Celt In A Twist

The pipes are calling from hill and vale. It's Good Drying from Roddy MacDonald, the Beautiful Wreck Of The World brought to you by Willie Nile. Canadian Celtivity from Spirit Of Canada, The Once, Pat Chessell and The Paperboys show off the Sheep's Ass. Best in show from Celt In A Twist!   The Biblecode Sundays - McBratney From The Kitchen  Firkin - Haiku  The Paperboys - Sheep's Ass  CANCON Pat Chessell - Best Man Wins  CANCON Willos - Vallely's Treat  Yoko Pwno - Long Bath  Talisk - Dystopia Pt.2  Willie Nile - Beautiful Wreck Of the World  Spirit Of Canada - Home For A Rest  CANCON Spoket i Koket - Jig till John  Roddy MacDonald - Good Drying  Once - The Deserter  CANCON Mary Frances - First Light  CANCON Peatbog Faeries - Wacko King Hako    59:51

13 for the road. Wherever you roam the world is your home! New music this hour from the borderlands between Denmark and Germany from Drones & Bellows, Italian Celtic with a Canadian singer from Willos. Livin' High On Highland Life with Barleyjuice and a Cosmic Celtic from The Breath. In, out and all about, it's Celt In A Twist!     Willos - Best Of Luck  Barleyjuice - High On Highland Life  Bodh'aktan - Down The Broom  CANCON The Mahones - Rise Up (Be Strong) ROS - Ball de la Carxofa  Drones & Bellows - The Carnival Set  Dropkick Murphys - We Shall Overcome  Tau & The Drones Of Praise - It Is Right To Give Drones And Praise  Cassie and Maggie - Dougie's Set (feat. Dougie MacDonald)  CANCON Niteworks - An Toll Dubh feat. Sian  Anna Schaad - Happy  The Breath - Too Many Have Gone  Urban Trad - Berim Dance    59:57

Good things come in tens; fingers and toes and hot dogs. Not hot dog buns. But, the Contemporary Celtic Top 10. That comes in ten and the the best of the best each month! Count 'em down with Patricia Fraser this week on Celt In A Twist!   Phoenyx - Banish Misfortune Jane & Kyle - Cazedero  CANCON Tiller's Folly - Pioneer Days  CANCON Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti  Cassie and Maggie - Bow Down  CANCON Langan Band - Leg Of Lamb  Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Road Trip To Cape Breton  CANCON Gnoss - Vore Tullye  Artists For Action - Which Side Are You On?  The Rumjacks - An Irish Goodbye On St. Valentine's Day   Spoket i Koket - Jig Till Jon  Richard Wood - Vendome Set  CANCON Beoga - The Flying Golf Club    ​58:52

Take a hike and clear your head. We have your trail mix! Assorted Celtic bits and pieces by the handful, starting in Norway and finishing with a flourish from Breton. Enjoy tasty nuggets from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton PLUS debuts from Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira, more Rumjacks from Dead Anthems, and Punch Brothers revisit the Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald. Wander far and wide with Celt In A Twist!   Annbjorg Lien - Needles Eye  Valtos - Air a' Mhuir (ft. Ellidh Cormack and Lana Pheutan)  The Real McKenzies - A Red, Red Rose  CANCON Beolach - Norman's Reel​  CANCON Culbeag - Bravery  Kila - Skinheads  Dropkick Murphys feat. Violent Femmes - Gotta Get To Peeskill Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Passport To Mettabee​  CANCON Gangar - Groetleken  Gaelic Storm - Stone By Stone  The Rumjacks - An Irish Goodbye On St. Valentines Day  Punch Brothers - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald  Mary Frances - Return To Skye ​ CANCON Plantec - Nerzh (Ton Double Gavotte)    58:55

Celt In A Twist goes under the covers for a pair of Canadian remakes from The Paperboys and The Once. Hitting the Celtic hotspots from Orkney to Galway, Denmark to Belarus, Winnipeg to Indianapolis and points in between. Call shotgun and join the ride.   The Rumjacks - October  Siochain - Billy Sullivan's Final  The Paperboys - All Along The Watchtower CANCON The Once - You're My Best Friend  CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - Thunderhead  Gnoss - Vore Tullye  Kris Drever - If Wishes Were Horses  We Banjo 3 - Sunflower  Jane & Kyle - Cazadero  CANCON Stringflip - Gadevisen/The Riddle  Stramash - The Insanity Of Miss McAskill Jim Moray - Edward Of The Lowlands Nevrida - Matylek  Pete's Posse - The Brocca Set    59:31

Patricia Fraser is back in the saddle with another hour of Celtic innovation. New Irish from the Whistling Donkeys and The Langan Band, new Canadian from Cassie and Maggie plus Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira, Rounding it all out with Celtronica, Celtpunk and rawkin' Celtic pipes. You're a lucky wee listener! You have your Celt In A Twist!   Whistling Donkeys - Toss The Feathers  Young Dubliners - Saints And Sinners  Cassie And Maggie - I Long To Return CANCON The Mahones - Someone Saved Me CANCON The Langan Band - I'm Alive   Celtica - Thunderstruck/It's A Long Way/ Highway to Hell  Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Going Home  CANCON Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti  MAZ - Chasse-Galerie CANCON The Rumjacks - Pulled From The Shore  ROS - Bruixes  Sketch - The Earthship  Phoenyx - Banish Misfortune  Frigg - Game Of Frigg     59:48

Kickin' cool new Celtic from The Rumjacks' Dead Anthems and The Langan Band's Plight 'O Sheep (coming to the Vancouver Folk Fest) and a sublime CD from Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira called Here To Stay. Listen to our debut and see them live at The St. James Hall on June 20th. Join us for an hour of the best in Contemporary Celtic on Celt In A Twist!   The Rumjacks - An Irish Goodbye On St. Patrick's Day  The Langan Band - Leg Of Lamb  Vishten Connexions - Gaillard feat. De Temps Antan  CANCON Cassie and Maggie - Dougie's Set (feat. Dougie MacDonald)  CANCON Ffynnon - Le Petit Cordonier  House Of Hamill - Superb Owl  Peatbog Faeries - The Humours Of Ardnamurchan  Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Road Trip To Cape Breton  George Duff - The Overgate  Dropkick Murphys - Two 6's Upside Down Frigg - Ilon Haikeus  The Electrics - Satellite  Jane & Kyle - Sounds Of Summer    59:35

Fact. Nordic and Celtic nations were once joined by a land bridge called Doggerland. We bridge their musics with Danish quartet, Stringflip. Also, we salute those who turned out to vote with April Verch and Belle Election.​ Plus, political protest from The Go Set and The Hackensaw Boys. Join us for Canada's Contemporary Celtic Radio Hour, Celt In A Twist!   Stringflip - Gadevosem/The Riddle  Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel  April Verch - Belle Election  CANCON The Celtic Kitchen Party - The Immigrant  CANCON Alexis Chartrand & Nicolas Bebineau - Le Batteux  CANCON The Go Set - Empires  Hackensaw Boys - Oval Room  Jaime RT & Andy Hillhouse - Running Through Tall Grass  CANCON Spotted Dogs - Come Out Ye Black and Tans  Valtos - Dance Music (ft. Donnie Munro)  The Sternwheelers - Wild Rover Reprise  Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys - Madame Faillelle Spiro - Swarm  Ashley MacIsaac - King Is Back CANCON   59:32

Paddy steps into the Celtic time machine for Phoenyx, a San Fran band's 35 year old recording is finally released! A Touch of the familiar from Kate Bush (she lives in a castle so, Celtic adjacent). And, out standing Celtic from The Gloaming, The Dreadnoughts and Karen Matheson. Join Patricia Fraser for Canada's contemporary Celtic Radio Hour!   Phoenyx - Banish Misfortune  Feufollet - Cette Fois  The Dreadnoughts - Cider Holiday CANCON Enter The Haggis - Gone​ CANCON Firkin - Those Irish Punk Girls  Flook - Jig For Sham  Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill  The Gloaming - The Old Road To Garry  Paddy Murphy - Hot Girl  Gnoss - Stroma  Artists For Action - Which Side Are You On​? CANCON (proceeds to Ukraine) Karen Matheson - Recovery Susan McKeown - Goodbye And Farewell  Peatbog Faeries - Captain Coull's Parrot    59:56

Celtic energy resonates and permeates the world! Explore its influence on Finland, Denmark, Breton and even Belarus! New spins this week from Nevrida and Ivatra Quartet. Broadcasting the coolest contemporary Celtic for more than 25 years. You've got your Celt In A Twist!   Shilelagh Law - Meet Me On McLean  Baltic Crossing - Whirling Waltz  La Bottifne Souriante - Pas de Credit CANCON The Fretless - The Queen Nancy CANCON Bog Bodies - Toward The Harvest  Dan Ar Braz - Call To The Dance  Nevrida - Matylek  Niteworks -An Toll Dubh feat. Sian  Willie Nile - Whole World With You  Yoko Pwno - Long Bath  The McDades - Willie Reilly (eccodek Remix) CANCON Iyatra Quartet - Orkney Hymn  Pat Chessell - Best Man Wins CANCON The Tosspints - Your Name  Tartan Amoebas - New Day Dawning    59:52

Celebrating our CFMA, Canadian Folk Music Award-winners for 2025 off the top. From First Light, it's Mary Frances Leahy, Young Performer Of The Year, from her debut album, First Light, New Emerging Artist of the Year, Maggie's Wake, and Traditional Singer of the Year, Lucy MacNeil. Lots more Canadian Celtic as well! Join your host Patrica Fraser for Canada's Contemporary Celtic Radio Hour, Celt In A Twist.     Mary Frances - Cheerio  CANCON Maggie's Wake - Louisiana  CANCON Lucy MacNeill - I Know My Love CANCON Cassie And Maggie - The Big Hewer  CANCON Artists For Action - Which Side Are You On?  CANCON Altan - Liostail me le Sairsint  Frigg - Game Of Frigg  Stramash - Top Level  Tiller's Folly - Pioneer Days  CANCON  Vishten Connexions - More Love feat. 6 Hearts​  CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - AM  The East Pointers - Anniversary CANCON The Derina Harvey Band - Unreeling  CANCON Iain Copeland - The Traveller    59:24

Liberating great Celtic music from around the world to the streams and the airwaves. There's Firkin from Hungary, Gangar from Norway, Canadian duets from Cassie & Maggie and Jane & Kyle, plus new Irish vocal quintet, Landless. Check out the giant playlist. Here, let me hold it up for the press, except the fake news. No one's ever seen anything like it, Celt In A Twist.    Firkin - The Drunken Angels Club  Gangar - Slarkjen  Genticorum - Voici Le Temp CANCON Cassie and Maggie - The Gold Rush Is Over CANCON Lexington Field - Steps ) Valtos - Charlies On The Run Afro Celt Sound System - Thunderhead  The Outside Track - Smugglers Of Strangford Flook - Koady, The Burning Lion  Jane & Kyle - Cazedero CANCON Landless - My Lagen Love  The Mahones - She Comes For Love CANCON Talisk - Aura    59:15

Which Side Are You On? Join us for the debut from Artists For Action, folk luminaries like Bruce Cockburn, Alan Doyle, Lucy MacNeil, Oysterband, Martin Simpson ... 16 talents in total pour their heart into protest of the war in Ukraine. Plus, new music from Cassie & Maggie and upcoming folk duo Jane & Kyle. VolumeUp and ElbowsUp for Canada;s Celtic Radio Hour, Celt In A Twist!   Artists For Action - Which Side Are You On? CANCON Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti  Cassie And Maggie - Bow Down  CANCON Jane & Kyle - Sounds Of Summer  CANCON Salsa Celtica - An Danns Elegua  ROS - Flama  Rocksalt & Nails - More & More  Flook - Tie The Knot In Georgia Flogging Molly - A Song Of Liberty  Dervish - Whelans  Oysterband - Bright Morning Star Eddi Reader - Ye Banks and Braes O'Bonnie Doon  The Finlay MacDonal Band - Back To Bergamo   58:42

Celtic road warriors, Cassie & Maggie, along with the Dropkick Murphys fend off political harassment to deliver the goods. We honour them this hour, along with new legacy Celtic from Cape Breton's Lucy MacNeil, westcoast wanderers, The Paperboys​, and a spin from The Rough Guide To Irish Music. Join Patricia Fraser for some ​post-Paddy's Celtivity! Celt In A Twist.   Gnoss - Vore Tullye Jim Moray - Hard  Lucy MacNeil - I Know My Love CANCON The Paperboys - Someplace, Somewhere CANCON Bob Brozman,John McSherry & Donal O'Connor - Hardiman The Fiddler Tannas - Thoir Dhomh Do Lamh  George Duff - Rattlin' Roarin' Willie Dropkick Murphys - Dig A Hole (feat. Woody Guthrie)  Jansberg - Kometens Hale  The Scratch - Another Round  Cassie & Maggie - Blue Willow CANCON Frigg - Valsette 4 The Go Set - Take Me Home   Peatbog Faeries - Innes Drinks The Bru    57:57

The week before St. Patrick's and before we get into the sing-along pub classics, we present a program showcasing the modern diversity in Celtic fare. Join us for an Eccodek remix of the McDades, Tau And The Drones Of Praise, fresh La Bottine Souriante and new Toxic Frogs. You got yer Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser.   Skerryvore - Borderline Tau & The Drones Of Praise - It's Right To Give Drones And Praise Maggie's Wake - Shaken & Stirred CANCON Cassie And Maggie - Seileach CANCON Homeland - Leaving Of Liverpool The Finlay MacDonald Band - Back To Bergamo Toxic Frogs - Bernie's Old Pub The McDades - Willie Reilly (The Eccodek Remix) CANCON Martyn Bennett - Nae Regrets Anna Schaad - Mermaid La Bottine Souriante - Pas De Credit CANCON Basco -Red Wooden Gate 57:16

Static-free, hassle-free, commercial-free and best of all, tariff-free. Join Patricia Fraser for the freedom of music from the Celtic world, featuring old favorites in contemporary arrangements and creative new expressions based on timeless traditions. You got yer Celt In A Twist, the best mix for 25 years.   Gaelic Storm - Beggarman Frigg - Troll's Twilight  Celtic Kitchen Party - The Immigrant  Bodh'aktan - Dansez (Dance Hey!)  Grumpy O Sheep - Go East  The Tosspints - Message In A Bottle  Valtos - Dorn  Shooglenifty - Black Dog  Oysterband - Uncommercial Song  Flook - Koady/The Burning Lion  The East Pointers - Anniversary  CANCON Tradish - The Parting Glass  Santiago Molina - Camino a Boedo Iain Copeland - The Traveller    58:43   

The Celtic world is expanding around the globe, growing more nuanced with each new culture it touches. This hour, Patricia Fraser takes us from the rainforest of Cameroon to the Brazilian jungle, the Canadian shield to the Scottish highlands, from Denmark to Brooklyn with a stops in Ireland and Catalan. You got another hour with yer Celt In A Twist.   Baka Beyond - An Gwirder Barbar O'Rhum - Penurie de Rhum The Mahones - Watch Me Fall CANCON The Fretless - Lost Lake CANCON Skerryvore - Borderline  Culbeag - Cuttin' Bracken Tau & The Drones Of Praise - The Sixth Sun  Mads Hansens Kapel - Vejledalsvals  Tiller's Folly - Pioneer Days CANCON Willie Nile - Beautiful Wreck Of The World  Tannas - Illean A I  Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti  ROS - Bruixes    59:27

Delivering Opportunities, Famous Last Words and Friggin' Haikus. Our Ambassador meets The Bully Of Skidmore Town while The Jesster courts wee Maggie Ann Of Clachnabrochan. The finest music and malarkey for over 25 years. You got your Celt In A Twist!   Dropkick Murphys - Black Velvet Band The Go Set - Opportunities  Cassie And Maggie - The Salley Gardens Set  CANCON Natalie MacMaster - In My Hands CANCON Gnoss - Keefa Hill  House Of Hamill - The Bully of Skidmore Town  Capercaille - Famous Last Words  Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel Spirit Of The West - Our Ambassador​ CANCON Frigg - Ilon Haikeus (It's Haikus)  Kaia Kater feat. AoifeO'Donovan - The Witch CANCON Peatbog Faeries - The Jesster  Shooglenifty - Maggie Ann of Clachnabrochan  Homeland - Pressed For Time    59:20

A selection of the best plus a listener request! More fresh tracks from Flook and Frigg, fiddles with Dub Reggae, Canadian instros from Yann Falquet (of Genticorum) and Sonova . And, a Cosmic Celtic reprise of Orinoco Flow. Sail away with Celt In A Twist!   Pipes And Pints - Calling Me  Barleyjuice - Weekend Irish  The Duhks - 95 South  CANCON Enter The Haggis - Swallowed By A Whale CANCON Celtic Thunder - Heartland  Valtos - Charlie's On The Run  Piper Street Sound - Rid Them  Frigg - Troll's Twilight  Kila - Length Of Space  Yann Falquet - Sutherland's March  CANCON Tradish - The South Sligo Set  Celtic Woman - Orinoco Flow  Flook - Tie The Knot In Georgia  Sonova - Fiddler On The Groove CANCON   59:53

Exclusive debuts this hour from Flook and Frigg! We introduce a fresh track from Tiller's Folly and their Way Out West EP PLUS two from MacIsaac cousins, Ashley and Wendy. The finest Celtic from around the world and your own backyard, it's Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser.   Flook - Jig For Sham/The Dawn Wall  Soulsha - Fetchal  Ashley MacIsaac - To America We Go CANCON Beolach - Norman's Reel CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - Radio Ronza ) Doolin' - L'amour Sorcier  Stramash - Top Level  The Real McKenzies - Scotland The Brave CANCON Frigg - Game Of Frigg  Jim Moray - Valentine Tiller's Folly - A Simply Extraordinary Life CANCON Bangers & Mash - Star Of The County Down  Yoko Pwno - Tourmalet    59:31

One from Elvis Costello's half-brother off the top in a Celtpunk Go Set. Tiller's Folly recall tough times in those Pioneer Days. Fiddle meets cello in a Glad Farewell from Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira PLUS lots of Celtic and Nordic instros to soothe your frazzled soul. Slip into a healing hour of Celt In A Twist.   The BibleCode Sundays - Bang Bang You're Dead  The Go Set - Drums Of Chelsea  Celtic Kitchen Party - All For Me Grog CANCON Tiller's Folly - Pioneer Days CANCON Frigg - Keidas = Oasis  Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage - Reynardine  Sketch - Encore  Tartan Amoebas - Rescue  Vishten Connexions - Sauvage feat. Catherine MacLellan CANCON Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Glad Farewell CANCON Shilelagh Law - Meet Me On McLean  Serras - Anglaise  Epsylon - Je Me Souviens  Young Dubliners - Real World  Gnoss - Vore Tullye   59:16  

A stiff chaser of cool Celtic is what is what you need to follow a true blue Monday. Spend an hour in the company of great Canadians like The Mahaones, The Dreadnoughts, The Fretless and Maggie's Wake. Plus, tasty tracks from Denmark, Catalonia and Breton. Lighten your load with a stop on the road for Celt In A Twist!   Jim Moray - Fair Margaret and Sweet William  Talisk - Storm  The Dreadnoughts - Brisbane Harbour CANCON The Fretless - The Queen Nancy CANCON Dom DufF - Gwrac'h An Aber Don Svobsk - After Tonder Skyrie - Take Me Home With You  ROS - Arlovins  Maggie's Wake - Bridget O'Brien CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - Brid Bahn  Celtica - Itchy Fingers  The Mahones (feat. Simon Townshend) - Stars CANCON Flook - The Quickenbeam    58:38

Budapest's Firkin take us to the Carpathians for a different Highland Games. Meanwhile, Way Out West, Tiller's Folly debut Pioneer Days, and The East Pointers are back with Anniversary. Peatbog Faeries share one for Wacko King Hacko and Sons Of Southern Ulster take a trancendant turn, pointing to Polaris. No two stars are the same this week on Celt In A Twist.   Firkin - Highland Games  Flogging Molly - The Croppy Boy '98  Tiller's Folly - Pioneer Days  CANCON The East Pointers - Anniversary  CANCON Iain Copeland - Family MacBough  Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti  Hackensaw Boys - Happy For Us Lunasa - The Ballivanich Reel Derina Harvey Band - Run To Me​ CANCON Peatbog Faeries - Wacko King Hako  Sons Of Southern Ulster - Polaris Siochain - Billy Sullivan's Final   Skyrie - Raggle Taggle Gypsy  Trio Ged - West Country    58:49

Serving Celtic delicacies from the world over! It's a smorgasbord of tastes from Celtpunk to Celtronica, Scottish balladry, Irish malarkey, Gaelic Grammy-winning and Juno-awarded fiddling, topped with succulent strips of Cat Bacon. Seriously, you'll never know if you like it if you don't take a bite. You've got your Celt In A Twist.    House Of Hamill - Cat Bacon  Lexington Field - Alive  Les Tireux d'Roches - Les Saisons/Les Sauterelles CANCON The Mahones - Will You Marry Me?  CANCON George Duff - When These Shoes Were New  Gnoss - Keefa Hill  The Sidh - The Legend Of Sidh Valtos - S.T.W.(feat. Gary Innes) Stramash - Flower Of Scotland  Sultans Of String - Kitchen Party  CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - AM  Susan McKeown - The Dark Haired Girl  Basco - Old Man Basco    59:01  

Roddy MacDonald leaves 2024 on a Bullet Train, The Mahones and Tiller's Folly ponder death, and taxes, plus a peerless vocal performance from Landless and Inchmurrin honour a Scottish Warrior. Make the New Year a celebration of Celtivity with Celt In A Twist! Roddy MacDonald - Bullet Train  Barleyjuice - High On Highland Life  The Mahones - The Last One To Die CANCON Tiller's Folly - Death & Taxes CANCON Grumpy O Sheep - Highway To Sheep The Scratch - Session Song  Inchmurrin - Scottish Warrior ) Wolfstone - Heart And Soul  Afro Celt Sound System - Glitchy Fiddles  Peatbog Faeries - The Jesster  Landless - My Lagan Love  Catrin Finch and Aoife Na Bhriain - Woven The Real McKenzies - Lilacs In The Alleyway CANCON Salsa Celtica - El Agua De La Vida  59:03

Culled f​rom our monthly Top 10 Contemporary Celtic charts, it's our picks for the best of 2024. Join Patricia Fraser as we walk through 12 months of exceptional Celtic tracks. Happy Holidays from Celt ln A Twist! Gangar - Slarkjen  La Bottine Souriante - Benji's Rollicks CANCON Altan - The Barley And The Rye Vishten Connexions - Gaillard (feat. De Temp Antan) CANCON Mary Frances - Cheerio CANCON Open The Door For Three - William Glen Valtos - A'Chuthag (The Cuckoo) Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel Gnoss - Stroma  Capercaillie - Hi R'im Bo  The Fretless - Pipe Dream​ CANCON Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti ​  ROS - Bruixes  59:07

If it's green it's either Celtic or Christmas in Vancouver. Fire up our Christmas Special with Celtic originals from Pat Chessell, The Langer's Ball and Barleyjuice, pipes and guitars from Rathkeltair and Christmas favorites by Celtic artists. No matter the weather, listen together and best of the holidays to you from Celt In A Twist and Patricia Fraser. The Elders - Christmas Day The Gothard Sisters - Little Drummer Girl  Pat Chessell - Christmas Kitchen Party CANCON Great Big Sea - Come And I Will Sing You (The Twelve Apostles) CANCON Rathkeltair - Yule Log And Holly Berries The High Kings - Driving Home for Christmas  The Langer's Ball- A Christmas Lullaby  Cherish The Ladies - Deck The Halls/Christmas Medley  Barleyjuice - Whiskey For Christmas Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy - Ding Dong Merrily On High  CANCON Rosanne Cash - An Angel This Bright Midnight  The Wild Colonial Bhoys - Santa See You Tonight  Celtic Social Club - Xmas  Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sounds - St. Nicholas Bowfire - I'll Be Home For Christmas  The Sternwheelers - The Fairy Tale Of New York Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus & Lucy  59:29  

We double dip down under for our mix of Australia's Go Set and The Rumjacks, then far-flung Celtic from Norway, Breton and Catalonia. Plenty of homespun heroes as well, like The Fretless and Mary Frances. Toss in the symphonic and electronic from Capercaillie and Sketch respectively and you have an hour of what we affectionately call Celt In A Twist, with Patricia Fraser. The Go Set - The Warriors Beneath Us The Rumjacks - Hestia Mary Frances - Return To Skye​ CANCON MAZ - Brique Chaude CANCON Barleyjuice - London Calling  Black 47 - Funky Ceili Capercaillie - Tobar Mhoire  Annbjorg Lien - Natten  Dom DufF - Foeter Breizh ROS - Flama Sketch - March Strathspey and Really The Fretless - Icarus (feat. Madeleine Roger) CANCON Gnoss - Vore Tullye Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel  59:47

Lots of homegrown talent to enjoy this hour along with global spins on Celtic traditions, from northern Brazil (Furmiga Dub), Peilmanni folk from Finland (Salamakannel) rockin' Hardanger fiddle from Norway (Gangar) even a Celtic-inspired track from Vampire Weekend! Served with a twist each week with Patricia Fraser. Celt In A Twist! Firkin - Santiana  Gangar - Grotleken  The Clumsy Lovers - Streams Of Whiskey CANCON Derina Harvey Band - Run To Me CANCON Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti  Niteworks - An Toll Dubh feat. Sian  Salamakannel - Salamahumppa  Searson - My Canadian Town  CANCON Enter The Haggis - Can't Trust The News CANCON The Finlay MacDonald Band - Salsa's The Stapletons - The Bigler  Lunarium - Evening Star  Vampire Weekend - Bryn  The Duhks - Magalenha Iain Copeland - Neil Ewart Of Ardnamurchan  59:53

Avoiding the jingle we stubbornly jangle through another hour of contemporary Celtic. There'll be plenty of that with our Christmas Special later this month. Serving Glitchy Fiddles from the Afro Celts, Whistling Donkeys from County Tyrone, greener grass from The Electrics and a pause for thanksgiving, because It Is Right To Give Drones And Praise. You've got yer Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser. Afro Celt Sound System - Glitchy Fiddles Aine Minogue - Maire Mhor Irish Moutarde - The Bear And The Maiden Fair​ CANCON Jaime RT & Andy Hillhouse - Running Through Tall Grass​ CANCON Lexington Field - Here's To You Valtos - Beinn(feat. Eilidh Cormack & Lana Pheutan) The Whistling Donkeys - Toss The Feathers  Stramash - Bonnie Ship The Diamond  Vishten - Bi Bi Box CANCON Tau & The Drones Of Praise - It Is Right To Give Drones And Praise  Sver - Little Grisen The Electrics - The Grass Is Greener  The Fretless - On The Hook CANCON Dlu - Anmoch 59:05

Be it brogue, burr, cockney or transatlantic, the accent is on music this hour. From Celtic climes to Catalan, Australia and back to Canada, the world is your home. Join us and get your Celt In A Twist every week, with your host Patricia Fraser. Stevie Lawrence - Pearce Lodge/Jimmy D's Hornpipe The Go Set - Opportunities Cassie And Maggie - Strip The Willow Set  CANCON The Mahones - Give It All You Got  CANCON The Langer's Ball - Whiskey Chaser  Peatbog Faeries - Captain Coull's Parrot The Fretless - Icarus (feat. Madeleine Roger) CANCON ROS - Guspira  Spotted Dogs - Come Out Ye Black and Tans  Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys - La Danse De Mardi Gras Phamie Gow - Harpbeats Doolin' - L'Amour Sorcier Thereafter - Columbia River Rain  CANCON Gnoss - Christine's  59:28

Celtic creativity never sleeps, still Clan Of Celts and The Fretless both explore dream time this hour. We wake In A Big Country hoping for The Next Best Thing but facing uncertainty from The Oval Room. Celt In A Twist, reflecting life with a dollop of Celtivity each week. Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel  Gnoss - Keefa Hill  The Glengarry Bhoys - In A Big Country CANCON Graham Lindsey - The Next Best Thing CANCON Open The Door For Three - William Glen  Peatbog Faeries - Clunie Road/The Winning Bid  Capercaillie - Calum's Road  Clan Of Celts - Dream Catcher  The Fretless - Pipe Dream (feat. Madeleine Roger) CANCON Hackensaw Boys - Oval Room Skyrie - Exiled  Gangar - Slarkjen  Sonova - Fiddler On The Groove CANCON Keirah - Irish Madness CANCON 59:26

An open door to comforting Celtic for a brisk November day. Debuts aplenty this hour from The Fretless and their 6th album of chamber folk, Pat Chessell is back with the tale of pugilist, Pat McLaughlin, Dark Fire licks at the heels of Catalan piper, ROS, Afro Celt Sound System share a cosmic inside track from Ova AND dub fiddle from Paraiba, Brazil! Expanding the Celtic world with every hour of Celt In A Twist! Open The Door For Three - The Mermaid Of Mullaghmore Skerryvore - Borderline The Fretless - Lost Lake CANCON Pat Chessell - Best Man Wins CANCON ROS - Foc fosc  Valtos - A'Chuthag (The Cuckoo)  George Duff - The Overgate Pol Huellou & Friends - The Star Of The County Down  The Duhks - Down To The River CANCON The East Pointers - Party Wave  Afro Celt Sound System - Brid Bahn Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti   The Go Set - Letter To My Government  Coig - Uncle Leo's Jigs  59:23

Celt In A Twist brings Flowers in November from Budapest, Ten Strings & A Goat Skin from the Maritimes, dance beats from Scotland and reggae beats from Atlanta. And, we debut Glasswing, the 6th album from Juno-winning chamber folk quartet, The Fretless. Slide into Daylight Savings  with your host, Patricia Fraser!   Firkin - Flowers feat. Agi Szaloki  Stramash - Top Level  Vishten Connexions w/ De Temps Antan - Gaillard CANCON Ten Strings And A Goat Skin - The Ukrainian Expedition Medley) CANCON Julie Fowlis - Hug Air A' Bhonaid Mhoir Oysterband - Corner Of The Room  Kila - Electric Landlady  Gnoss - Storma  Niteworks - An Toll Dubh feat. Sian  The Fretless feat. Madeleine Roger - Caledonia  CANCON Piper Street Sound - Rid Them (fiddle version)  Lost Bayou Ramblers - Granny Smith  Dropkick Murphys - City By The Sea  Derina Harvey Band - Unreeling  CANCON   59:52

Welcome to our Samhain Special! Ghoulishly good Celtic with titles like Haunted Bones, The Gravediggers Jigs, The Witch and The Scariest Room. Plus, chilling tales of Lord Bateman,The Cremation of Sam McGee and the wicked old woman in the wood with Weila Waila. We could go on, but you know what Dracula would say about that, "Blah, blah, blah!" Join us if you dare for Celt In A Twist!   Kasir - Haunted Bones Crooked Still - Ain't No Grave  The Real McKenzies - The Cremation Of Sam McGee  CANCON LQR - Muffins & Coffins  The Popes - Black Is The Colour  Jim Moray - Lord Bateman  Altan - The Gravediggers Jigs Old Blind Dogs - Terror Time  The Young Dubliners - Weila Waila  Cecile Corbel - Dellum Down  Kaia Kater feat. Aoife O'Donovan - The Witch CANCON The Chair - The Scariest Room  Flogging Molly - The Seven Deadly Sins  Yoko Pwno - The Black Cat (feat. Acolyte)  Mary Jane Lamond - Boise Monsters  CANCON   59:04

Music that expands and improves on Celtic traditions! Have a listen to what today's artists are doing to granpappy's Celtic: Celtpunk from The Mahones, along with Pipes & Pints from the Czech Republic, The Whistling Donkeys and Gnoss plug in for Celtic Rock, new Cosmic Celtic from The Breath and Celtronica from the Afrocelts and Valtos. Music from old souls who are young at heart from Celt In A Twist. Gnoss - Vore Tullye  Valtos - Home (feat. Eilidh Cormack and Lana Pheutan​) La Bottine Souriante - Tralala CANCON The Mahones - The Hunger, The Fight (feat. Tara Slone) CANCON The Whistling Donkeys - Toss The Feathers  Pipes And Pints - Calling Me Salamakannel - Salama Humppa ) Afro Celt Sound System - Glitch Fiddles Celtic Kitchen Party - Sandy 's Chanter CANCON Logical Fleadh - Over The Moor To Maggie  The Breath - Keep It Safe  Dlu - Anmoch  Maria Dunn - Ontario Song  CANCON Iain Copeland - Homeward Bound  59:50 

Great Celtic music to enjoy LIVE this month from The Whistling Donkeys at The Rickshaw Theatre on October 19th, and the Dropkick Murphys at Harbour Centre with The Scratch on October 13th. We have gnew Gnoss for you, Sonova turns in a fiddly Cosmic Celtic and Galician piper Carlos Nunez puts in an appearance. It's Celtic that's an old soul but young at heart from Celt In A Twist! The Whistling Donkeys - Toss The Feathers Gnoss - Honey Wine Jocelyn Pettit - Silk and Spice​ CANCON Enter The Haggis - Swallowed By A Whale  CANCON Valtos - Air a' Mhuir (feat. Eilidh Cormack & Lana Pheutan)  Capercaillie - Famous Last Words Carlos Nunez - Danza De Espadas Celtic Thunder - Raggle Taggle Gypsy  Dropkick Murphys - I Know How It Feels  Jez Lowe - Davis And Golightly  Sonova - Fiddler On The Groove  CANCON Toxic Frogs - Bernie's Old Pub  Ewan Robertson - Ride Away  Talisk - Aura 59:32 The Whistling Donkeys - Toss The Feathers Gnoss - Honey Wine Jocelyn Pettit - Silk and Spice​ CANCON Enter The Haggis - Swallowed By A Whale  CANCON Valtos - Air a' Mhuir (feat. Eilidh Cormack & Lana Pheutan)  Capercaillie - Famous Last Words Carlos Nunez - Danza De Espadas Celtic Thunder - Raggle Taggle Gypsy  Dropkick Murphys - I Know How It Feels  Jez Lowe - Davis And Golightly  Sonova - Fiddler On The Groove  CANCON Toxic Frogs - Bernie's Old Pub  Ewan Robertson - Ride Away  Talisk - Aura 59:32

Celtic gets its groove on this hour! The Afro Celt Sound System finally drops Ova, the last music created before the passing of founder, Simon Emmerson. We dig in deep for the show's opener, followed by another new discovery, Gnoss, a Scottish combo who are stretching the form with Stretching The Sky. Still more fresh takes from Catalonian piper ROS and Capercaillie, celebrating 40 years with ReLoved featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony. Just one taste, and you'll drink your fill from Celt In A Twist!                                     Afro Celt Sound System - Glitchy Fiddles  Gnoss - Stroma 3:21 Cassie And Maggie - Seileach CANCON Rawlins Cross - Make The Change ROS - Flama  Skyrie - Take Me Home With You  Open The Door For Three - Fineen The Rover  Mary Frances - Celticumbia CANCON Capercaillie - Hi Ri'm Bo Peatbog Faeries - Innes Drinks The Bru Oliver Schroer - A Song For All Seasons​ CANCON The Go Set - Change The World  The Scratch - Another Round Gangar - Grotleken 58:41

Common ground for disparate Celtic forms around the world! Yoko Pwno get the ball rolling with The Airt Of The Deil, Niteworks shine a light on Skye's fascination with Celtronica. We introduce Hunger Road, the new album from Fife band, Skyrie and round out a ton of tunes with a seriously cool set from Daimh (who perform October 31st at the St. James Hall). Join Patricia Fraser for Celt In A Twist. Yoko Pwno - The Airt O The Deil  The Led Farmers - Row By Row  The Once - Maid On the Shore CANCON The Dreadnoughts - Dusty Ground CANCON Niteworks - An Toll Dubh feat. Sian Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel  Skyrie - Alasdair Gammack's  Vishten Connexions - Sauvage (feat. Caltherine MacLellan) CANCON The Tossers - Donegal Danny  The Sidh - Charma  Martin Furey - Falling  Nickel Creek - When In Rome  Culann's Hounds - Twin Peaks  Daimh - Mrs. Robertson Of Greshornish  59:57

It's an early crop of Celtic fresh from the fields! Capercaillie celebrate 40 years with the BBC Scottish Symphony! We pop the cork on ReLoved, the new album. Whistling Donkeys show up on Vancouver's door, October 19th at The Rickshaw. They're in the mix this week. And, Catalan piper ROS releases more of his signature fusion of pipes & electronics. Twisted Celtic indeed, this week with Patricia Fraser. ROS - Bruixes  Salsa Celtica -  Descarga Gaelica  The Paperboys - All Along The Watchtower CANCON The Mahones - Heroes CANCON Stramash - Top Level  Whistling Donkeys - When The Ship Comes In  Capercaillie - Tobar Mhoire  Mary Jane Lamond - Boise Monsters CANCON Valtos - Skye  Damien Dempsey & The Dubliners - Kelly From Killan  Culbeag - Bravery  Altan - The Road Home  Derina Harvey Band - Run To Me CANCON Frigg - Chris Stout's Compliments To The Bon Accord Ale House  59:48

Savoring the last sip of summer with the very best in contemporary Celtic, culled from our monthly Top 10 chart. It's the Celt In A Twist Celtic Countdown! Featured this hour: a new single from the critically-acclaimed Breath, new Celtronica from Skye remixed by Valtos and the 3rd pre-release from Ova, Afro Celt Sound System's forthcoming album. Rate and review us where you get your podcasts! The Breath - Too Many Have Gone Yann Falquet Le Deux Noyes De L'ille Aux Basques CANCON Peatbog Faeries - The Humours Of Adnamurchan  The McDades - Willie Riley (Eccodek Remix) CANCON George Duff  - When These Shoes Were New  Mary Frances - Cheerio CANCON Open The Door For Three - William Glen  Valtos - A'Chuthag (The Cuckoo)​ Remix  Vishten Connexions - Gaillard (feat. De Temps Antan) CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel  Aoife O'Donovan w/ Kris Drever - Transatlantic  La Bottine Souriante - Santiago  CANCON 58:12

No punches pulled this week. At the bell, a brand new spin from the Afro Celt Sound System due later this month. St. John's songsmith Len O'Neill share his tale of Rebels In The Rubble. More cool celtic from The Go Set who always bring the Opportunities. And, at high tide we float a cool classic from Fairport Convention. Come out swingin' with Celt In A Twist! Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel  Iain Copeland - Ailidh Dall of Lairg  Enter The Haggis - Lancaster Gate CANCON Yann Falquet - Le Deux Noyes De L'ile Aux Basques CANCON George Duff - Rattlin' Roarin' Willie  Harv - Saivo  Len O'Neill - Rebels In The Rubble CANCON GiveWay - The Poaching Song The Go Set - Opportunities Jansberg - Korncirkler Fairport Convention - Wait For The Tide To Come In  Jim Moray - Edward Of The Lowlands Open The Door For Three - The Fairy Jig Set   Ashley MacIsaac - Belle Cote CANCON 59:54

You've got the sky, you got the road. The world is your home! Take Celt In A Twist on your travels. We're spinning West African/Scottish from Chicago, Catalan pipes with electronics, ethno punk with Rocksalt & Nails, The Sons Of Southern Ulster and Prague's Pipes And Pints. Soulsha - What A Day ​   Shooglenifty - Caravan Up North  Scatter The Mud - Piper Lad CANCON Mary Frances - Cheerio  CANCON Rocksalt & Nails - More And More ROS - Sac B​uit  Barleyjuice - Join The British Army  Sultans Of String - Kitchen Party CANCON Sons Of Southern Ulster - Live In The Past  Pipes And Pints - Never Let You Down  Spiro - Have A Care For Her Johnny  Valtos - Charlies On The Run  The Real McKenzies - Burnout  CANCON Niall Vallely, Caoimhin Vallely, Paul Meehan - The Wrong House  59:53

Punk Celts, Firkin from Budapest, decided to give limericks rest. Instead the present to you, an impossibly heavy haiku. The Mollys serve up a Song Of Liberty, something for Finny McConnell's birthday, Davie Simmons tributes the lost at Culloden Field and The Once channel Queen. Celtic music fan's best friend is Celt In A Twist with  Patricia Fraser. Firkin - Haiku  Flogging Molly - A Song Of Liberty  Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite Of Everything  CANCON The Mahones - Rise Up (Be Strong) CANCON Davie Simmons - Culloden Field  Valtos - Home ​(feat. Eilidh Cormack and Lana Pheutan​)  Talisk - Lava  Open The Door For Three - Fineen The Rover  Once - You're My Best Friend CANCON The Sidh - 300Km  Adria Jackson - Castle Threave CANCON Lexington Field - Steps  Old Blind Dogs - A Wild Rumpus  59:54

RIP Sinead O'Connor. Celt In A Twist honors her memory with a song her father taught her about the streets of her Dublin town. Still more debuts from Peatbog Faeries' great new album I See A World. For 20 years, we spin only the finest in contemporary Celtic music. Join us and get yer Celt In A Twist!   The Biblecode Sundays - Plunkster INST Yoko Pwno - The Black Cat (feat. Acolyte) Derina Harvey Band - Waves Of Home CANCON The Mahones - Rise Up (Be Strong) CANCON Talisk - Dystopia Pt2 INST Young Dubliners - Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore Peatbog Faeries - The Poozies Visit To Carbost INST The Sternwheelers - Vera Rose Grumpy O Sheep - Irish Rover Baiuca/Carlos Nunez - Salsticio Sinead O'Connor - Molly Malone Pat Chessell - Last Thing On My Mind CANCON Flogging Molly - A Song Of Liberty Oysterband - Wonders Are Passing 59:55

Cool Celtic for blazing days! Timely tunes from Willie Nile and Oysterband, Tiller's Folly Take Pride, more Skye-inspired Valtos and after many years, Celt In A Twist reconnects with the music of Davie Simmons. Yesterday, today with an ear for tomorrow, join us for Canada' Contemporary Celtic Radio Hour. Willie Nile - The Day The Earth Stood Still  Oysterband - The Time Is Now  Vishten (feat. Cedric Dind-Lavoie) - Reflexions CANCON The Mahones - She Comes For Love CANCON Davie Simmons - Jenny-O  The Sidh - Bretonnbase  Valtos - Beinn  Solas - Darkness, Darkness  Pat Chessell - I Confess CANCON The Scratch - Another Round  Martin Simpson - Greystones  Open The Door For Three - The Drunken Gauger  Tiller's Folly - Take Pride CANCON Urban Trad - Galicia 5​9:10

Ova, the new album from the Afro Celt Sound System drops in October on Six Degrees. We spin the pre-release 'AM' as our Cosmic Celtic, featuring the magical voice of Iarla O'Lionaird. PLUS, more from the Hebrides with transcendent Celtronica from Valtos, Celtic rock from Stramash and Clan of Celts. And, the Dropkicks lay the boots to the fascists with Woody Guthrie's Dig A Hole. Dig in! You got yer Celt In A Twist. Valtos - S.T.W. ft. Gary Innes  The Stapletons - The Bigler  Steve Dawson - Old Hickory Breakdown CANCON Slainte Mhath - Va  CANCON The Tossers - The First League Out From Land  Danu - Only Nineteen Years Old  Clan Of Celts - Dream Catcher  Svobsk - After Tonder  Stramash - The Insanity Of Miss McAskill  Bookends - Dinny Donegal  CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - AM  Doolin' - L'amour Sorcier Dropkick Murphys (ft. Woody Guthrie) - Dig A Hole  Lunasa - The Ballivanich Reel  58:36

The Isle of Skye reveals more of its magical, musical alchemy! We debut a new remix from Valtos. And, Irish/UK duo The ​Breath return with a haunting spin. Lots of Celtpunk this hour to stoke a fire in yer belly alongside traditional craftsmanship from some of the finest fiddle bands. It's another hour of Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser. Join us. The Go Set - Empires  Toxic Frogs - Lose You Again  The Real McKenzies - Leave Her Johnny  CANCON The Dreadnoughts - Brisbane Harbour CANCON Skerryvore - Mile High Valtos - A'Chuthag (The Cuckoo) George Duff - When These Shoes Were New Gaelic Storm - An Cailin Deas Rua Daimh - Donald McLeod Reels Spirit Of The West - King Of Scotland CANCON The Breath - Too Many Have Gone Damien Dempsey - Maasai Frigg - Varpunen Grumpy O Sheep - Zakouweesky 59:29

Celebrating Shooglenifty's single Caravan Up North and their west coast swing of a Canadian tour. Crossing genres into Louisiana Cajun with Steve Riley. Grenadian Canadian, Kaia Kater teams up with Aoife O'Donovan on a debut PLUS many more from the Celtic nations. For over 20 years, you've got your Celt In A Twist! Shooglenifty - Caravan Up North  Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys - Tite Fille De La Campagne  Glenn Graham - Little Donald's Wife  CANCON The McDades - Willie Reilly (Eccodek Remix) CANCON John McSherry - The Wave-Sweeper  Dom DufF - Des Chemins Creux  Kaia Kater(feat. Aoife O'Donovan - The Witch​ CANCON Dlu - Am Politician  Homeland - Modern Man  The Peatbog Faeries - Captain Couli's Parrot  Phamie Gow - Rain Open The Door For Three - Fineen The Rover  Logical Fleadh - Bridgeton Nod  59:59

Firkin, The Murphs and The Mahones get things off to a Celtpunk start, then we ease into instrumental goodness from Mary Frances and Talisk, explore Catalan and Nordic flavours with ROS, Gangar and Basco and finish with the ethereal and electronic from The Gloaming and The Afro Celts. As full as any musical hour can be, it's Celt In A Twist! Firkin - We Are the Ones Dropkick Murphys - Rebels With A Cause The Mahones - Never Let You Down CANCON Mary Frances - First Light CANCON Talisk - Dystopia Pt.2 Tannas - Thoir Dhomh Do Lamh ROS - Ball de la Carxofa Gangar - Slarkjen Basco - Two Sisters La Bottine Souriante - Benji's Rollicks CANCON George Duff - The Blackleg Miner Open The Door For Three - The Mermaid Of Mullaghmore The Gloaming - Freedom/Saoirse Afro Celt Sound System - Thunderhead  59:55

We have a couple of more imports direct from Scotland to share this hour, along with nu-Irish from The Scratch and Tau & The Drones Of Praise, Nordic fiddle music from New Zealand and plenty of home-spun Celtivity. Your host is Patricia Fraser for this hour of Celt In A Twist! Niteworks - An Toll Dubh feat. Sian Open The Door For Three - The Fairy Jig Set Enter The Haggis - Bound For America CANCON Graham Lindsey - The Vet Set CANCON The Outside Track - Flash Company The Scratch - Session Song Tau & The Drones Of Praise - Thunder Thunder Hummingbird Trio Ged - West Country Vishten Connexions - Galliard feat. De Temps Antan CANCON Flogging Molly - Requiem For A Dying Song Brighde Chainmbeul - Banish The Giant Of Doubt & Despair George Duff - Green Grow The Rashes Iain Morrison - Halcyon Daze 58:15