Celt In A Twist

Celt In A Twist May 8 2026

Dervish draws deep from the well of Irish tradition on their latest collection from The Great Irish Songbook Volume 2. Meanwhile The Ollam take trad someplace else entirely, featuring John McSherry and groovemonster Joe Dart. This hour features fresh track from Trouz Bras, North America's keepers of Breton music heritage and Newfoundland's Rum Ragged take us down The Road To Lushes Bight. Lard Tunderin', it must be Celt In A Twist!

 

Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel

The Cloverhearts - Heartbreaker

Haggis X-1 - Roots CANCON

Lucy MacNeil - The Amber Mandolin Set CANCON

Dervish - Tobar an tSaoil (ft. Moya Brennan)

Trouz Bras - Cheese Bourrees

Le Vent Du Nord - Adieu Du Village CANCON

Rum Ragged - The Road To Lushes Bight CANCON

Young Dubliners - Ashley Falls

The Ollam - The Burial Stone

Open The Door For Three - William Glen

The Rumjacks - Pulled From The Shore

Sketch - Bam The Tanjo

 

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Celt In A Twist April 28 2026

Marked by virtuosic playing and a sense of musical adventure, a new generation is taking Celtic where it's never been before. Explore a world of possibilities with Orkney's Gnoss, Breton's Trouz Bras, Germany's Broom Bezzums and Rum Ragged from Newfoundland & Labrador. This ain't your grandpappy's Celtic. You've got your Celt In A Twist!

 

Peatbog Faeries - The Jesster

The Ollam - Streams Of Silver

Rum Ragged - The Apple Tree CANCON

Spirit Of Canada - Home For A Rest CANCON

Broom Bezzums - A Soulin'

Trouz Bras - Pride and Prejudice

Urban Trad - Berim Dance

The Real McKenzies - Scotland The Brave CANCON

Pat Chessell - This Is The Life

Tradish - The South Sligo Set

Gnoss - Stroma

Eamonn Coyne & Chris Drever - Isle Of France

Valtos - Charlies On The Run

 

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Celt In A Twist April 21 2026

Join Celt In A Twist under the main tent for ScotFestBC, June 19 and 20 at Town Centre Park in Coquitlam for Celtic music you won't hear anywhere else. Plus, live entertainment from The Barra McNeils and more. Pipes and fiddles aplenty this hour with newcomers, Broom Bezzums, Haggis X-1, Cabbie Drennan + Dervish (April 26 @ The Rio) & The Ollam (April 27 @ The Pearl) You got yer Celt In A Twist!

The Go Set - Opportunities

Brogeal - Stuck Inside

Haggis X-1 - March Of The Tartan Turtles CANCON

Jane & Kyle - Cazedero CANCON

Broom Bezzums - Crooked Jack

Dervish - Whelan's

Boiled In Lead - Je T'aime Helena

Tiller's Folly - The Pirate Bold KirkConnell CANCON

The Ollam - The Arrows That Murder Sleep

Cabbie Drennan Band - Plough and Sew

Celtica - Thunderstruck/It's A Long Way/Highway To Hell

Daimh - Loch Eilt Narrows

Shooglenifty - A Fistful Of Euro

 

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Celt In A Twist April 14 2026

It's April and bevies are served this happy hour, from Melisande with Boisson D'Avril. Artemis 2 received a message from late astronaut Jim Lovell and we kick off the program with Bold Lovell, new from Boiled In Lead, Expect appearances from Vancouver-bound Gnoss and Dervish, and more new grooves from Haggis X-1. Join Patricia Fraser in the Celtic frontier!

 

Boiled In Lead - Bold Lovell

Basco - Hog Eye Man

Haggis X-1 - Roots CANCON

Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Here to Stay CANCON

Gnoss - Vore Tullye

Dervish - The Rambling Irishman

Little Sparta - The Telling Of The Truth

Brogeal - Friday On My Mind

Toxic Frogs - Never Give Up

Willos - Sweet Bonnie Lass From Belfast

Le Vent Du Nord - Le Winnebago CANCON

Melisande - Boisson D'Avril CANCON

Sver - Love Boat

Afro Celt Sound System - Whirly 3

 

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Celt In A Twist April 7 2026

Plenty of fresh Celtic to go around this hour, from Haggis X-1, Boiled In Lead, Alexandre Vilaboa from Galicia. along with the defenders of the realm, The Real McKenzies. Get your tickets for live local Celtivity from Gnoss, April 17th at the St. James Hall and Dervish, April 26th at The Rio. You've got yer Celt In A Twist!

 

Willie Nile - The Day The Earth Stood Still

Gangar - Grotleken

Haggis X-1 - This Is The Place (Caledonia) CANCON

Vishten - Gaillard feat. De Temp Antan CANCON

Boiled In Lead - Fast Reels

Dom DufF - Foeter Breizh

-Alexandre Vilaboa - Os Gaedil

Dropkick Murphys - Who'll Stand With Us

Collage Trad - Beeswax CANCON

The Real McKenzies - I Wanna Eat Sardines(With Yer Mother) CANCON

Firken – Tundermese - Kocsmadalok

Iain Copeland - The Traveller

Jeremy Kittel - The Curious Beetle Medley

 

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Celt In A Twist March 31 2026

New find Little Sparta encourages you to "Turn On The Radio" and tune this week for Celt In A Twist, a contemporary mix of Celtic rock, pop, jazz, funk and trad (from Stratford, Ontario's The Bookends) Plus, veterans of the craft like Runrig and Sinead O'Connor and another spin from supergroup The Ollam, April 27 at The Pearl. Gems a plenty this week!

 

Brogeal - Draw The Line

Flogging Molly - Until We Meet Again

The Bookends - Dinny Donegal CANCON

La Bottine Souriante - Pas De Credit CANCON

Little Sparta - Turn On The Radio

Peatbog Faeries - Martin Roachford'/The Oyster Woman's Rant

Runrig - Clash Of The Ash

Toxic Frogs - The Green Night

Pete's Posse - The Echo

The Mahones - Freeway Toll CANCON

Sinead O'Connor - My Lagan Love

The Young Folk - England

The Ollam - With Pure Crystal Teeth

 

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Celt In A Twist March 24 2026

A taste of great concerts to come! This week we spin Gnoss. The Orkney-based Celtic innovators perform at the St. James Hall on April 17th. Plus, more music from supergroup, The Ollam, sporting master piper John McSherry and Detroit's finest rhythm section, April 27th at The Pearl. With new Celtivity from French Grrrl band Toxic Frogs, and Swedes Woodlands Backfall. Patricia Fraser hosts Celt In A Twist every week!

 

 

Dlu - Anthem (Ros T Remix)

Gnoss - Honey Wine

The McDades - Telegraph Reel /The Three Sisters CANCON

Melisande - Belle Hirondelle CANCON

ROS - Sac Buit

Toxic Frogs - 10 Years

Yoko Pwno - The Old Lightbulb

Skyrie - Take Me Home With You

Woodlands Backfall - Udda Laten

The Scratch - Old Dog

The Ollam - The Arrows That Murder Sleep

Vishten - Ames Soeurs CANCON

Tiller's Folly - The Pirate Bold KirkConnell CANCON

Logical Fleadh - Bridgeton Nod

 

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Celt In A Twist March 17 2026

Celtic comes into its own in March. Join us for some fresh greens this week from The Cloverhearts, The Ollam (April 27th at The Pearl), Edmonton family band The McDades and Scots bard Cabbie Drennan with a drink along, sing along. It's not too early to get a St. Patrick's workout in.  Check out Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser at a new time, new day and new station; FM96.1, Tuesdays at 9pm.

 

Barleyjuice - Sweet Young Thing

Baltic Crossing - Whirling Waltz

The McDades - Gardener's Child CANCON

Mary Francis - Cheerio CANCON

The Cloverhearts - Heartbreaker

The Ollam - Stream Of Silver

Brogeal - Stuck Inside

Cabbie Drennan Band - Ma Rovin Eye

Afro Celt Sound System - The Other Side

The Mahones - Rise Again

Solas - The Coconut Dog/ Morning Dew

Rura - Allegory

Punch Brothers - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald

Pol Helleou & Friends - Planty Irvine

 

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Celt In A Twist March 10 2026

Fall back no more! Celt In A Twist celebrates permanent Daylight Saving with an hour of Celtivity you can enjoy anytime, or 9pm Tuesdays on CHKG FM 96.1 in Vancouver. More fresh tracks from The Ollam, a transatlantic supergroup featuring John McSherry, Joe Dart and other monster musicians (April 26th at The Pearl on Granville). You got yer Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser!

 

Drones & Bellows - The Carnival Set

Dropkick Murphys - Bury The Bones (feat. The Merry Wallopers)

The Dreadnoughts - Dusty Ground CANCON

Haggis X-1 - We See the Sun CANCON

The Ollam - With Pure Crystal Teeth

Willos - Ghost Ship

Tartan Amoebas - Giant

Tiller's Folly - Far End Of The Road CANCON

Frigg - Troll's Twilight

Grumpy O Sheep - What's Left Of The Flag

Michael McGoldrick - The Buckfast 5/Wired To The Moon

Ten Strings And A Goat Skin - The Town CANCON

Transatlantica - The Sea Is Calling

 

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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

 

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