LONDON CELTIC PUNKS WEB-ZINE

  • THE INFLUENCE OF IRISH REBEL MUSIC ON BOB DYLAN’S MUSIC

    Bob Dylan, American Nobel laureate for literature and member of the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame is often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time. He has been a major figure in popular culture during a career spanning more than 60 years. Lesser known is that Bob Dylan loves Irish music, particularly…

  • 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…

  • CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: EWAN MacCOLL and DOMINIC BEHAN- ‘Streets of Song. Childhood Memories of City Streets from Glasgow, Salford and Dublin’ (1959)

    Scottish folksinger Ewan MacColl and Irish singer Dominic Behan delve into their childhoods to present the songs and chants of working-class neighborhoods in Dublin, Glasgow, and Salford. Unaccompanied—in keeping with tradition—the 100 songs include rhymes, ditties, counting games, skipping-rope pieces, jibes, taunts, oaths, street ballads, seasonal songs and insults. In between selections, Ewan and Dominic…

  • ALBUM REVIEW- FINBAR FUREY- ‘Don’t Stop This Now’ (2018)

    We rarely use the word legend on this site so when we do then it is only when it is well deserved. Multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, storyteller and actor, Finbar Furey is celebrated around the world as one of the great folk icons and is a supreme storyteller as well as a versatile and multi-talented artist. We…

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