Celt In A Twist

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Canada's Contemporary Celtic Radio Hour

  1. 4D AGO

    Celt In A Twist March 1 2026

    Celt In A Twist moves to a new station and a new time! Listen in Vancouver to FM 96.1 every Tuesday evening at 8 for cutting-edge Celtic you won't hear anywhere else. Like The Ollam (April 27th at The Pearl on Granville, The Cloverhearts, new CeltPunk from Sydney, Australia AND homegrown Celtic folk from The Tiller's Folly new EP "Far End Of The Road". Join us at our new home on the road less travelled. Celt In A Twist!   The Ollam - Stream Of Silver The Cloverhearts - Heartbreaker Tiller's Folly - The Pirate Bold KirkConnell CANCON Thereafter - Moonshiner CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - Radio Ronza Basco - Nor Any Drop To Drink Brogeal - Lady Madonna Capercaillie - Fear-Allabain Cassie & Maggie - Dougie's Set CANCON Eloise & Co. - Avant-deux de Vitteaux/Queen's Bath Gaelic Storm - Green Eyes, Red Hair Valtos - Charlie's On the Run Woodlands Backfall - Wild Rover The Whistling Donkeys - Toss The Feathers   59:48

    1 hr

  2. FEB 19

    Celt In A Twist February 22 2026

    New Celtpunk from Australia! You've Got A Friend down under with The Cloverhearts. Haggis X-1test fire Arthur's Gold and we spin new Tiller's Folly at the Far End Of The Road. Contemporary Celtic comes home to Celt In A Twist each week with Patricia Fraser.   The Cloverhearts - You've Got A Friend Daimh - Lock Load Haggix X-1 - Arthur's Gold CANCON The Tiller's Folly - Far End Of The Road CANCON Firkin - Az Ocean Szaga (The Scent Of The Ocean) Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir George Duff - When These Shoes Were New Gnoss - Vore Tullye Shooglenifty - Squat Lobster The Real McKenzies - Leave Her Johnny CANCON The Mahones - Girl With Galway Eyes ROS - Foc Fosc The Rumjacks - Pulled From The Shore Lena Jonsson & Johanna Juhola - Sjuplatarlaten Salsa Celtica - Rolling Road   59:18

    59 min

  3. FEB 12

    Celt In A Twist February 15 2026

    Wow, what a week for sports! Push that thing to the other thing. Go Sports! It's also a great week for Celtic music with some fresh spins and old chestnuts, like the title track from PM Mark Carney's favourite album, done in a Celtic stylee. Yay Team Canada! We're there when you're done sporting.   Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic Sketch -  The Whelker Beolach - Freddy's Set/Freddy's Reels CANCON Glen Graham  Amy Graham - Tempest Gaels CANCON The Led Farmers - Row By Row Tau & The Drones Of Praise - The Sixth Sun Lena Jonsson & Johanna Juhola - Childhood Hero) Basco - Jacky Tarr Barleyjuice - London Calling The Glengarry Bhoys - In A Big Country CANCON Catrin  Finch - Be Gone, Begin The McDades - Peggy O CANCON Pat Chessell - Galway Girl CANCON Adrianna Ciccone & Ellen Gibling - The Golden Goose CANCON   59:00

    59 min

  4. FEB 5

    Celt In A Twist February 8 2026

    A week before Valentine's and Patricia Fraser presents a Celtic love letter with a little more grit than saccharine, starting with a Celtic Glitch two-fer, Quebectronix from Melisande and MAZ, Celt Punk from The Go Set and Brogeal plus pubfare from Budapest and Prague and a real Valentine from Jim Moray to you. Our heart's in this one. Give it a listen. Celt In A Twist!   Afro Celt Sound System - Glitchy Fiddles Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti Melisande - Boisson d'avril CANCON MAZ - Chasse-Galerie CANCON The Go Set - Empires Brogeal - Stuck Inside Grumpy O' Sheep - The Devil Went Down To Georgia Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Going Home CANCON Julie Fowlis - Danns' A Luideagan Odhar Michael McGoldrick/Frankie Gavin/Sharon Shannon - The Road To Corrandulla Pipes And Pints - Calling Me Firkin - Az Ocean Szaga Salamakannel - Hilseet Pois! Jim Moray - Valentine Shooglenifty - The Eccentric   59:43

    1 hr

  5. JAN 29

    Celt In A Twist February 1 2026

    ​Patricia introduces Firkin's album of pub songs, all in Hungarian, a sublime pairing of harp and fiddle from Adrianna Ciccone and Ellen Gibling, Haggix X-1's 3rd single, We Can See The Sun, and our winter visit from The MicroOrganism. Rest and drink plenty of fluids. You got your Celt In A Twist!   Firkin - Tundermese (Fairy Tale) Gangar - Slarkjen  Haggis X-1 - We See the Sun  CANCON Adrianna and Ellen - The Golden Goose  CANCON Boiled In Lead - The MicroOrganism  Basco - Down In The Greenwood  Derina Harvey Band - Unreeling/Up On The Quarry/Clancy's Stomp CANCON Flogging Molly - Hope  Brogeal - Draw The Line The Finlay MacDonald Band - Salsa's  Frigg - Chris ​Stout's Compliements To The Bon Accord Ale House  The McDades - Peggy O  CANCON  Aoife O'Donovan - All My Friends Transatlantica - The Sea Is Calling    59:45

    1 hr

  6. JAN 24

    Celt In A Twist January 25 2026

    Coming in hot! Celt In A Twist presents 3 debuts off the top from Brogeal, Basco and Haggis X-1, launching an hour to stir the heart, feed the soul and soothe your conscience in the tradition of the greatest storytellers on the planet. Discover music with meat on the bone from Celt In A Twist!   Brogeal - Stuck Inside Basco - The Huntress/Twenty Thousand Stars/Ten Minutes To Landfall Haggis X-1 - I Wrote A Letter CANCON Kevin Michael Offord - For Abbigail CANCON Capercaillie - Tobar Mhoire Dom DufF - Dorn d'Ar Vann Dropkick Murphys (ft. The Mary Wallopers) - Bury The Bones Fergus - Back Of Beyond Maggie's Wake - Adaptation CANCON Peatbogg Faeries - The Humours Of Ardnamurchan John Doyle - Elevenses Nevrida - Matylek Pol Hellou & Friends - Star Of The County Down The Dreadnoughts - Bold Reilly CANCON Phoenyx - Banish Misfortune 59:40

    1 hr

  7. JAN 17

    Celt In A Twist January 18 2026

    Don't catch a chill. Celt In A Twist heats up some inside tracks for a toasty hour of blended Celtic spirits. Overlooked spins from our favorite artists, including a few debuts from Eloise & Co, The Langan Band, Natalie MacMaster and more. Join Patricia Fraser for good crack, curiosities and cool Celtic from Celt In A Twist!   Eloise & Co. - Torrid Romance/Dress Back Firkin - The Boys Are On The Loose La Bottine Souriante - Benji's Rollicks CANCON The Mahones - When Ye Go Away CANCON Tiger Moth - Sloe On The Uptake Jim Moray - Early One Morning/Young Collins The Langan Band - I'm Alive Les Poules A Colin - Le Laurier Blanc CANCON George Duff - The Overgate Brogeal - Vicar Street Days Natalie MacMaster/Donnell Leahy - Wedding Day Jig CANCON Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Listen CANCON The Go Set - The Captain's Daughter ROS - Sac Buit 59:19

    59 min

  8. JAN 8

    Celt In A Twist January 11 2026

    Lots of cool Celtic from Canada and its Nordic neighbor this hour. Bruce Coughlan, College Trad and The Fretless join Denmark's Jansberg and Baltic Crossing in the mix. We debut the title track from Tuesday Paper Club by Falkirk's Brogeal and commiserate with The Rumjacks "They Kick You When You're Down". Not you. You got yer Celt In A Twist!   Brogeal - Tuesday Paper Club Chris Armstrong - Jaz's Jukebox  Bruce Couglan - The Kangaroo CANCON Collage Trad - Gabe's Reel Set CANCON Baltic Crossing - Risumaki Satiainen Angus Lyon - 10,000 Miles  Jansberg - Kometens Hale  The Outside Track - Smugglers Of Strangford  Oysterband - Born Under The Same Sun  Punch Brothers - Cattle In The Cane  The Rumjacks - They Kick You When You're Down  The Fretless - Caledonia (feat. Madeleine Rogers)  CANCON Valtos - Beinn (ft. Ellidh Cormack)  The Dreadnoughts - Rosibella  CANCON Willos - Best Of Luck    59:20

    59 min
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Canada's Contemporary Celtic Radio Hour

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  • Creator
    celtinatwist
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
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