LONDON CELTIC PUNKS WEB-ZINE

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

    It’s festival season, school holidays and the football is back so lots of other things to keep you occupied but just in case you get a few quiet moments here’s this month’s Odds’n’Sods with all the news fit to print on what’s going in our wonderful Celtic-Punk world. From the scene’s biggest and well established…

  • ODDS’N’SODS. A CELTIC-PUNK ROUND UP JULY 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. We kick off with exciting…

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

    It’s time now 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. We start with some interesting news from West Britain Dublin of a new Celtic-Punk band THE BLACK IRISH. Whistle, sax, mandolin, accordion, fiddle, bass, drums,…

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

    The football season is about to kick off over here so all is well with the world! Time again for the London Celtic Punks monthly round-up of all the band news, record releases and videos from bands big and small from across the Celtic-Punk scene.  We start this month with one of my favourite band’s…

  • 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: 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…

  • 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…

  • ODDS’N’SODS. CELTIC-PUNK ROUND UP JUNE 2020

    We want to move away from just being ‘ReviewReviewReviewReview’ so we have started this monthly feature that comes out on the last day of each month. All news items that we otherwise miss will get a mention but I need YOU to be the eyes and ears if it’s going to work so send over…

  • 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…

  • SINGLE REVIEW: ANTI DEPRESANTS- ‘Yer The One’ (2020)

    Anti Depressants are a four piece Ska, Punk’n’Roll band from the hills of County Armagh. Going since 2008 they already have four albums behind them but the last one was in 2013. Now with a settled line up our man in South Carolina TC Costello ran the rule over their new single ‘Yer The One’.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: SETH MARTIN AND THE MENDERS- ‘Live At No Country: An Introduction To Seth Mountain’ (2019)

    Our close friend TC Costello has toured all over the world and spent quite some time in Korea so he was the perfect person to put pen to paper on the new album from Seth Martin that fuses Americana and American Folk with traditional Korean music.  Singer, songwriter and folklorist based Seth Martin has been…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: T.C. COSTELLO- ‘Horizon Songs’ (2019)

    Most American artists we only get to know from their record releases but it seems T.C. Costello drops over this side of the broad Atlantic often enough for him to develop quite the following for his anarchic accordion Folk-Punk! Horizon Songs is the sixth studio album from long time auld mucker of London Celtic Punks…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE TEMPLARS OF DOOM- ‘Hovels Of The Holy’ (2019)

    What to do when a mate releases a new album? To stave off any allegations of nepotism ye rope in a guest reviewer to do it instead! With Ulster county Celtic-Punks The Templars Of Doom second album out our favourite South Carolinan Folk-Punk accordion playing multi-instrumentalist TC Costello rode into town with some pen and paper and…

  • EP REVIEW AND EP RELEASE SHOW! THE BRANDY THIEVES- ‘The Devil’s Wine’ (2018)

    Combining Gypsy rhythms and punk energy, ska grooves and folk storytelling, The Brandy Thieves have created a sound that is uniquely their own, a sound that has stolen the hearts of all of whom that have seen them perform. Stephen Francis Bourke was at the release party at the Soundhouse Leicester for London Celtic Punks. Already…

  • LIVE REVIEW: TC COSTELLO/ ANTO MORRA/ BRENDAN O’PREY AT THE GUNNERS 17th MAY 2018

    A very nice review by the talented Anto Morra of the recent London Celtic Punks gig held in north London that saw the start of TC Costello’s European tour. Accompanied by Anto and Brendan O’Prey (literally at times!) the night saw Irish artists from three different countries perform and they will all, I am sure,…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: T.C.COSTELLO- ‘100 YEARS AGO’ (2015)

    Some have called it folk-punk with an archaic edge… If T.C.Costello was a drink he’d be equal parts punk rock and folk music, a bit like a Whiskey Mac perhaps! Originally from South Carolina in the United States this is his fourth record release and for certain its his most ambitious. Throughout the album runs the theme of, the only song…

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