LONDON CELTIC PUNKS WEB-ZINE

  • ALBUM REVIEW: CLOVER’S REVENGE – Among Your Friends (2024)

    After a year in the studio Florida’s Clover’s Revenge new album is out featuring mostly originals and a few rousing trad. pub songs you will love… or at least mildly appreciate. Clover’s Revenge are just about to celebrate their 10th anniversary together and how better than with the release of a new album? Based in…

  • NEW SINGLE: CAL MURPHY – Punk’s Not Dead, It Just Got Old (2024)

    New single from Manchester born tongue-in-cheek singer-songwriter Cal Murphy on a subject very close to many of our hearts! Being a bit (!) of an aging Punk Rocker myself – its been many a year since my lime green mohican – Cal Murphy’s new single hit the nail on the head  for me. Just a…

  • 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…

  • CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: CHUMBAWAMBA – English Rebel Songs 1381-1914

    FREE DOWNLOAD “In the name of all the poor and oppressed in the Land of England” Today’s dip into the past comes not from an old band but from a relatively new one performing old songs. Long before Chumbawamba smuggled anarchism into the music charts they recorded an album of ancient rebel songs charting the…

  • ST. PATRICK’S CELTIC PUNK RELEASES 2024 – 10 BANDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

    It’s over for another year but as our pal Leeson would say “everyday is St. Patrick’s Day” so enjoy this bumper collection of diverse as heck Celtic-Punk and Irish Folk tracks that came out over the last couple of weeks from bands from right across the globe. HOUNDS OF BELFAST 🇺🇸 | TIR NAN OG…

  • NEW SINGLE: CLOVERS REVENGE – ‘Cúnla’ FROM UPCOMING NEW ALBUM

    Must be hard being the best Irish band in Florida but somehow Clover’s Revenge put up with it and I’m sure they have the sympathy of all London Celtic Punks readers! To thank everyone they’ve a new album out this month and here’s a wee taster!   “They excel in that American genre of gritty balladry…

  • NEW SINGLE: 25 YEARS OF THE REBEL HEARTS Lullaby Of London

    Who better than to pay tribute to one of Tipperary’s most famous sons than Tipp’s best Folk band The Rebel Hearts.  “Their hearts in Tipperary wherever they go” Fitting in the week that Tipperary were over to play London at Gaelic Football in west London (and kinda lucky to escape with a point!) that we…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BRYAN McPHERSON – Emigrant And The Winter Of Death (2024)

    Album of the year last year and runner up single of the year this time round Bryan McPherson returns with easily our most eagerly anticipated album release of the year and we are privileged and grateful to have film maker and Celtic-Punk fan Dan Murphy to give it the once over for you all.  Boston…

  • NEW SINGLE: HOUNDS OF BELFAST SALUTE THE PATRON SAINT OF HOPELESS CAUSES – ST. JUDE

    The new single from Los Angeles based Irish-American Celtic-Punk band Hounds Of Belfast is another original song dedicated to all the fellow hopeless causes out there scraping by and hustling to make ends meet and surely keeps the bar high! After first featuring on these pages last August we have since found it hard to…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: SUMMER OF ’92 – Before The Storm (2023)

    The new album from Toronto, Ontario band Summer Of ’92. Dodging musical classification since 2002! Before The Storm is another album that missed out on the Best Of 2023 on a technicality. Released on the 22nd December after the cut off point for the end of year Best Album awards you can be sure this…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: CAL MURPHY – One More Glass Of Whiskey (2024)

    The new album from Manchester-Irish singer-songwriter Cal Murphy based in Barcelona. Some silly; some serious; some slightly silly satirical songs; some subtly serious and seriously stupid songs. A little bit Folk, a little bit Punk, a little bit comedy, a little bit of feels and a fair bit of Irish folk influence. Cal doesn’t have…

  • NEW SINGLE: BRYAN McPHERSON ‘Emigrant’ AND NEW ALBUM KICKSTARTER

    Fiery, passionate, heartfelt and honest to the bone their are few musicians around who can match Bryan McPherson and he needs your help! “In the never ending quest to keep them guessing, for my next release  I will moo like a cow howling at the moon” After Bryan McPhersons’ last release, the epic ‘Live Free…

  • NEW SINGLE: ROVING CROWS FROM HEREFORDSHIRE ‘Dirty Habits 2​.​0’

    You would think a band in England who play Celtic Folk Rock would make regular appearances on these pages but somehow Roving Crows have passed us by. We’ll try and make up for that in the future! Here’s their new single ‘Dirty Habits’ full of genuine passion, energy and soul and to the start of…

  • NEW SINGLE: LEWIS ‘BURNER’ PUGH – Holbeck Moor

    Lewis ‘Burner’ Pugh continues to chronicle the working class history of Yorkshire with his new song telling of the day Oswald Mosley visited the region and literally rocked! The Battle of Holbeck Moor in Leeds on 27th September 1936, 1936 was where the British Union of Fascists, let by Oswald Mosley, were sent packing by…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: RUNA – When The Light Gets In (2023)

    American Celtic band Runa continue on their new album to breathe fresh life into traditional Celtic music. Digging into the songs and tunes to find the universal thread that binds past to present. I’m pretty sure that the reason we don’t get a lot of ‘trad’ releases for review is that labels, and bands too,…

  • NEW SINGLE: BRYAN McPHERSON RELEASES THE MAGNIFICENT ‘ Live Free Or Die’

    Only five minutes after his fantastic London shows Boston born singer-songwriter Bryan McPherson returned to the quiet of Montana and has recorded possibly his most provocative and incendiary music of his career. Back in 2021 Bryan McPherson walked away from everything. The Boston turned California, singer-songwriter had enough. Lock downs, mandates, failed relationships, and record…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: SHARK’S COME CRUISIN’ – I Wish I Was On Gansett Bay (2023)

    Our week of ocean themed posts comes to an end with a new album from the Providence, Rhode Island based Shark’s Come Cruisin’. An energetic mix of sea shanties and maritime workers music. Live it’s all audience participation and celebration but can they transfer that into the studio?  Rhode Island is a U.S. state in New…

  • NEW SINGLE: FRENCH CELTIC ROCKERS LEMONFLY FIRST TRACK FROM NEW EP

    The new single from Dijon Celtic-Rock band Lemonfly – Celtic-Rock, Irish Punk and Trad Breton together on a boat! Something a bit different from our usual racket today with the excellent Lemonfly a Celtic-Rock band with Breton and Irish trad influences. These guys are no new band having formed back in 2009 but that just…

  • NEW SINGLE: ALEX RICHARD FROM BODH’AKTAN ‘Atlantic City’

    The debut single from a brand new project from Alex Richard frontman of top class Premier League Quebec Celtic rockers Bodh’aktan – a sublime cover of Bruce Springsteen classic ‘Atlantic City’. Any serious Celtic-Punk aficionado will be more than just aware of Quebec band Bodh’aktan. One of a handful of bands whose appearances on these…

  • NEW SINGLE: CALLUM AND ALEX – Fill Up Your Glass (2023)

    Acoustic Alternative Folk Rock – Made in Bretagne – Inspired in Ireland Callum Houston is one of our favourite artists and there’s not much we look forward to more than some new music from him this time accompanied by Alexandra Matiakh. It’s generally recognised that their are six Celtic nations. Many though say their are…

  • NEW SINGLE: LEWIS ‘BURNER’ PUGH – Featherstone Massacre (2023)

    Lewis Burner is influenced by everything from Bluegrass and Country through to Punk and Rock’n’Roll and here tells the story of a real incident and dark day in working class history whose anniversary is tomorrow and whose memory lives on in his words. While this site is dedicated to Celtic music and the music of the…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: MAN THE LIFEBOATS – Soul Of Albion (2022)

    Anto Morra was so taken away by Londoners Man The Lifeboats album Soul Of Albion that he had to get his words into print. Raucous, upbeat Folk with big choruses that tell stories with straight– up lyrics, pounding bass lines, lilting mandolin and fiddle melodies and stomping beats. It may be a bit late in the…

  • CELTIC-PUNK Q AND A : THE LONDON IRISH FOLK-PUNKER ANTO MORRA

    With a new album due out on Saturday and a London Celtic Punks gig with American band Brave The Sea on Friday there’s no better time to get our auld mate Anto to fill out the Celtic-Punk Q And A. Filled to the brim with Anto-isms get along to The Birds Nest on Friday and…

  • WHO REMEMBERS WILLIE BRADY ?

    This week sees the fifty-third anniversary of the tragically young death of Irish ballad and country singer and recording artist Willie Brady. Popular in Ireland and abroad in the 1950’s and 1960’s he was singing and recording ballads long before the ‘Ballad Boom’ arrived in Ireland and recorded over twenty albums before he very sadly…

  • EP REVIEW: MacMANUS – Official Pirate (2023)

    Celtic-Punk is everywhere and her to prove it is the new 3 track EP from Mac Manus from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Not a lot of information out there on Argentinian band Mac Manus. I’ve scoured the internet and found out they have two album’s in the bag at least, the last being from 2016. So…

  • BRYAN McPHERSON. LIVE IN LONDON – MASTERLINK SESSIONS

    Now based in Montana the Boston born singer-songwriter Bryan McPherson recently travelled over to these shores to play a couple of shows around London and visit the esteemed Masterlink Sessions studio to record 100% live with Redtenbacher’s Funkestra. Born and raised on the streets of Boston, Bryan made the gigantic leap to Los Angeles before…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE TOSSERS – The Tossers (2023)

    The World’s Loudest Folk Band One of the first and most enduring bands on the Celtic-Punk underground, Chicago’s The Tossers are back with a ‘new’ album of classics, standards and originals that mix the attitude and swagger of Punk Rock with a muscular but respectful approximation of Irish traditional Folk music.  It’s been six years since…

  • A TRIBUTE TO THE POGUES – FAIRYTALE OF BUFFALO NY 2023

    Four great bands in one night celebrating the Pogues, the godfather and forebears of everything celtic punk. What could possibly be bad?  Not a lot, I’ll sure as hell say.  Our man ‘cross the broad Atlantic’ didn’t have far to travel to check out this gig in his home town and even got on the…

  • BRYAN McPHERSON LIVE IN LONDON & SURBITON APRIL 20 / 21

    Boston-born folk-punk singer Bryan McPherson sings dusty, dirty and downtrodden songs about the people living in between the cracks and crevices. Bryan arrives in these shores in the next few days and don’t miss this opportunity to see one of our favourite artists live. Here we present a retrospect of his career to date with selected…

  • EP REVIEW: GREEN ASHES – Cannery Row (2023)

    Drawing from the ashes of their ancestors and modern music alike, Los Angeles based Green Ashes new EP Cannery Row is original Folk-Rock music for fighters and lovers. We only recently found out about Green Ashes when we featured them as our ‘Blast From The Past’ on last months Odds’n’Sods – Celtic Punk Round Up.…

  • EP REVIEW: DOWNLOAD FOR FREE! RAVENSWALK – St. Patrick’s Day 2023 (2023)

    While this side of the broad Atlantic all the writers for London Celtic Punks are musically illiterate over in the US of A there is no end to the musical talents of our North America editor Ray Ball! Ray’s band Ravenswalk have a aptly titled six track EP out just in time for St. Patrick’s…

  • NEW SINGLE: BARDS FROM YESTERDAY – The Muddy Road To Axa Briga

    The best Celtic-Punk bands in Italy are heavily influenced by Trad-Irish-Folk and Bards From Yesterday are one of the best around at the moment. With such an authentic sound Ireland’s homegrown bands are green with envy! With the release of their debut EP (EP)Demia in 2021 Bards from Yesterday stormed onto the international Celtic music…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: PHIL ‘SWILL’ ODGERS, PAUL SIMMONDS, BOBBY VALENTINO – Questions, Answers & Songs (2023)

    Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers, Paul Simmonds and Bobby Valentino got together last Summer for a one off show at London’s legendary Water Rats music venue in Kings Cross. Recorded for posterity it was something a little different! Remember last Summer? I do. I started a new job in April so for the first time in many…

  • NEW SINGLE: CALLUM HOUSTON – OKTFTW (2023)

    New single from Graveyard Johnnys guitarist Callum Houston. Acoustic Alternative Folk Rock – Made in Bretagne – Inspired in Ireland. Carrigaline, county Cork native Callum Houston can usually be found singing songwriting around his home near Lorient in Brittany in the local pubs and clubs. When he’s not doing that he plays guitar in Premier…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: DROPKICK MURPHYS – ‘This Machine Still Kills Fascists’ (2022)

    Unsurprisingly whenever the release of a new Dropkick Murphys album is announced the internet glows white with reviews and promotions so now two months after the release of This Machine Still Kills Fascists Ray Ball gives it a listen and our last post of 2022 sees if it does indeed live up to the hype.…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE ENDINGS – ‘Completely Pickled’ (2022)

    We have discovered a new English Celtic-Punk band from Telford in the Midlands and The Endings have only been together for twelve years! Today we review their recently released new album of Celtic-Folk-Punk with an Irish flavour.  The Endings are a new band. Well new to me but not I dare say to the good…

  • 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…

  • ONE NIGHT IN CAMDEN! THE SCRATCH Vs. THE MARY WALLOPERS

    In a months time two of Ireland’s most interesting bands go head to head on the same night in north London. Aye some eejit has booked them both to play 15th December in Camden only a few hundred yards apart. We are caught in a dilemma of which one to go to ourselves so here…

  • EP REVIEW: FIRE ANT SEASON – ‘Bad Habits’ (2022)

    The new EP from Austin, Texas Folk-Punk band Fire Ant Season. Half-hearted melodies, full-hearted tragedies, self-loathing and stuff. Delivered to my inbox months ago and missed first time round Fire Ant Season nearly slipped through our net until on looking for something else I re-discovered them. See we do check everything we get sent (we…

  • CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: WOODY GUTHRIE – ‘Dust Can’t Kill Me’

    With the release of the new Woody Guthrie themed Dropkick Murphys album due in a couple of days we thought we would take a look at the life of this amazing artist and offer up the opportunity to download a great album of his for free.  “A folk song is what’s wrong and how to…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: FLOGGING MOLLY – ‘Anthem’ (2022)

    What a year this is going to be for all you Celtic-Punk aficionados out there with the two major players in the scene both releasing new albums within just a few weeks of each other. Later in the month sees the Dropkick Murphys but today our man back on the auld sod Shane O’Neill runs…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: REINA ROJA – ‘Hooligan Folk’ (2022)

    Debut album from Spanish Celtic-Punk hooligans Reina Roja. Seven songs and a song or two you’ve never heard done quite like this! Back when we started doing this Spain was a major player in the Celtic-Punk scene but over the years things have gone a little quiet. Their are still some great bands and releases…

  • NEW SINGLE: COWPUNK LEGENDS ‘Psycho Ceilidh’ OUT NOW

    Have you ever wondered what would happen if you assembled a mob of Punk musicians to play Folk, Country, Punk, Metal and Psychobilly?The short answer is the most rockin’ gig you’ve probably ever been to! Undisputed kings of Cowpunk and the hardest and finest banjo / fiddle action you’ll ever come across. Pronghorn have been…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE TAN AND SOBER GENTLEMEN – ‘ Regressive Folk Music’ (2022)

    Celtic-Punk-Grass played by some Hillbilly Irish. The Tan And Sober Gentlemen explore the Gaelic roots of North Carolinian music, and to play it with as much energy as possible. Their new album out this week sees their sound developing into something really special. Since we reviewed The Tan And Sober Gentlemen’s debut album Veracity four…

  • SINGLE REVIEW: JOLLY ROGER – ‘Rum Song’ (2022)

    All those jobs can wait until tomorrow! Come have fun drinking rum with Jolly Roger 🏴‍☠️ Jolly Roger hail from Cornwall. Now even though I think they’re happier calling themselves a ‘pirate’ band that does actually qualify them as a Celtic Celtic-Punk band you know! They come from Penzance, world famous for pirates for over…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: HEATHEN APOSTLES – ‘Bloodgrass Vol. 3 & 4’ (2022)

    The Los Angeles-based dark roots and gothic country band Heathen Apostles continue their (very dark) interpretation of Bluegrass, Country and Blues. They have just compiled Volumes 3 and 4 of their collection of songs together under the title Bloodgrass.  Occasionally I’ll start a review along the lines of “not technically not a Celtic-Punk band” which usually…

  • IRISH BAND THE WINTER CODES RELEASE FIRST SINGLE FROM NEW ALBUM

    Irish folk duo The Winter Codes release the first single, ‘Too Sly To Die’, from their upcoming new album Set The Darkness Reeling. Led by Barney Murray of Blood Or Whiskey fame the song is fuelled by classic Irish folk influences. Just the other day we received a track in the mail from The Winter…

  • CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: RAY & COLLUNEY – ‘Tyrants Of England’ (1971)

    The latest in our series of reviews of albums from the past that deserve to be aired again! An extremely rare English Folk album from Ray & Colluney a duo using sparse guitar, mandolin and banjo but with flagolet on a few tracks helping to add atmosphere. FREE DOWNLOAD Every time I hear a outstanding…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: AFTER HOURS VOLUME TWO – BLACK 47 TRIBUTE COMPILATION (2022)

    Thirty years on from the release of Black 47’s eponymous first album and a year after Volume One comes the second part of a trilogy of tribute albums celebrating this popular and most controversial of Celtic-Punk bands of whom Time magazine wrote in 1993 “the proletariat passion of Black 47’s songs that make the group…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE GROGGY DOGS – ‘Still Groggin’ (2022)

    Spanish pirates The Groggy Dogs are back with their second album of trad Irish melodies and sea shanties with a spicy touch of Punk, Ska and Metal. These guys more quickly and no sooner than Grog O’Clock land on our doorstep their second album arrives too. That debut album, Grog O’Clock was a front-runner for the…

  • THE SCRATCH FROM DUBLIN. NEW SINGLE ‘Another Round’ OUT NOW!’

    The Scratch come from Dublin and have become the latest sensation on the Irish music scene with their loud and catchy as hell acoustic owing much to alternative forms of music as the auld Irish Folk legends. The Scratch just played in London on St. Patrick’s Day and even though a couple of us noticed…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: SLAINTE – ‘Up Down 95’ (2022)

    Sláinte (slahn-chuh): Irish for cheers.  Slainte offer a fresh take on trad Irish folk music, medlying classic ballads with modern favourites, and marrying traditional Folk instruments with Rock ‘n’ Roll electric guitar. Boston, Boston, Boston, Boston but there’s a very good reason why its features so much on these pages. The Irish, Whitey and the…

  • EP REVIEW: WHISKEY’S WAKE – ‘Wake Up, Whiskey’ (2022)

    Whiskey’s Wake are from Salt Lake City, Utah, and they’re back with a new EP! London Celtic Punks have it covered.

  • BOOK REVIEW: MICHAEL CROLAND – ‘Celtic Punk Superfan’ (2022)

    The history of Celtic punk in 42 pages? Michael Croland’s got it covered and then some. Check out “Celtic Punk Superfan”!

  • ALBUM REVIEW: OYSTERBAND – ‘Read The Sky’ (2022)

    Award-winning folk rock legends Oysterband emerge from the pandemic with “Read The Sky”, their 12th studio effort. See what we have to say about it!

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BRYAN McPHERSON – ‘How To Draw Everything’ (2022)

    Fiery, Folk-playing, Irish-American blue-collar Boston native Bryan McPherson is back aided by a ‘Molly’ and a ‘Murphy’ among others with a new album and bejaysus if it’s not one of his best ones yet! I’ve often wondered at the word ‘fan’. As a longtime Leyton Orient supporter we don’t get many ‘fans’ down Brisbane Road.…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BURBRIDGE AND BOOTH – ‘Icons’ (2021)

    When Nick Burbridge contacted Dan Booth and suggested making an album together, the deal was on. “Icons” is the 12-track result. Check it out!

  • ALBUM REVIEW: SYR- ‘Sentinel’ (2022)

    Syr is a Celtic Folk Rock band from Columbia, South Carolina. Music inspired by Celtic history, mythology, and folklore… like what you would listen to just before smashing a Roman legion! Our first ‘proper’ review of 2022 and it falls to Syr a Celtic-Rock band from South Carolina. Sentinel is the bands third studio album…

  • INTERVIEW: IAN PROWSE – ‘One Hand on the Starry Plough’

    London Celtic Punks sits down with Ian Prowse to talk about his upcoming fourth record, “One Hand on the Starry Plough”. Check it out and see what the man himself has to say about the record!

  • ALBUM TEASER: IAN PROWSE – ‘One Hand on the Starry Plough’ (2022)

    “One Hand on the Starry Plough” is the new 4th solo record by Ian Prowse. Out on February 11th! Check out our advance review.

  • 2021 CATCH UP REVIEWS. PART 1 – PHIL ODGERS, CHRISTY MOORE, JIM LINDBERG, DAN WALSH

    Here’s hoping you all had a great Christmas and New Year.  Despite everything it’s been another great year for music. Maybe not quite as much of it but things are picking up and the end of 2021 saw us caught in a deluge of music we couldn’t keep up with. Any regular reader will know…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: STAR BOTHERERS – ‘Tales Of Layton Rakes’ (2021)

    The second album from Midlands based Star Botherers is a fine mix of Folk, Punk and social commentary. Now if one band has dominated the Celtic-Punk scene on these islands in the last twelve months it has to have been Ferocious Dog. The runaway success of their recent album The Hope has only continued their…

  • NEW SINGLE ‘2 Birds’ FROM BRYAN McPHERSON

    Not many folk have featured on these pages as much as Bryan McPherson has. To say we are fans is a massive understatement. Bryan’s new single landed yesterday and he celebrated after the video release with a ‘Live Stream’ show. Been waiting for this for the last few weeks the new single from London Celtic…

  • Shane and Ronnie

    THE DUNES

    Ronnie Drew and Shane MacGowan teamed up in the ’90s. The result was something powerful and terribly sad.

  • EP REVIEW: TARA’S FOLK – ‘Leaving’ (2021)

    Celtic folk rock brewed with energy. Button accordion, Bodhràn and guitar mix with some fiddle, whistle and guitars, peppered by strong lyrics and vocals !! the perfect batch… Tara’s Folk have been around since around 2010 that’s a long time to go under the radar but understandable when you realise the band is a Folky…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: FINNY McCONNELL – The Dark Streets Of Love (2021)

    After 30 years of leading renowned Celtic-Punk rockers, The Mahones, Finny McConnell decided that it was time to make an album for himself. Showcasing his intimate songwriting skills, Finny also includes covers of songs with deep meaning to him. The Dark Streets of Love is a collection of his most intimate music, stripped bare. Earlier…

  • EP REVIEW: HEATHEN APOSTLES – ‘Bloodgrass Vol. 3’ (2021)

    The Los Angeles-based dark roots and gothic country band Heathen Apostles release their third volume collection of songs at once as timely as they are timeless. Imagine bands doing to Country / Bluegrass music what the bands we all love doing to Celtic music? Add on a bit of Goth and you’ve got the Heathen…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE RUMPLED – ‘The Perfect Match’ (2021)

    Another release from prolific Italian Celtic-Punkers The Rumpled. With a sound influenced by traditional Irish Folk they are already one of the best bands in the scene and a band to expect big things from in the near future. The last few years have been quite a time for fans of Celtic-Punk in Italy. While…

  • JUNE 2021 EPISODE OF THE CELTIC PUNKCAST #44 OUT NOW

    I think they call it ‘technical difficulties’ on the telly but all is now well and good and The Celtic Punkcast is back and has returned with an hour of the best Celtic-Folk-Punk around. Follow the link below and stream live or download to listen to later and enjoy! Hi, remember me? Been on hiatus…

  • CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: BOB DYLAN – ‘The Ghost Of Woody Guthrie’ (1961)

    Today is the 80th birthday of Bob Dylan so in celebration here’s a set of live recordings from 1961 the year before his debut album. None are original songs and as the name suggests, the legendary American singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie’s influence hangs like a specter over much of the material here. The latest addition to…

  • EP REVIEW: LIDDINGTON HILL – ‘Cow’ (2021)

    New 4-track EP of high adrenaline Celtic-Punk and Alternative Rock from the South West of England’s Liddington Hill.  It was only in February that we featured Liddington Hill for the first time. As surprised as we were that their was a band out there in southern England playing brilliant kick-arse Celtic-Folk-Punk that we had not…

  • NEW SINGLE ‘As I Roved Out One Morning’ FROM CALLUM HOUSTON

    Acoustic Alternative Folk Rock. Made in Bretagne. Inspired in Ireland. We’re big fans of Callum Houston and when we heard he had a new single out we had a quick chat to find out the lowdown on what it was all about. This song first started out as a chord pattern I randomly came up…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE REAL McCOYS – ‘Outlive Death’ (2021)

    Folk Drunk Folk Punk! Third album from Texan Celtic-Punk band The Real McCoys. Combining Folk-Punk with Celtic influences for a rowdy bar or any revolution-ready extravaganza! Funny how things work out and just a couple of weeks after reviewing an album from Houston band The Dead Rabbits comes another album from the same city. The…

  • PUNKY BUT NOT PUNK, FOLKY BUT NOT FOLK. THERE WENT THE GLASGOW TREMENS

    The 1980s weren’t all gloom and misery. Emerging from the smog of wars, strikes, unemployment, police corruption and pop charts clogged with over-produced music were a little-known Scottish band called The Tremens. They were loud, brash and full of it. They were like some kind of Glaswegian mutation of The Pogues and Tom Waits. They…

  • NEW SINGLE ‘Camden Lullaby’ FROM TRAVIS O’NEILL FROM PINTS AND PIPES

    First new solo music in four years from Travis O’Neill Sligo born resident of Prague and vocalist for legendary Czech Celtic-Punk band great Pipes And Pints. An ode to his days in North London! Camden and North London at the time I lived there was a real stronghold of the Irish and the London Irish…

  • EP REVIEW: SEAN TOBIN AND THE BOARDWALK FIRE- ‘St. Patrick’s Day Forever’ (2021)

    Influenced by local hero Springsteen and countless other country troubadours, Sean Tobin grew up in the New Jersey bar scene and owes his high-energy performances to his time spent busking on the streets of Galway. With a handful of releases behind him his excellent new EP celebrates his Irish roots and St. Patrick’s Day. Born and…

  • FREE DOWNLOADS FROM LIDDINGTON HILL!

    Anyone fancy a bit of Punk and Metal tinged Celtic-Folk music? Well how about Liddington Hill hail from the South West of England. They have made their entire back catalogue free to download so get downloading! Liddington Hill began life in 2015 when fiddle player Matt Meads and singer Emily Slinger got together to perform…

  • ODDS’N’SODS. CELTIC-PUNK ROUND UP FEBUARY 2021

    Our regular monthly feature of all the Celtic-Punk news that’s fit to print. Band news, record releases, videos, tours (not individual gigs though yet sadly), live streams, crowd funders etc., send it into us at londoncelticpunks@hotmail.co.uk or through the Contact Us page. All will get a mention but I need YOU to help if it’s…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE NEW RUFFIANS – ‘Shenanigans’ (2020)

    A heady mix of traditional Celtic music and Punk for late night pubs and afternoon garden parties alike! The New Ruffians are the type of English band that usually comes from the rolling hills of Devon or Somerset. Alcohol loving folkies playing spirited covers at 110mph and totally enjoying themselves! Instead they come from the…

  • EP REVIEW: BARDS FROM YESTERDAY – (EP)DEMIA (2021)

    The first review of 2021 features the new EP from Italian band Bards From Yesterday. Five young, capable and multi-talented musicians , originally from the areas of Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta, in northern Italy have chosen to embrace an ancient and distant culture, just as the bards did, Celtic minstrels who wandered from land…

  • ODDS’N’SODS. CELTIC-PUNK ROUND UP JANUARY 2021

    In a attempt to get away from just doing ‘ReviewReviewReviewReview…’ we started a monthly feature of all the Celtic-Punk news that passed us by. All will get a mention but I need YOU to help if it’s going to work. Any band news, record releases, videos, tours (not individual gigs though yet sadly), live streams, crowd funders…

  • DECEMBER EPISODE OF THE CELTIC PUNKCAST #43 OUT NOW! CHRISTMAS SPECIAL IV

    “It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid, at Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade” Yes ding dong merrily on high it’s Christmas and time for the new Celtic Punkcast and an hour of the best Celtic-Folk-Punk out there. Follow the link below and stream live or download to listen…

  • ‘RETURN TO CAMDEN’  BY TERENCE O’FLAHERTY

    Beautiful song from London based Irish singer/songwriter Terence O’Flaherty name checking memories of a bygone era in the north of London. This original recorded version is due to be released on Terence’s upcoming album Backtracks with the Claire Egan, Eoin O’Neill and John Kelly accompanying. Terence is a traditional Irish singer and songwriter from Ennistimon,…

  • EP REVIEW: PENNILESS TENANTS – ‘Lockdown Session’ (2020)

    Traditional Irish scally Punk! Penniless Tenants are a five-piece from Liverpool, playing traditional and Irish Folk music and probably the best Irish Music in Liverpool. No Folking About. The Irish community in England is supposedly shrinking I hear but only just a couple of weeks after we reviewed the debut release of Luton Irish band…

  • NOVEMBER EPISODE OF THE CELTIC PUNKCAST #42 OUT NOW

    Cutting it fine again! With just one day to go here’s the November edition of The Celtic Punkcast with just over an hour of the best Celtic-Folk-Punk Podcast anywhere on the t’internet. Follow the link below and stream live or download to listen to later and enjoy! G’day again from Moyston here in the beautiful Grampians…

  • NEW SINGLE FROM LUTON IRISH BAND MISSING THE FERRY

    The sound of a second generation… Four second-generation Irish lads, three brothers and their best friend from school write songs about identity and belonging. With influences as diverse as Brendan Shine, The Pogues and The Stone Roses their mission is to get people dancing and thinking. Anyone who has ever missed, or nearly missed, the Dublin-bound…

  • LET THE MUSIC KEEP YOUR SPIRITS HIGH – PART THREE

    Welcome to the final installment of Let The Music Keep Your Spirits high. Over the last three Sundays Andy Nolan of the most popular and influential Irish band in England over the last 20 years – the Bible Code Sundays – has shared with us the history and meaning behind some of his songs. A…

  • OCTOBER EPISODE OF THE CELTIC PUNKCAST #41 OUT NOW

    You may have thought he’d forgotten but Gareth over there in Australia just managed to slip the October Celtic Punkcast out in time! It was released on Halloween so we are a couple of days later bringing it to you ourselves so dig in and enjoy just under an hour of the best Celtic-Folk-Punk Podcast…

  • LET THE MUSIC KEEP YOUR SPIRITS HIGH – PART TWO

    Our short series on the songs of Andy Nolan continues today with another five of Andy’s masterpieces. As a past member of Shane MacGowan And The Popes and Spider Stacy’s Vendettas he has a great musical legacy but it’s as accordion player and songwriter for London Irish musical tour-de-force The Bible Code Sundays that Andy’s…

  • LET THE MUSIC KEEP YOUR SPIRITS HIGH – PART ONE

    Andy Nolan is best known on these pages as the accordion player and songwriter for the London Irish musical tour-de-force The Bible Code Sundays and as an ex-member of Shane MacGowan And The Popes and Spider Stacy’s Vendettas but there’s a lot more to him than just being an expert accordionist. Andy is also a…

  • CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: THE HUMBLEBUMS with Billy Connolly Gerry Rafferty- ‘Open Up The Door’ (1970)

    The next in our series of ‘Classic Album Reviews’ this time features Scottish Folk-Rock group The Humblebums. Formed in 1965 by Billy Connolly and Tam Harvey it was the arrival of the soon to be legendary singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty in 1969 that would see the band move in a new direction with Gerry’s sensitive, beautifully…

  • NEW SINGLE FROM GLENN HODGE BANNED ‘As It Is’

    Glenn Hodge Banned is an alternative, contemporary folk singer. An independent artist who has been bastardising nice music for some time now! London based Kent born singer-songwriter Glenn Hodge has been recording music since 2014 but got his big break by penning the lively festive Folk song ‘Santa’s Coming Round’ for the homeless charity The Big…

  • 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 JAMESTOWN BROTHERS- ‘Rebels, Rogues and Regrets’ (2020)

    Debut album full of Celtic tinged anthemic songs from Somerset based band The Jamestown Brothers. Soul stirring, foot stomping originals drawn from the well of Country, Blues and Celtic Folk. Don’t know what they put in the water (or the cider!) down there in the South-East of England but when it comes to bands with…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: TIM HOLEHOUSE- ‘Come’ (2019)

    Come is the eleventh studio album from nomadic troubadour Tim Holehouse and sees him drift away from his normal mutant delta blues to more Folk territory than on any of his previous records. Recorded with a full band including lush strings and vocal harmonies this may not be typical London Celtic Punks fare but all…

  • 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…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE MUCKERS- ‘Irish Goodbye’ (2020)

    The Muckers are a five-piece Celtic-Folk-Punk band from Atlanta. With a strong emphasis on Irish music, the band also blends influences of Gypsy music, sea shanties, Country, Rockabilly, and anything else they can get their hands on. According to TC Costello their name doesn’t mean what you think it means. A year ago I found…

  • EP REVIEW: NO MURDER NO MOUSTACHE- ‘Hold My Beer’ (2020)

    Anti-establishment inclusive Punk Rock with Celtic influences. Sometimes acoustic, sometimes not, always Punk. Pync Roc efo dylanwadau Celtaidd. Weithiau acwstig, weithiau ddim, wastad Pync. Not that sure when the trend for solo artists to give themselves names more akin to groups started but it is a trend I find quite irritating! It gives off an…

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