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There are over 30 Portland towns around the world. Guess which one the Derina Harvey Band is singing about. Aoife O’Donovan takes in the beauty of Vancity’s Stanley Park. Railroad Earth are Chasin’ A Rainbow and the Go Set head West Into The Sun. Join our Celtic adventure. For 20 years you’ve got your Celt In A Twist!

As we head the skirl of the highland pipes. spread our wings and fly forth to the bonnie home Patricia Fraser’s ancesteral clan, we invite you to share our excitement with a wee hour of Celtic honouring Alba. From the Isle Of Skye (we’ll be there!) Psych shedlife from Peatbog Faeries, Scots Rock staples Runrig, our own Real McKenzies, Clan of The Celts and lasses Kate Rusby and Karen Matheson each share a tune. You’ve got yer Celt In A Twist! Lang may yer lum reek.

Bootstrapping Celtpunk blazes into Vancouver as The Murphs and The Scratch light up Harbour Centre, October 13th. ’Another Round’ from The Scratch opens another twisty hour of Canada’s contemporary Celtic radio. Join Patricia Fraser this week!

There’s a method to this week’s Celtic madness. Take a song or two, add a fiddle tune, rinse and repeat. Introducing the flying fingers of Mary Frances, the 17 year old daughter of Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy. Her first album is appropriately, First Light and we debut ’Cheerio’. Maggie’s Wake serve the Bond theme with a twist of ’Shaken Not Stirred’. There’s lots more to love this week on Celt In A Twist!

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.