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A holler back to our Top 10 contemporary Celtic chart for April, with new entries from the traditions of Donegal from Altan to the entrancing futures of the Afro Celt Sound System. Plus Vishten Connexions reform and debut a winner from the album Expansion. Expand your musical horizons with Celti In A Twist!

Let the games begin! Your Eyes Are Gonna Shine like Canucks’ fans, new music from the Murph’s Okemah Rising. Gaelic Storm ring in with Chicken Boxer on an Irish Breakfast Day. Dom DufF is inspired by a Breton foot race, and Dervish dive into the Great Irish Songbook with The Rambling Irishman. Scottish, Danish and Maritime music blend into a mix of the finest in contemporary Celtic. It’s Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser.

Another eclectic mix of Celtivity! Enjoy a new spin from Vishten Connexions featuring Catherine McLellan. Alba’s Edge set sail on The Diamond while The Dreadnoughts find themselves on Dusty Ground. Sharon Shannon rolls with a Wild West Wagon Train and The Afro Celt Sound System bring tranquility with AM. Join Patricia Fraser and remember t​o rate and review.

Vishten regroup as Vishten Connexions with help from a few illustrious friends, Yann Falquet from Genticorum solos a new album, Les Secrets Du Ciel (The Secrets Of Heaven). We share one on this week’s show. The best in contemporary Celtic music for over 20 years, it’s Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser!

Celt In A Twist answers the pipes call with Pints and Pipes. Plus, more Canadian Celtic from Maggie’s Wake, Derina Harvey and The Real McKenzies. We unearth a Peatbog Faeries oddity, ’Wacko King Hako’ and succumb to a transcendent new spin from the Afro Celt Sound System. Join Patricia Fraser for Canada’s contemporary Celtic radio hour!

We get deeper into the new Donegal from 35 year veterans of Irish trad, Altan. Sketch salu tes the fishy Whelkers of the world. Martin Simpson brings us some tasty slide from True Stories and Maggie’s Wake introduce us to Brdget O’Brien. Canada’s coolest mix of contemporary Celtic, it’s Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser!