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The Kilted Bastards
The Kilted Bastards makes modern Celtic pub anthems — bagpipes, folk grooves and sing-along hooks made for packed pubs and festival tents.
Folk
One of 55 independent projects in the John AI Smith Collective — ambient, cinematic, electronic and a few harder-to-pin corners.
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New The Kilted Bastards material lands on Spotify and SoundCloud as it's finished. Until the next drop, the full catalogue below is the best way in.
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About this world
The Kilted Bastards is built around modern Celtic pub anthems — bagpipes, folk grooves and sing-along hooks made for packed pubs and festival tents. Every release stays inside that idea rather than chasing a trend. The world leans folk, celtic, acoustic — direction chosen by mood first, genre second.
The Kilted Bastards explores modern Celtic pub anthems — bagpipes, folk grooves and sing-along hooks made for packed pubs and festival tents.
Within John AI Smith Collective, The Kilted Bastards sits in a clear corner of the collective — leaning into folk, celtic, acoustic textures rather than chasing a single trend. Tracks are built for headphones and late drives — patient arrangements, considered low-end, room for the listener. Best experienced late at night. If you arrived from a playlist, this page is the home base for everything The Kilted Bastards: full discography, curated sets, and related projects across the collective.
The Kilted Bastards is one of 55 artists in the John AI Smith Collective, an independent collective curated by John AI Smith. Stream the full The Kilted Bastards discography on Spotify or listen to the curated The Kilted Bastards set on SoundCloud. Browse the full roster of John AI Smith Collective artists or open genres & moods to find more in the same space.
Complete works & The Kilted Bastards playlists
Stream the full The Kilted Bastards catalogue and explore curated folk playlists from across the John AI Smith Collective.
The Kilted Bastards grouped by mood & genre
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Fifty-five independent artists, one collective. Browse by mood, or follow what catches the ear next.