2018-10-24 VIDEO - TRANSPHER "Cardiff"

The new video by the French band Transpher, a tribute to Cardiff (Wales).

2017-06-26 VIDEOS - MURPHY & THE GIANT, HERE BE DRAGONS, THE LED FARMERS

Some videos that have been recently added to the Celtic Folk Punk YouTube channel. Don't miss any update, subscribe!

 

Murphy & The Giant - Mollys



Here Be Dragons - Estragon Song (Radio Edit)



The Led Farmers - Thomas Jefferson

2016-09-03 VIDEO - HERE BE DRAGONS "The Caroline Street Strut"

Our favourite Welsh band, Here Be Dragons, is back with a new video: "The Caroline Street Strut", off their 2015 album "The Year of the Dragon".

"People from outside of town call it "Chippy Lane" (or Chippy Alley) but Cardiffians call Caroline Street by its proper name. It's the street where the chip shops stay open very late so that partying drunks can get chips etc. whenever they need them" (from the CD liner notes)

Here Be Dragons - The Caroline Street Strut

VIDEOS - HERE BE DRAGONS

Here Be Dragons play wild Celtic music from Wales.

The band have released six albums. Their New albums "The Year Of The Dragon" and "Gwlad!" follow their previous albuums "Gargling With Brains", "Alcohol & Rain", "Celtic Bonding" and "Bright New Tomorrow".

They have had crowds partying at festivals and venues across Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, Slovenija and The USA

Here Be Dragons - The Bitter End (off "The Year of The Dragon")



Here Be Dragons - Men of Harlech (off "Gwlad!")



Men Of Harlech (Trad. arr Here Be Dragons)
Classic Welsh anthem. It's often sung by choirs but rarely by rock bands. The Chicago Tafia, a Welsh society played our live version at a party I'm told.

Here Be Dragons - Sosban Fach

Sosban Fach (Trad. arr Here Be Dragons)
Classic Welsh traditional song. When Welsh people get together we often like to sing. This song is nearly always the first or last sung, especially if there are any Llanelli supporters present.

Here Be Dragons usually sing this to finish the concert. It's the most recorded Dragons song too featuring on 5 albums! (4 different recordings)

FREE DOWNLOAD - KILNABOY "Prison Bars and Battle Scars"

The Welsh band Kilnaboy has just released a new album, "Prison Bars and Battle Scars". It's available at Bandcamp (Name Your Price)

DOWNLOAD:

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FREE DOWNLOADS - KILNABOY DISCOGRAPHY

Kilnaboy, the Welsh band often compared to the Levellers, are sharing their whole discography on Bandcamp (Name Your Price)

"Kilnaboy the band shares its name with a tiny village on the West Coast of Ireland. It has no deep or powerful meaning and to be honest we didn't give it a great deal of thought. However the name has stuck and has grown on us like like the funnell mushrooms in the back of our van. Having spent the early years in the sweaty clubs n pubs of Cardiff, drinking and cavorting excessively, we are now more likely to be found in muddy festival fields worrying apathetic hippies and chasing morris dancers out of town. Most of our ideas and influences stem from a protesting background and the constant frustration of trying to exist in an industry where music is lost in a void of cloned popstars. We will carry on regardless in the hope that music still has the power to change the blinkered perception of mainstream society."

https://www.facebook.com/KilnAboy
http://www.myspace.com/kilnaboy
https://twitter.com/kilnaboyband

Line-up:

Daf: Plinky-Plonky Mandolin & Vocals
Jay: Pikey Guitar & Vocals
Bri: Lecky Guitar & Vocals
Will: Noodly Accordion & Fiddle
Jim: Drums
John: Stunt Bass, Soundman Read

Discography:

"Half Beard's Box"(13 tracks, 2004)
"Defy the Stars" (14 tracks, 2006)
"Prison Bars and Battle Scars" (2 tracks, 2012)

DOWNLOAD:

http://kilnaboy.bandcamp.com/album/defy-the-stars
http://kilnaboy.bandcamp.com/album/prison-bars-and-battle-scars
http://kilnaboy.bandcamp.com/album/half-beards-box

SAMPLER NOVEMBER 2011

01 - DIRTY GLASS - Let's Joke 3:33
02 - THE SWAGGERIN' GROWLERS - Six Strings and Gasoline (from "Outlaw Waltz") 2:48
03 - RUM CURRENCY - Skin and Blister 3:13
04 - RUM CURRENCY - Black Eyed Lisa 2:22
05 - RUM CURRENCY - Parish Offices 1:45
06 - THE STOUTFELLOWS - The Ratlin' Bog (from "The Stoutfellows") 6:06
07 - THE STOUTFELLOWS - General Lee (from "Stout FM") 2:55
08 - THE STOUTFELLOWS - Pogue Mahone (from "Stout FM") 3:14
09 - THE STOUTFELLOWS - Raggle Taggle Gypsy (from "Stout it Out Live") 3:55
10 - THE STOUTFELLOWS - The Gentleman Soldier (from "Stout it Out Live") 2:52
11 - ICEWAGON FLU - Such Lousy Friends (from the forthcoming album "Tribute to Patrick Halloran") 3:56
12 - PADDY WHETMAN - Bagpipes Makes my Ball Itch (from "Goat Music") 2:43
13 - PADDY WHETMAN - Yeyansaya (from "Goat Music") 4:00
14 - PADDY WHETMAN - I Called (from "Goat Music") 5:08



1) DIRTY GLASS (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

http://www.reverbnation.com/dirtyglass
http://www.myspace.com/the.dirty.glass

Members:

Miko - Lead Vocals / Guitar
Anang - Violins / Acordion
Ryan - Vocals, Mandolin
Brata - Guitar
Emil - Bass
Yasa - Tin Whistle
Ardian - Drums

2) THE SWAGGERIN' GROWLERS (Allston, Massachussets, USA)

http://theswaggeringrowlers.com
http://www.myspace.com/theswaggeringrowlers
http://www.facebook.com/swaggeringrowlers
http://www.reverbnation.com/swaggeringrowlers

Members:

Chestnut - Drums, Vocals
Coomey - Accordion, Banjo, Vocals
Cost - Bass, Vocals
Swagger - Guitar, Vocals
Ethan - Violin

Other fine folks that play with them on occasion:

Seth - Mandolin
Liam - Mandolin
Annie - Violin, Tin Whistle, Accordion

Discography:

"Bottle and the Bow" (14 tracks, 2007)
"Keep Your Head High" (14 tracks, 2009)
"Outlaw Waltz" (11 tracks, 2011)

3) RUM CURRENCY (Cairns, Australia)

Ex-Blaggard and Rum Currency artist will be joined by Will Swan ad Owen Thomas in his new project. Check his website for more details.

http://blaggard.wordpress.com

Members:

a.k.a. Rum Currency
Will Swan (ex-Rumjacks)
Owen Thomas (Catgut Mary)

Discography:

Blaggard "Can't Write Can't Play Can't Sing" (8 tracks, 2006)
Blaggard "Warm Stout" (9 tracks, 2007)
Rum Currency "Can't Take You Anywhere" (14 tracks + 5 extra tracks, 2010)

4) STOUTFELLOWS (Christchurch, NZ)

http://www.reverbnation.com/thestoutfellows
http://www.myspace.com/thestoutfellows

Members:

Peter Malthus - Vocals, Bass.
Scott Spatcher-Harrison - Vocals, Electric Guitar
Simon Fox - Drums
Andrew Boon - Vocals, Electric Mandolin

Discography:

"The Stoutfellows" (1999)
"Stout FM" (2000)
"Stout It Out Loud" (Live, Unreleased, 15 tracks, 2002)

Celtic rockers The Stoutfellows have returned to the scene for a one-off show at The Bog Irish Bar, Cashel Mall on Saturday, July 5th - 10pm until late.

The band originally formed at the start of 1999 and up until the end of 2002 they toured and played to crowds up and down the country as well as overseas. The Stoutfellows also managed to release two full length albums in it's tenure, "The Stoutfellows" (1999) and "Stout FM" (2000). Their third album, a live effort taped at the now defunct Jolly Poacher, titled "Stout It Out Loud" (2002) was to be released in 2002 but was shelved when the band stopped playing and eventually broke up. Tracks from the album can still be heard on the bands' MySpace site for free.

"The Stoutfellows play a high energy brand of Celtic flavored rock music, covering artists such as The Pogues, Steve Earle, The Waterboys and Van Morrison. They also play their own original music which has proved to be a hit live."

"The Stoutfellows, the four piece 'Celtic Rock' band from Christchurch, brimming with energy and strong musical talent, can lay claim to being the best band in their field. Some may argue with that statement. And why not? It is a rather bold one. But after you see the amount of work that The Stoutfellows have put into their craft - the tours, the recordings, and dedication to being the best - perhaps then you'll get a greater insight as to why the band lays claim to being the best in the business of rock 'n' roll (or rock 'n' reel as the case may be!)

This first line up of the band in January 1999 (Dan MacMillan, Nick Laird, Geoff Snowsil and Peter Malthus) recorded and released a self titled CD, The Stoutfellows' first, that went on to sell around 1,000 copies. The album was sold at shows and quickly became a very popular recording in it's own right - still sought after today. But halfway through the year saw the depature of Geoff Snowsil. His replacement came in the form of Scott Spatcher-Harrison, a guitarist for a Christchurch metal band called HUMAN. Nick took over on the mandolin while Scott played guitar and the new line up continued on.

It was after a trip to play in Australia and another tour around New Zealand that original band members Dan McMillan (drums) and Nick Laird (mandolin) announced that they were leaving the band. The fellows picked to replace them were Simon Fox and Andrew Boon respectively. And it was with this new line up in July 2001 that The Stoutfellows picked up steam and played their collective heart out to big crowds around NZ. Along the way the lads obtained backing from Musicworks NZ, the largest musical instrument retailer in the country, and also Jamesons Irish Whiskey lent a well needed hand too! (Thanks chaps!) It was during this time that the idea for album 3 began to take shape.

In February 2002, The Stoutfellows decided to record their next album at one of their favourite LIVE venues - The Jolly Poacher Tavern in Christchurch. On Saturday the 9th of February 2002, they packed the place out and belted out 15 tracks of high energy Celtic Rock, all captured by Rob Mays of Avalanche Studios, and it all boiled down into what was to be the last Stoutfellows CD titled "Stout It Out Loud". The band lost founding member Peter Malthus and release of the album was put on hold indefinitely.

The band hired Amy Sutherland to come in and play bass as a permanent band member but it all came to end on New Year's of 2002 when Scott parted ways with the band and it was agreed that there was to be no more Stoutfellows activity."


5) ICEWAGON FLU (Alexandria, VA, USA)

http://www.icewagonflu.com/
http://www.myspace.com/icewagonflu
http://www.reverbnation.com/icewagonflu#!
http://www.facebook.com/icewagonflu
http://twitter.com/#!/icewagonflu


Band members:

Kevin Adkins - Vocals
Martin Bristow - Guitar
Andrew Sharp - Whistles, pipes, banjo, fiddle
George Smith - Vocals, bodhran
Christopher Speich - Drums, percussion
Tony Steele - Bass

Discography:

"Trouble Has a Car" (10 tracks, 2003)
"(Live) Take One" (16 tracks, 2005)
"Mr. Norman" (5 tracks, 2005)
"Off the Wagon" (10 tracks, 2006)
"The Great American Something" (11 tracks, 2007)
"The Waxie's Dargle Singles" (2 tracks, 2009)
"Off the Wagon, Vol. 2" (12 tracks, 2011)


6) PADDY WHETMAN a.k.a. HAMISH McDOODLE


http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=258431
http://www.isound.com/goat_music
http://www.myspace.com/hamishmcdoodle

Paddy Whetman (Hamish McDoodle) - Eryri pipes
Steve Green (Mr Modesty) - Drums and percussion
Ali Roberts (Ali Roberts) - Vocals

Paddy Whetman: "Goat Music One" JUDMUSIC-CD003

"The long awaited release from Paddy Whetman (AKA.Hamish McDoodle) was released on the 01/09/05.

"Goat Music One" is a collection of Paddy`s works from the last five years, plus some new tracks.

The Album also features Ali Roberts on vocals and Stevie `G' Green on Drums and Percussion."

"The creative force behind Goat Music, Paddy Whetman has produced music in a wide variety of styles ranging from 'death reggae', in 'pipes from hell' to 'celtic techno' in 'bagpipes make my balls itch'. Although mostly 'dance' music his approach has always been to avoid limiting his music to one style. In his musical career, Paddy has played in numerous bands, including his own creation, “Hamish McDoodle and the kicking Keltic kaos krew”, with Ali Roberts (Ali Agogo) and Steve Green (Mr Modesty). Hamish was a character he created to front the band, dressed in kilt, horned helmet and goatskin waistcoat decorated with bones and feathers. Much of the music features the Eryri bagpipes, Hamish's sidekick. The pipes were designed and built by Paddy, an experienced engineer. The reed is made of steel and has an electromagnetic pickup fixed over it so that it can be made to sound like an electric guitar, sometimes dubbed 'Jimi Hendrix on the bagpipes', he plugs the pipes into guitar effects pedals creating powerfully distorted and pitch-shifted sounds featured heavily on 'yehunsaya' and 'pipes from hell'. This, combined with Paddy's innovative production skills, makes this music unique, never having been done before. Much of the music, with the primitive sound of the pipes, the mysterious chanting and evocative drones has a spiritual 'celtic' feel conjuring up images of mythical armies marching into battle, strange alien forces, death, mourning and rebirth. Some of it is perverse and comical, 'bagpipes make my balls itch' with it's unlikely techno 303 sound and 'plastic' 808 drums. 'Pipes from hell' could be described as being fairly dark and twisted, with telling lyrics by Ali Roberts and distorted bagpipe sounds. Some of you may remember some of these tracks from a few years ago, when downloads of Paddy’s music on the now defunct “MP3.com” totalled more than 170,000, proof of the popularity of “Goat Music”…enjoy! "

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.mediafire.com/?32w6j55lg6c24xn