LONDON CELTIC PUNKS WEB-ZINE

  • 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…

  • BODH’AKTAN – ‘De part et d’autre de l’Atlantique’ (2021)

    A new album from Bodh’aktan to whet your appetite for when live concerts return. Recorded during their last major tour across venues in France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Quebec. Anyone out there remember live gigs? For me it was a great night out in Staines enjoying a very nice evening of culture with Peter…

  • 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…

  • 2019 REVIEW ROUND-UP’S PART ONE: NORTH AMERICA- ROSIER, THE LUCKY EEJITS, WOMEN SING WAITS, HEATHEN APOSTLES

    Each year the number of Celtic-Punk and related 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 receive. We simply don’t have time to give a review to everything. Each December we have a…

  • 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: IRISH MOUTARDE- ‘Perdition’ (2018)

    Quebecois Irish Moutarde are back with their second album with folklore sounds of bagpipes and banjo mixed with punk rock riffs. This album has something for everyone to enjoy. Back back in the day when this here web-zine was in its infancy one of the very first bands to send us their new album was Irish…

  • LONDON CELTIC PUNKS PRESENTS OUR BEST OF 2015!

    One of the best things about doing this here blog-zine is the end of year ‘Best Of’s’. This is our chance to reward, for what it’s worth, and recommend those releases that tickled our collective fancies over the last twelve months. Where as in 2013 the Best Of’s were dominated by local bands and releases…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: LE VENT DU NORD- ‘Têtu’ (2015)

    new music but with deep ties to Québécois tradition that speaks to the fiercely independent spirit of today’s Québécois As is usual with us we don’t cover an awful lot of solely traditional music on the blog but when we do then it must mean it is something special and take my word this album certainly is! Earlier this…

  • FREE DOWNLOAD: IRISH PUB SONGS COMPILATION

    Destined to go down in history (well Celtic-Punk history anyway!) the Irish Pub Songs Collection. A download of the best music around today. 70 minutes long with 23 bands from 15 countries and available for nothing at all. Every day’s St. Patrick’s Day according to Neck but a week today it actually is so to…

  • INTERVIEW WITH ‘IRISH MOUTARDE’

    We were so blown away after reviewing their debut album last week we thought we’d ask the lads and lasses from Irish Moutarde a few questions so heres their replies! What’s the music backgrounds of IRISH MOUTARDE? – In the band, we all have specific music backgrounds, but I guess that it is safe to…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: IRISH MOUTARDE- ‘Raise ‘Em All’ (2013)

    “Electric guitars, bagpipe and whisky: Celtic rock as it should be” Formed in 2009 in Quebec city (a French speaking province of Canada) as a covers band playing traditional Irish songs but with a punk feel and attitude  and they’ve now gone on to develop into one of Canada’s best new celtic-punk bands. This their…

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