Celt In A Twist

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Canada's Contemporary Celtic Radio Hour

  1. 1D AGO

    Celt In A Twist October 5 2025

    Celt In A Twist proudly presents Brogeal,a 5 piece from Falkirk, Scotland (home to the giant kelpies). Their new album Tuesday Paper Club is a revelation of contemporary Celtic stomp with punk attitude. Equally adventurous, comes Woodlands Backfall, fusing Swedish midsummer with the spirit of an Irish pub. Boldly taking fiddle and fife into the future. Join Patricia Fraser this week.   Brogeal - Tuesday Paper Club  Woodlands Backfall - Bonnet Reels  Jocelyn Pettit - Keidas Oasis  CANCON The Peelers - Savannah  CANCON Culann's Hounds - Helvic Head  The Rumjacks - Rhythm Of Her Name ROS - Cremem-ho tot Soulsha - Isle Of Skye Reel  The Duhks - Lazy John  CANCON Baltic Crossing - Goodnight Salonkyia Flogging Molly - Welcome To Adamstown Flook - Jig For Sham/The Dawn Wall/Timeweaver  Sketch - The Earthship  Peatbog Faeries - Jesster    59:29

    59 min

  2. SEP 25

    Celt In A Twist September 28 2025

    A smooth pour after the daily grind. Enjoy an hour of celtic rejuvenation and innovation. This week start by venting your rage with the Dropkick Murphys and The Go Set, slip on a smile with heartwarming Celtic from Logical Fleadh and Mary Jane Lamond, finally slide into a blissful Celtronica trance from Valtos and Shooglenifty. Free your emotions with Celt In A Twist!   Dropkick Murphys - Who'll Stand With Us The Go Set - West Into The Sun Bodh'aktan - Le Set De Balais (Down The Broom)  CANCON Collage Trad - Gabe's Reel Set CANCON Nickel Creek - Best Of Luck The Scratch - Session Song Logical Fleadh - Fermoy Lasses/Noisy Curlew/Gravelwalk  Mary Jane Lamond - If You Were Mine  CANCON Laura Jurd - You Again  Valtos - Air a' Mhuir (feat. Ellidh Cormack and Lan Pheutan)  Shoogleinifty - Squat Lobster  Lumiere Tales - Evening Star  The Mahones - Never Let You Down Lunasa - The Cadgers    59:26

    59 min

  3. SEP 18

    Celt In A Twist September 21 2025

    Introducing Pressgang Mutiny, a Toronto-based vocal quartet recapturing the raw spirit of t he sea shanty, Jim Moray's shanty for All The Pretty Girls, another supersonic pass from Haggis X-1 and The Jerry Cans perform music from Canada's third coast in Nunavut. Ever-expanding the boundaries of Celtic music, you got yer Celt In A Twist!   Doolin' - The Galway Girl  Grumpy O Sheep - Fiddler's Despair  Pressgang Mutiny - Haul Away Joe CANCON Pat Chessell - This Is The Life CANCON Hackensaw Boys - Mecklenburg County  Harv - Grythyttehyl  Afro Celt Sound System - Radio Ronza Haggis X-1 - Down In The Valley CANCON Culbeag - Across The Water  House Of Hamill - Cat Bacon  The Jerry Cans - Nirliit  CANCON Jim Moray - All You Pretty Girls Martin Simpson - Swooping Molly  Willos - Best Of Luck    59:26

    59 min

  4. SEP 11

    Celt In A Twist September 14 2025

    Back to the future of Celtic. We spotlight a couple of the first Celtic tracks we ever played over a quarter century a go. And, new spins from Welsh harpist Cerys Hafana, Sweden's Woodlands Backafall and Spoket i Koket from Denmark. Plenty in between to keep the groove alive as we trace the ever-changing Celtic songbook on Celt In A Twist.   Coila - The 5 am Ceilidh  Firkin - The Boys Are Loose Cassie & Maggie - I Long To Return​ CANCON Jeremy Walsh - The Shetland Set  CANCON Woodlands Backafall - Wild Rover The Sidh - 300 km  Oysterband - The Time Is Now  Natalie MacMaster - Three Reels CANCON Capercaillie - To The Moon Medley  Spoket i Kokoet - Turbomoppen The Rumjacks - October  The Mahones - Will You Marry Me?  CANCON Cerys Hafana - An Dro (Once Upon A Time)  Baiuca & Carlos Nunez - Solsticio    59:57

    1 hr

  5. SEP 4

    Celt In A Twist September 7 2025

    While Enter The Haggis are on hiatus, we debut a flyby by Haggis X-1, and Pat Chessell revels in his latest, This Is The Life! Throw in a couple of inspired covers of The Clash by Barleyjuice and The Devil Went Down to Georgia from Grumpy O Sheep and you've got a full pull of great Celtic from Celt In A Twist.   Barleyjuice - London Calling  Bangers & Mash - Star Of The County Down  Haggis X-1 - Down In The Valley CANCON Pat Chessell - This Is The Life CANCON Dom Duff - Foeter Breizh 4 Whistling Donkeys - Toss The Feathers  We Banjo 3 - Sunflower  Vishten Connexions - Expansion CANCON The Tossers - Donegal Danny  Willie Nile - Beautiful Wreck Of The World  Tartan Amoebas - Big Sky  George Duff - Green Grow The Rashes  Grumpy O Sheep - The Devil Went Down To Georgia  Alex Chartrand & Nicolas Babineau - Le Batteux  CANCON   59:54

    1 hr

  6. AUG 28

    Celt In A Twist August 31 2025

    Locking in and locking down the reel and roll. Join Patricia Fraser and expand your expectations for Celtic music. Rejigging jigs, unravelling reels and breathing fresh air into time-honoured airs, melding them with punk and funk, strings and brass, even salsa. It's a journey of discovery each week from Celt In A Twist!   Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel  Kila - The Mama Song Ashley McIsaac - Gravel Walk CANCON The Fretless - The Queen Nancy​ CANCON Open The Door For Three - William Glen  Dropkick Murphys - Longshot (feat. The Scratch)  The Dreadnoughts - The Rodney Rocket  CANCON Molde - Besog Udefra  Habadekuk - Den Ny Maskerade  Salsa Celtica - Descarga Gaelica  Spiro - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow  Valtos - Skye  Ed Sheeran and Beoga - Galway Girl  Willos - Vallely's Treat    59:54

    1 hr

  7. AUG 21

    Celt In A Twist August 24 2025

    Not just a great mix of Celtivity, it's our Top Ten from our latest monthly chart! Join Patricia Fraser as she counts down the cream of the crop. Subscribe to our weekly e-blast and get our charts, playlists, album covers of the week and much more, straight to your inbox at worldbeatinternational.com, home to Celt In A Twist!    Gnoss - Vore Tullye Phoenyx - Banish Misfortune Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Road Trip To Cape Breton CANCON Cassie and Maggie - Bow Down CANCON Langan Band - Leg Of Lamb Artists For Action - Which Side Are You On? The Rumjacks - An Irish Goodbye On St. Valentine's Day Willos - Best Of Luck Grumpy O Sheep - Fiddler's Despair Dropkick Murphys - Who'll Stand With Us? Flook - Tie The Knot In Georgia Alba's Edge - Summer Scraps   58:36

    59 min

  8. AUG 14

    Celt In A Twist August 17 2025

    We spin a sublime track from Afro Celt Sound System's Ova, '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

    59 min
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Canada's Contemporary Celtic Radio Hour

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  • Creator
    celtinatwist
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2025
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
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