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…

  • 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…

  • REVIEW: CHOPPER FRANKLIN – Spaghetti Western Dub No. 1 (2024)

    A groundbreaking album fusing the vast, arid landscapes of the Heathen Apostles spaghetti western music and the heavy rhythms of Dub Reggae in the spirit of The Clash, Bad Brains’ and Public Image Limited’s brews of Reggae and Punk. Now a Dub Reggae Spaghetti Western album may seem a strange inclusion on these pages but…

  • NEW SINGLE: THE ROLAND LIFE – Oh, Dolours (2024)

    Finally, an answer to that age-old question: what would happen if Weezer wrote more songs about the women of the IRA? Have you ever wondered what would happen if Weezer wrote songs about the IRA? The new single from Boston, MA band The Roland High Life answers that question! Our main focus here at London…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • NEW SINGLE: SUPERGROUP THE WALKER ROADERS PUT OUT ‘There Must Be Less To Life Than This’

    The new single from The Walker Roaders featuring a bunch of Celtic-Punks major players in James Fearnley from the Pogues, Marc Orrell from Dropkick Murphys, Ted Hutt from Flogging Molly and Bryan Head and Brad Wood. It’s been an incredible four years since the debut self titled album from The Walker Roaders came out and…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE MUCKERS – Whiskey Tango (2023)

    The Muckers are a five-piece Celtic-Folk-Punk band from Atlanta, Georgia. With a strong emphasis on Irish music their new album blends in influences of Romani, Country, Rockabilly, sea shanties and even some funky disco!  Whiskey Tango is the fourth album from popular Irish-American band The Muckers. Hailing from the birthplace of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia…

  • 2023 ROUND-UP: NORTH AMERICA – THE ROVING SCALLYWAGS | THE DREADNOUGHTS | CLOVERS CURFEW |

    We might have invented Celtic-Punk here in London but the true home of the genre in 2022 is in North America. Here’s three diverse albums from this year from across the broad Atlantic that we missed first time round showing the breadth of the scene over there. Christmas is just around the corner and London…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • EP REVIEW: CAPTAIN TOM AND THE HOOLIGANS – A Modern Rendition Of Old World Tradition (2023)

    Buffalo band Captain Tom And The Hooligans have created a unique blend of the old-world and the new, while preforming original material the group also puts spins on traditional and contemporary songs alike, with an ability to produce up-tempo songs and ballads, rendering their own twist on new and old favourites from across the spectrum…

  • 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…

  • EP REVIEW: BOGSIDE SNIPER SQUADRON – Demo (2023)

    Unrelenting, unpredictable and undefeated Black Death Metal with an prominent Irish republican twist. Recorded during Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 in Pennsylvania and Derry. There is very little information out there on the Bogside Sniper Squadron except that they are a completely new band that includes members from USA and Ireland and that someone let…

  • NEW SINGLE: LA BAND HOUNDS OF BELFAST RELEASE ‘BAR MAID’

    The Celtic-Punk scene continues to throw up interesting and innovative bands with Californian Irish-Americans the Hounds Of Belfast one of the latest to grace these pages. They have a fantastic new single out and lots more original music to soon follow!  As life moves on so does social media. Being a somewhat aging Luddite (Celtic)…

  • NEW ALBUM: SLOPPY BUT LUCKY – Four Leaf Failure (2023)

    The debut album from Irish Folk-Punk band from Topeka, Kansas Sloppy But Lucky. Playing to save the animals one show at a time with what they call Boozegrass!  Sloppy But Lucky are a pretty unique band. Unique not just in Celtic-Punk but in any kind of music. Hailing from Topeka the capital city of Kansas…

  • EP REVIEW: LUCKY OL’ BONES – Lucky Ol’ Bones (2023)

    Here’s the debut release from Lucky Ol’ Bones from Santa Rosa, California and originally got together in the winter of 2015 to play Pogues’ songs. They later expanded to include raucous renditions of trad Irish and Scottish Folk and originals influenced by Ska, eastern European music and Americana. In common with many Celtic-Punk bands Lucky Ol’…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BRAVE THE SEA – Lady Death (2023)

    Newark, Ohio’s Celtic-Punk salty dogs Brave The Sea have released their new studio album full of all sorts of nautical nonsense! With their London debut only a fortnight away esteemed London Irish Folk-Punker Anto Morra gives their album a listen before he joins them on stage on August 4th. “the old country, warm fires on…

  • NEW SINGLE: NEW JERSEY’S SEAN TOBIN ‘Song For The End Of The World’

    The new release from New Jersey born and based Sean Tobin evokes comparisons with the likes of Springsteen, Dylan and The Pogues. Epic storytelling and wonderful music.  Born and raised on the New Jersey shore, Sean Tobin was influenced in equal measure by both Folk-singing troubadours and high-energy rockers alike. His performances and Rock’n’Roll-tinged releases are due…

  • ALBUM REVIEW : CUTTHROAT SHAMROCK – Borrowed Thyme (2023)

    After a five year hiatus one of my all time favourite bands, Cutthroat Shamrock from Knoxville, Tennessee are back with their fifth studio album combining the speed of Bluegrass with the drive and energy of Punk Rock and topping it all off with a bit of Celtic. Many, many moons ago (nine in fact) we published…

  • 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 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…

  • 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…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE KILMAINE SAINTS – Same Again Tomorrow (2023)

    Same Again Tomorrow is the new full length album from Kilmaine Saints. Featuring thirteen songs of high energy Celtic Rock and Punk, this album is a statement from a band taking their sound to the next level. It’s been an incredible six years since The Kilmaine Saints released their last studio album Whiskey Blues & Faded…

  • NEW SINGLE: SHAMROCKABILLY BAND THE ROCKETZ RELEASE I’ll See You Again Someday

    Three piece power Rockabilly trio with a heavy Punk edge and Celtic influences from Southern California. Hailing from Los Angeles, California The Rocketz may be a surprising addition to these pages but being someone who grew up listening to hi Mammy playing the Dubliners and Elvis and so I always had a soft spot for…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE O’MAOLEGAIN RAKE – It Had to be Done (2023)

    The debut album from New York’s The O’Maolegain Rake.  Oi-rish? Working Class Celtic? Sloughter Ska? Folk Punk? Whatever… Written, played, recorded, mixed, mastered and produced by a soul individual. O’Maolegain, a “celtified” surname derived from half-historical, half fictitious origins and the term “Rake”, used in a historical context, is a term short for “rakehell”. A man…

  • 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: THE MIGHTY McGUIGGANS – Every Day Is Almost St. Paddy’s Day (2023)

    Mighty McGuiggans Fort Wayne, Indiana combine lively Irish fun with original compositions and some well trod covers. Gritty, real and beautiful, like a single malt scotch or a fine stout. Raucous drinking songs, beautiful ballads, hilarious songs that tell a story and some pirate tunes to boot! We were delighted to hear from American Irish…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE PROVOS – We Left It As It Was (2021)

    With so much new Celtic-Punk to review we very very rarely go back in time for releases we missed the first time round but we are making an exception today for Costa Mesa, Californian Celtic-Punk band The Provos debut album.  With their follow up album already recorded and due out very soon Shane O’Neill gets…

  • 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…

  • EP REVIEW: WHISKEY’S WAKE – Distant Lands (2023)

    Distant Lands, the brilliant third release from Whiskey’s Wake, Celtic-Punk rockers from Salt Lake City, Utah. Distant Lands is the third album from Whiskey’s Wake following their self titled debut album back in 2005 and, an amazing seventeen years later, that that was followed by last year’s six (or was it eight with the two…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: RUSTY NAIL – Burnt Prairie, Illinois (2023)

    An incredibly interesting take on Celtic-Punk from Saint Louis, Missouri with Rusty Nail who sound just as if Liam Clancy grew up on Nirvana while playing Celtic-Rock originals and traditional Irish Folk down the Pub. Don’t know what it is about Celtic-Punk bands but despite going through more members than Spinal Tap have drummers they…

  • REMEMBERING PATRICK FOWLER 1985-2022

    Dance as if no one were watching, sing as if no one were listening, and live every day as if it were your last. Even in this internet age sometimes news travels slowly and is the way of things that it is usually sad news that travels the slowest. We just heard of the tragic…

  • EP REVIEW: MORGAN’S BLUFF – Chaser (2023)

    New Year’s Day saw the release of a 3-track EP from Arizona based Celtic rockers Morgan’s Bluff, sadly featuring the last recordings with the late great Patrick Fowler, band accordionist, tin whistle player and vocalist. Arriving on our doorstep just after its release on New Years Day we were originally delighted to hear from Morgan’s…

  • 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…

  • LONDON CELTIC PUNKS CHRISTMAS 2022 SPECIAL

    With Christmas just around the corner it’s time for an annual catch up of all this years Yuletide songs and videos. As varied as ever with everything covered with bands from around the world! KRAKIN’ KELLYS – Holiday Season One of my favourite bands and they love a Christmas song and deliver another great one…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BASTARD BEARDED IRISHMEN – A Very Bastard Christmas (2022)

    Out of ‘Steel City’ Pittsburgh its our auld mates the Bastard Bearded Irishmen and they bring some Christmas cheer with their new Yuletide album. The Bastard Bearded Irishmen first came to our attention way way back in the early days of the site with the release of 2014’s Rise Of The Bastard. One bright day…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: MULHOLLAND – ‘Irish Viking’ (2022)

    Their are some very talented bastards out there in the Celtic-Punk scene! One such is Colin Mulholland who has written, composed, performed, recorded, mixed and produced his own material for a few years now. Ray Ball checks out his new album featuring loads of distorted guitars and vocals played at breakneck speed about Irish and…

  • 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…

  • EP REVIEW: BRICK TOP BLAGGERS – ‘Obey The Tyrant ‘ (2022)

    With the original and traditional melodies of Celtic-Folk and the power of Punk-Rock Orange county Celtic-Punks Brick Top Blaggers have been winning over die-hard fans since 2009 and are set to win over more with the release of their new EP.   The Brick Top Blaggers have never been given a proper airing on this site over…

  • 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…

  • NEW SINGLE: COXEY’S ARMY – ‘ You’re Gonna Make It ‘ (2022)

    The new release from Coxey’s Army. A high energy quartet blending elements of Oi!, Streetpunk, Americana and Celtic music. Named after a historic moment in working class history that soon became a slang term referring to a ragtag band of society’s underclass. Coxey’s Army formed in central Ohio in the fall of 2019 with the…

  • VICTIM 0001. REMEMBERING FR. MYCHAL JUDGE 1933-2001

    Mychal Judge, was an American Franciscan friar and Catholic priest who served as a chaplain to the FDNY. While serving in that capacity he was killed, becoming the first certified fatality of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Irish-American Father Mychal Fallon Judge O.F.M. was the first official certified fatality of the nearly 3,000 people that…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • EP REVIEW: IN FOR A PENNY – ‘In Memory Of’ (2022)

    “It’s been a great ride. Thanks for coming along. So long and thanks for all the drinks”. Savannah Rowdy Irish Music Back in 2016 In For A Penny rode into the Celtic-Punk scene and really left their mark. All the Celtic-Punk media went ape over them and for a couple of years they released plenty of…

  • EP REVIEW: BOG IRON – ‘Star Of The County Down’ (2022)

    California’s Bog Iron celebrate their 16th anniversary with their first studio release in years featuring a winning combination of classic Folk and hard rocking Trad! We are ingratiated to you readers sometimes for your recommendations for that is how we came across today’s band Bog Iron. We do have writers far and wide but still…

  • ST. PATRICK’S CELTIC-PUNK RELEASES : SIR REG, THE DREADNOUGHTS, THE FOGGY DUDE, MAGGIE’S FLOCK, SHANGHAI TREASON, FLATFOOT 56

    St.Patrick’s is, unsurprisingly, our busiest time of year and we get inundated with albums, EPs and singles from bands left, right and centre from right across the world. Normally we try our best to get round to reviewing as many as possible and it’s not unusual for us to be still ploughing through them a…

  • MOLLYS vs MURPHYS ST. PATRICK’S FACE OFF!

    As usual it’s been impossible to keep up with the flow of new music over the St. Patrick’s day period. Not just singles but many EP’s and albums landed on our doorstep that we will get to over the following few weeks but we couldn’t let this years festivities go without a special mention for…

  • 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.

  • 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: 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…

  • 2021 CATCH UP REVIEWS. PART 2 – WILD COLONIAL BHOYS, THE POKES, HAWTHORN, SURFIN’ TURNIPS,

    Our last post was an attempt to catch up with a few albums that we loved but had missed for reviewing during 2021. Part One wasn’t originally planned to be but they all ended up being ‘solo’ albums and so today we have a bunch of albums from bands. Apologies for not being able to…

  • 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…

  • IRISH-BORN AND IRISH-AMERICANS; SEPERATED BY COMMON HERITAGE?

    by Kevin Rooney Before I became active on social media; I had noticed a lot of hostility, even abuse directed toward Irish-Americans on Irish groups and pages. I even experienced a bit myself. Before that I suppose I was aware of how unpopular Americans are abroad, but had hoped the relationship of the Irish with…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: SWAINN – ‘Under A Willow Tree’ (2021)

    The third album from Arizona based Swainn (also known as Cockswain). Sunburnt Celtic-Rock sealed by Punk-Rock energy and desert heat. Sitting here in a big jumper with a icy droplet hanging off the end of me nose trying to escape the bitter cold it’s hard to imagine a world where people listen to Celtic-Punk all…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • EXCLUSIVE! FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE GOBSHITES NEW SINGLE ‘America’

    The casual Celtic-Punk fan may not be aware of Boston Irish band The Gobshites but for obsessives like us they are one of the leading Celtic-Punk bands out there. Time to change that and get these Bhoys the love and respect they deserve. FREE DOWNLOAD  It was back in 2002 Boston Irish-American punk rocker Pete…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: HOLD FAST – ‘Last Of The Rebels’ (2021)

    No easy task keeping the tricolour flying for Pennsylvania’s large Irish community but Hold Fast do just that. Whether tales of the sea, songs of whiskey, or lessons on love and life. Back with the follow up to their debut album three years ago Hold Fast provide more rowdy Celtic-Punk and Irish Folk. Hold Fast can…

  • EP REVIEW: THE RAMSHACKLE ARMY – ‘Highflyer’ (2021)

    Melbourne’s finest are back with a new EP! These guys pack a punch, and this EP is more proof of it.

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BLAGGARDS – Blagmatic’ (2021)

    Texas Celtic-Punk band Blaggards (there is no ‘the’) play what they call Stout Irish Rock. Traditional Irish mixed with Rock’n’Roll, informed by everything from Johnny Cash and Elvis to Thin Lizzy and Sabbath. Their new album has just hit the shops  Unbelievably this is the fourth Celtic-Punk album out of Texas in just the last…

  • 1916’S BILL CHATS WITH LONDON CELTIC PUNKS ABOUT THE BANDS LATEST ALBUM

    Upstate NY, Celtic rockers 1916 are an explosive concoction of modern Irish Folk, Punk and Psychobilly which makes 1916’s sound both highly original and at the same time traditional! A band that truly stands apart from other bands in the Celtic-Punk genre. Our man Raymond Lloyd Ball caught up with lead singer and songwriter Bill…

  • IT’S A NEW FLOGGING MOLLY SONG !

    A band that need no introduction!  FLOGGING MOLLY We spotted a new song that appeared on You Tube a couple of days ago. Flogging Molly are one of the two BIG Celtic-Punk bands but do spend a lot of time in the Dropkick’s shadow due mainly to how busy the Murphys keep themselves. So it…

  • 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…

  • EP REVIEW: SHADOWS OF BOSTON – ‘Demo’ (2021)

    FREE DOWNLOAD!! Amid the ashes of the Boston music scene burns an ember. A glowing promise of the raging fires that used to burn. The keepers of the flame are SHADOWS OF BOSTON. A new Celtic Street Punk band band formed out of ex-members of Boston Punk bands Dropkick Murphys, Toxic Narcotic and The Blue Bloods. Raymond…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: DIE STROMMS – ‘Vinum, Et Domina Canticum’ (2021)

    There’s a new sound rumbling out of the ‘red dirt’ countryside on the third album from North Texans Die Strömms. A winning combination of Celtic-Folk, Western, Bluegrass, Punk with loud guitars, mandolins, banjos and fiddles they have created a sound they call ‘Southern Celtic Cow Punk’. The Ramones meets Willie Nelson by way of Celtic-Folk!…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: SETH MARTIN – ‘Through Dark Valleys’ (2021)

    Hear the new album from Seth Martin, Oregon born singer/songwriter from Oregon living in South Korea. T.C. Costello reviews his latest album, Through Dark Valleys, and discovers his music has deep roots in the American Folk tradition as well as strong political convictions. During these unprecedented new-normal and blah blah blah times, artists across the…

  • 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…

  • 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’…

  • JUSTICE FOR THE CRAIGAVON 2 BENEFIT SINGLE FROM NEW YORK’S ALTERNATIVE ULSTER

    A new track from New York State Celtic-Punk band Alternative Ulster to raise awareness of the campaign to free the innocent Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton. Now in their twelfth year of imprisonment and otherwise known as The Craigavon 2. Justice for Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton, who were unjustly convicted of murder…

  • 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…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE DEAD RABBITS- ‘7 Ol’ Jerks’ (2021)

    Fueled by cheap whiskey and Lone Star beer The Dead Rabbits have emerged out of Texas as one of the American Celtic-Punk scenes best bands. Charged by the ole songs of Irish rebellion and the speed and harmony of Punk, they combine a potent mix of Irish Folk, Bluegrass, Gypsy and Punk Rock. Taking their…

  • BEANNACHTAÍ NA FÉILE PÁDRAIG ORAIBH 2021!

    Shamrocks, leprechauns and gallons and gallons of Guinness must mean it’s almost St. Patrick’s Day. But who was St. Patrick and why has this Saint’s day become so popular? Well it may surprise you to hear that St. Patrick (or Padraig to use the Irish spelling) wasn’t actually irish. He’s believed to have been born…

  • 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…

  • ODDS’N’SODS. CELTIC-PUNK ROUND UP MARCH 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • REMEMBERING MICHAEL KILROE 1957-2021

    It was with great sadness that on last Saturday morning I woke to the very sad and shocking news that Mike Kilroe had passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in New York state. At a time when the Celtic-Punk scene was floundering Mike started the Celtic Punk, Folk And Rock Fans group…

  • CELEBRATING A CELTIC CHRISTMAS 2020. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL THE LONDON CELTIC PUNKS FAMILY

    Each December we pick the best Christmas themed song we’ve heard that year to showcase in our end of year message. Their was a time when it was a easy choice but over the years its become quite common, so much so that we will have a special feature on 2020’s Celtic-Punk Christmas songs on…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE STUBBY SHILLELAGHS – ‘Glass To Mouth’ (2020)

    High-Energy northern Colorado acoustic Celtic-Folk-Punk Band The Stubby Shillelaghs release their fifth studio album, Glass to Mouth, to celebrate the band’s tenth anniversary. The Stubby Shillelaghs new album (out this week!!) is self-produced and self financed as well as being recorded and mixed as a result of quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a…

  • EP REVIEW: LEXINGTON FIELD – ‘Win The Day’ (2020)

    Formed in 2009, hundreds of shows, three national tours, five albums and a whole bunch of EP’s and singles, Lexington Field from San Diego, CA is Rock music but with an Irish fiddle right in the epicenter!! “Don’t let the little things bring you down. Rise up, fight, and Win the Day!” On a list…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: NEVER SAY DIE – ‘Punk Rock Pirates’ (2020)

    Maryland Irish PUNK-ROCK band Never say Die release their third studio album of loud blaring noisy as hell Punk-Rock!!  The journey of most Celtic-Punks (Particularly those of Irish descent and of a certain age) seems to be that you grew up listening to your parents music. This tended to be Irish Folk and Rock’n’Roll. This…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE KONA ROGUES- ‘Batten Down The Hatches’ (2020)

  • EP REVIEW: LUCKY LAD GREEN- ‘Get There Somehow’ (2020)

    Hailing from a small town just east of Pittsburgh, PA, Lucky Lad Green take Punk Rock, Hardcore, and old school Rock’n’Roll and make into a Celtic jigger that’s best served straight on a Saturday night at the local pub! Now technology ain’t my thing anyone can tell you and London Celtic Punks always arrived on…

  • 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…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: HUGH MORRISON- ‘The Other Side’ (2020)

    Scottish-born Hugh Morrison has spent the couple of decades baking in Houston,Texas and playing and singing in a range of styles. As part of The Street Dogs and lead vocalist of Celtic-Rockers Murder The Stout he has toured the world and has released his second solo album of New Orleans influenced Folk-Rock. After spending twelve…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: 6’10- ‘Carried In Retrospect’ (2020)

    The second full length release from Flatfoot 56 off-shoot band 6’10. Tobin Bawinkel began 6’10 to go back to his musical roots in Americana and Folk music. Life can’t be all circle pits and spitting on sweaty crowds! The groups first full length album since 2014 Gerard Mellon finds ten tracks of childhood memories, raising…

  • THE IRISH SOLDIERS OF MEXICO IN FILM AND IN SONG

    The story of the legendary San Patricios battalion and their legacy as told in film, books and song from bands as diverse as The Chieftains, Black 47, David Rovics, Larkin, The Fenians, The Wakes and others.  by Michael Hogan Next week sees the release of the debut album from Mexican Celtic-Punk band Batallón de San…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: T.C. COSTELLO- ‘The Bluebird’ (2020)

    With the imminent release of his seventh album next week London Irish Folk Punker Anto Morra gives his view on T.C. Costello’s The Bluebird. The Bluebird will be launched live on Facebook on Thursday where T.C. will be debuting some new songs and a few auld favourites too no doubt. The last time I graced…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: CLOVER’S REVENGE- ‘Truants And Absolution’ (2020)

    Based In Sarasota, Florida, Irish Speed Folk trio Clover’s Revenge exist at the dangerous intersection of two great Irish musical traditions: Acoustic pub music and Celtic-Punk-Rock. Their second full length release, Truants And Absolution, came out on Paddy’s Day. The new album from Clover’s Revenge carries on in much the same vein as their debut…

  • NEW SINGLE FROM TC COSTELLO ‘THE PANDEMIC’ AND LIVE STREAM ANNOUNCEMENT

    Irish-American multi-instrumentalist TC Costello is back with a new album in the Summer but to keep us happy he’s released a 2-track single available as a ‘Pay What You Like’ download. TC Costello is no stranger to these shores (in fact he’s spent more time in my spare room than me!) and was due over…

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