Celtic punk

Template:CelticPunkbox Celtic punk (also known as Paddybeat, Celtcore, Jig punk, or Rock and Reel) is a music genre typically associated with Irish punks or punks from the Irish diaspora; although other Celtic nationalities, such as Scottish, Manx and Welsh people are also represented.

The typical Celtic punk band includes a rock rhythm section accompanying more traditional instruments such as bagpipes, fiddle, tin whistle, accordion, mandolin, and banjo. Like Celtic rock, Celtic punk is a subgenre of Celtic fusion, which includes all amalgamations of celtic music with other genres. Celtic punk is also considered part of the broader folk punk genre. Many Celtic punk bands emerge from predominantly Irish communities in cities which are historically centers of mass Irish immigration, such as Glasgow, London, Melbourne, Boston, Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. As a result, prevalent themes in Celtic punk songs include Ireland, Irish Republicanism, the Irish diaspora, drinking, and working class pride.

History

The origins of Celtic punk lie in both the British folk rock bands of the 1960s and 70s who first electrified the music of Great Britain and Ireland and more directly in folk bands such as The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers. The Skids were possibly the first UK punk band to add a strong folk element, as they did on their 1981 album Joy. Around this same time in London, Shane MacGowan and Spider Stacy began experimenting with a sound that would become The Pogues, whose early sets included a mixture of traditional folk songs and originals written in a traditional style - all performed with a Punk attitude and energy. Other early Celtic folk-punk bands included The Men They Couldn't Hang, Nyah Fearties, and Australia's Roaring Jack.

More recently, Celtic punk has gained popularity with the success of bands such as Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly. Three media outlets of Celtic punk include Paddy Rock Radio the webzine Shite 'n' Onions, which releases compilation CDs, and a podcast called The Scallywag Show With Barnacle Brian.

The idea of Celtic punk has also evolved into Gaelic punk with mainly Scottish-based bands who actually sing in the Celtic language of Scottish Gaelic. Foremost of these bands is Oi Polloi from Edinburgh and Mill a h-Uile Rud who hail from Seattle.

Notable bands

Seattle's Mill a h-Uile Rud play hardcore punk sung entirely in Scots Gaelic

• Amadan
• Black 47
• Blood or Whiskey
• Dropkick Murphys
• Flatfoot 56
• Flogging Molly
• The Go Set
• The Hit the Bottle Boys
• Jackdaw
• The Mahones
• Neck
• The Pogues
• The Prodigals
• Real McKenzies
• Siobhan
• The Skels
• The Tossers

See also

• Punk Rock
• Celtic Fusion
• Celtic Rock
• Scottish Gaelic punk
• Folk punk
• Gypsy punk
• List of folk rock artists#Celtic punk

External links

• Shite 'n' Onions
• Paddy Rock Radio
• The Scallywag Show With Barnacle Brian