of authentic folk and country from black and white…

  • SINGLE REVIEW: CHRISTOPHER JAMES SHERIDAN- ‘My Hero Was A Ramblin Man’ (2014)

    Boston has the Dropkicks, New York has Black 47, London has The Bible Code, LA has Flogging Molly and Glasgow’s Irish community has The Wakes. Christopher James Sheridan is a Scots-Irish singer songwriter from Glasgow and has played harmonica in folk’n’roll band The Wakes since they were formed back in 2006. This is Christopher’s second…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: JOHNNY CASH – ‘Out Among The Stars’ (2014)

    Songwriter. six-string strummer. storyteller. country boy. rock star. folk hero. preacher. poet. drug addict. rebel. sinner. saint. victim. survivor. home wrecker. husband. father and more… Yes you’re eyes do not deceive you its a new album from ‘The Man In Black’ himself. Ten years after the undisputed king of country passed away here’s a Johnny…

  • ALBUM REVIEW- JOHNNY RIOUX ‘CowbOi!’ (2013)

    many of us who come from Irish backgrounds will have had the misfortune to have heard a quite a lot of country’n’western music…and when I say a lot I mean a LOT. although what we grew up listening to was not strictly country’n’western it was country’n’Irish a hybrid of the worse in country music AND the worse in Irish…

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