LONDON CELTIC PUNKS WEB-ZINE

  • ODDS’N’SODS. A CELTIC-PUNK ROUND UP MAY 2024

    Well into Spring now and hopefully a decent Summer awaiting us around the corner but regular as the rain here’s a bumper May edition of Odds ‘n’Sods where we collect all the various new music, new videos, live / gig news and new news coming out of the Celtic-Punk scene. It’s all here from bands…

  • NEW SINGLE: JOLLY JACKERS I’m Not Drunk

    Hungarian Celtic-Punkers Jolly Jackers keep it busy, busy, busy as their new vocalist has worked wonders for the band who continue to grow in stature! This is the 4th time in a year we have featured Jolly Jackers in review and the music keeps on coming! Coming out of Budapest, Hungary this five piece Celtic-Punk…

  • 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: JOLLY JACKERS RELEASE ‘Pirate Punk. AHOY!

    Hungarian Celtic-Punkers Jolly Jackers have been busy not just touring but also recording and here’s their new single. A anthem for a whole genre!  Jolly Jackers is a five piece band with three lasses and two lads that hail from Budapest, Hungary. They have released five albums to date – Call the Captain (2014), Sobriety (2015),…

  • TWO GREAT CELTIC-PUNK BANDS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. THE CLAN & JOLLY JACKERS

    Two great bands – The Clan and Jolly Jackers – combine to make some kick-arse Celtic-Punk for us. Both have seen 100’s of gigs, 100’s of band members (!) and over a decade each for them on the road.  This is becoming quite the year for Italian Celtic-Punk. Already this year we have had two…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: JOLLY JACKERS – Jackin’ Around Since 2013 (2023)

    Hungarian Celtic-Punks Jolly Jackers celebrate their 10th anniversary with a new vocalist and the release of a new album of all theirs, and the fans, favourite songs re-recorded. Celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, as did we too with the web-zine, Jolly Jackers are back with another great album. A band I always look forward…

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

    If June be sunny, harvest comes early, June damp and warm does the farmer no harm. in this month’s Odds’n’Sods all the news fit to print on what’s going in our wonderful Celtic-Punk world. From the scene’s biggest and well established bands to those just starting out it’s all in here! We had a great night…

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

    Calling out around the world, Are you ready for a brand new beat? Summer’s here and the time is right, For dancing in the street… well maybe not! Here’s another Odds’n’Sods. A whole load of Celtic-Punk entertainment from all the scene’s bands big and small, established or just starting out. Irish music band from Ukraine!…

  • LONDON CELTIC PUNKS PRESENTS THE BEST OF 2018!

    Well it seems like only yesterday that I was sitting in Mannions in north London totting up the votes for the Best Album Of 2017 over a couple of pints and so here we are again. Everyone loves to give out there opinions and we are no different so for what it’s worth, here’s who…

  • HUNGARIAN CELTIC-PUNK WEEK PART 4. THE WHO’S WHO TOP TEN!

    So hopefully by now you will have equipped yourselves with at least three bands from the Hungarian Celtic Punk scene over the last few days so what better excuse than to give you a Top Ten of the best bands in that wonderful scene. They range from traditional Irish to folk-rock to full on punk…

  • HUNGARIAN CELTIC-PUNK WEEK. ALBUM REVIEW #3: JOLLY JACKERS- ‘Out Of The Blue’ (2018)

    The last of our album reviews of Celtic-Punk bands from Hungary is the third studio release from one of the scene’s newest bands, Budapest’s Jolly Jackers. So after the two big hitters of the Hungarian Celtic-Punk scene, Firkin and Paddy And The Rats, were featured these last few days it’s time for one of the…

  • LONDON CELTIC PUNKS PRESENTS THE BEST OF 2017!

    Yes I know it only seems like five minutes since the last one but it’s that time of year again when we give you, for what it’s worth, our opinion on who made the best music in the celtic-punk scene over 2017. It’s been another outstanding year for the music that we all love and some…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE SCARLET- ‘Hardfolk Shanties’ (2017)

    It’s been five minutes so must be time for another amazing Hungarian celtic-punk release from another amazing Hungarian celtic-punk band! 2015 was the year of the Hungarian celtic-punk band with a seemingly never ending succession of celtic-punk releases throughout the year that filled the end of year Best Of polls for not just ourselves but…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: JOLLY JACKERS- ‘Blood Sweat and Beer’ (2017)

    Let’s drink whiskey! The new album from the fantastic six piece Hungarian band Jolly Jackers playing Irish-Celtic folk punk rock. Things are said to go in cycles and the evidence is clear. They do. If 2015 was the year of the Hungarian celtic-punk band then 2017 is going to be as well. This year we…

  • 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: PADDY AND THE RATS- ‘Lonely Hearts Boulevard’ (2015)

    “Hungary’s most famous Irish folk punk band” Looking back on 2015 it will be forever known as the year of the Hungarian celtic-punk band! Already this year we have reviewed releases by Loch Nesz, The Jolly Jackers, The Scarlet and The Crazy Rogues and we still haven’t got round to reviewing the new album by Firkin either!…

  • EP REVIEW: THE CRAZY ROGUES- ‘Chapter One’ (2015)

    Irish-country folk-punk from Veszprém in Hungary FREE DOWNLOAD It has been a funny old year in the celtic-punk world I tells you. Last year the most outstanding records and bands seemed to come from faraway Indonesia. An amazing scene with equally amazing bands and releases. Young and vibrant and massive and pretty much everything the celtic-punk…

  • EP REVIEW: LOCH NESZ- ‘Leave The Captain Behind’ (2015)

    FREE DOWNLOAD Right take a deep breath… Paddy And The Rats, The Scarlet, The Jolly Jackers, Firkin, Colleen, Punk Whiskey and now you can add to that list of superb Hungarian celtic-punks the name of Loch Nesz as well. Formed in the summer of 2010 the band have been quite prolific in their short time releasing…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: JOLLY JACKERS- ‘Sobriety’ (2015)

     AND FREE DOWNLOAD! Hot on the heels of our recent review of The Scarlet’s new EP arrives the new album from another Hungarian band the Jolly Jackers. Writing that review of the The Scarlet’s EP (here) I commented about how good the celtic-punk scene in Hungary is at the moment with bands like The Scarlet, Firkin,…

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