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Celtic punk bands often play traditional Celtic folk songs, contemporary/political folk songs, and original compositions. [3] Common themes in Celtic punk music include politics , Celtic culture (particularly Gaelic culture ) and identity , heritage , religion , drinking and working class pride.
Folk punk (known in its early days as rogue folk) [1] is a fusion of folk music and punk rock. It was popularized in the early 1980s by The Pogues in England, and by Violent Femmes in the United States. Folk punk achieved some mainstream success in that decade.
Punk in the Welsh language, particularly the bands connected with the Anhrefn record label, was an early inspiration to the Gaelic punk scene in Scotland.The Scottish rock band Runrig's first album (Play Gaelic) in 1978 is considered to be the first notable modern Scottish Gaelic-language music album; [3] other than Ultravox's 1984 album "Lament", which contained some Gaelic lyrics in the song ...
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Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock, as well as a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context. It has been prolific since the early 1970s and can be seen as a key foundation of the development of successful mainstream Celtic bands and popular musical performers, as well as creating important derivatives through further fusions.
Its subgenres include Celtic punk and Gypsy punk. Folk punk generally takes one of two forms: either traditional folk music played in a punk rock style, or music incorporating the themes of punk rock but played on acoustic instruments (sometimes adding additional folk instruments such as mandolins, accordions, banjos or violins). [14]
Greenland Whalefishers, named after the traditional folk tune The Greenland Whale Fisheries, [1] is a Norwegian folk punk band established in 1994, playing music influenced by Celtic traditional music combined with British punk. The musical style of this type of music is also referred to as celtic punk and paddy rock.
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