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The Ex-Patriots are Richmond's only Irish folk punk band. While playing the River City for decades, they write and perform songs that are both upbeat and mournful, deeply personal and scathingly political.
Citing <a href="spotify:artist:2wzMOQwNT6ZvVB4amvhFAH" data-name="The Pogues">The Pogues</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3RGLhK1IP9jnYFH4BRFJBS" data-name="The Clash">The Clash</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5yXAFDZNUNyO92l5WTImkO" data-name="Billy Bragg">Billy Bragg</a> as their major musical influences, they offer their own takes on the countercultural cause, economics, love, and whiskey.
The tin whistle, fiddle, mandolin, and banjo hold up the tradition of Irish rebel music with new voices in Virginia's capital.
Their debut album, The Place I Call Home, was released in March 2025.
Citing <a href="spotify:artist:2wzMOQwNT6ZvVB4amvhFAH" data-name="The Pogues">The Pogues</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3RGLhK1IP9jnYFH4BRFJBS" data-name="The Clash">The Clash</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5yXAFDZNUNyO92l5WTImkO" data-name="Billy Bragg">Billy Bragg</a> as their major musical influences, they offer their own takes on the countercultural cause, economics, love, and whiskey.
The tin whistle, fiddle, mandolin, and banjo hold up the tradition of Irish rebel music with new voices in Virginia's capital.
Their debut album, The Place I Call Home, was released in March 2025.
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