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Celt In A Twist April 27 2025
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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

Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Celt In A Twist April 20 2025
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
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

Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Celt In A Twist April 13 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
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

Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Cet In A Twist April 6 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
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

Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Celt In A Twist March 30 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
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

Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Celt In A Twist March 23 2025
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
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

Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Celt In A Twist March 16 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
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
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

Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Celt In A Twist March 9 2025
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
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

Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Celt In A Twist March 2 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
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

Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Cet In A Twist February 23 2025
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
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
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