• 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…

  • ODDS’N’SODS. A CELTIC-PUNK ROUND UP DECEMBER 2023

    The year is almost dust so here’s the final Odds’n’Sods of 2023. All the news of what’s going in the Celtic-Punk scene. From the biggest and most established bands to those just starting out it’s all here! We are also able to include some artists here that stretch the boundaries of what we usually feature…

  • ODDS’N’SODS. A CELTIC-PUNK ROUND UP APRIL 2023

    The year is flying by and as usual March was a fantastic month for Celtic-Punk fans. Some big hitters released their first albums in ages and here’s your chance to catch up with some of them and the others in this month’s Odds’n’Sods. All the news fit to print on what’s going in our wonderful…

  • ODDS’N’SODS. A CELTIC-PUNK ROUND UP SEPTEMBER 2022

    Here’s another Odds’n’Sods to keep you occupied for a bit. A whole load of Celtic-Punk entertainment from all the scene’s bands big and small, established or just starting out. Big news from the DROPKICK MURPHYS that their long awaited new album This Machine Still Kills Fascists lands on September 30th. Following up on their success…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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

    Summer holidays are almost over which in time honoured tradition means its time for the good weather to really kick in. It’s also time again for this months London Celtic Punks round-up of all the band news, record releases and videos from bands big and small from across the Celtic-Punk scene.  Where better to start…

  • 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…

  • LONDON CELTIC PUNKS PRESENTS THE BEST OF 2019!

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

  • 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…

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