Celt In A Twist

Celt In A Twist Year End Speical January 2 2022

Grumpy O Sheep - Say's Gi 
The Rumjacks - Tell Me What Happened 
Firkin - Flowers 
The Go Set - Empires 
The Mahones - When Ye Go Away CANCON
The Sternwheelers - Lily Of The West 
Dropkick Murphys - City By The Sea 
The Paperboys - Someplace, Somewhere CANCON
Aoife O'Donovan - Phoenix 
Kolonein - Morgondag 
The Celtic Kitchen Party - Auld Lang Syne CANCON
The McDades - Willie Reilly CANCON
Melisande - Boisson D'Avril (NEW FOR 22!) CANCON

Happy New Year from Celt In A Twist as we look back at the albums that brought us our favorite tracks, culled from our monthly Contemporary Celtic Top 10 charts!

Celt In A Twist December 26 2021

Flogging Molly - There's Nothing Left Pt. 2
We Banjo 3 - Driving Home For Christmas
Ozere - Pony Ride INST CANCON
Celtic Kitchen Party - COVID 19 Shanty CANCON
Dom DufF - Des Dhemins Creux
Damien Dempsey - Maasai
Ian Thomson & Mac Duff - The Winder Winds Blow
Daimh - Banjo's Favorite INST
Transglobal Underground - Van Dieman's Land
Salsa Celtica - The Hag
Graham Lindsey - Shacky Wacky INST CANCON
Ava - Seas Suas (Stand Up)
Young Dubliners - Saoirse INST
Storm Seeker - Row,Row,Row
Tony McManus - Bloavez Mad INST

Perfect for that limbo between Christmas and New Years! Clip your tags and cut your boxes with an hour of contemporary Celtic featuring a Breton New Year's track from Tony McMonster!

Celt In A Twist Christmas Special December 19 2021

Rathkeltair - Yule Log And Holly Berries 
Barleyjuice - Whiskey For Christmas
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy -  Ding Dong Merrily On High
The McDades - See Amid The Winter's Snow 
Beroguetto - Nadal de Luintra 
Lexington Field - Christmas At The Pub
Sultans Of String feat. Sweet Honey In The Rock - Celebrate The HolyDays 
Bowfire - Kashmir/Do You Hear What I Hear 
U2 - I Believe In Father Christmas
Alison Brown Quartet - Carol Of The Kings 
Brobdingnagian Bards - Bog Down In Christmas
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets - Let It Snow 
Spirit Of The West - Christmas Eve 
Emma Kate Tobia and George Murphy - Fairytale Of New York
The Pretenders - 2000 Miles 
Vince Guaradli Trio - Linus And Lucy 

Stick your yule in your hearth and your buds under your muffler, it’s Celt In A Twist’s contemporary Christmas!

Celt In A Twist December 12 2021

Spotted Dogs - The World Turned Upside Down
Nordic Raga - Balkan Waltz
The McDades - Willie Reilly CANCON
The Mahones - Rise Again CANCON
The Rumjacks - Light In My Shadow
Peatbog Faeries - Captain Couli's Parrot INST
Sons Of Southern Ulster - Polaris
Aoife O'Donovan - Phoenix
Railroad Earth - Chasin' A Rainbow
Harv - Grythyttehyl INST
Early Spirit - We've Seen That Film CANCON
The Town Pants - Dark Annie CANCON
Eileen Ivers - Craic With Jack INST
Sketch - After the Storm INST

We debut The Empress, a brilliant new album from Canadian sibs, The McDades, The Town Pants' sad lament for Jack The Ripper's number 3 plus more tales from the high seas to the heavens above on Celt In A Twist!

Celt In A Twist December 5 2021

Firkin - Those Irish Punk Girls
Spotted Dogs - Come Out Ye Black And Tans
Spirit Of The West - Sadness Grows CANCON
Chasse-Galerie - Miss Mary MacDonald CANCON
Yoko Pwno - Blood, Sex, Sugar, Diabetes INST
Mark Knopfler - Why Aye Man
*exclusive interview with author Vince R. Ditrich re: The Liquor Vicar
Shooglenifty - Brutus
Barbar O'Rhum - Boire, Occire, Rire INST
Afro Celt Sound System - Green INST
Solas - Vital Mental Medicine

Very special guest Viince Ditrich (former Spirit Of The West drummer now popular author of 'The Liquor Vicar'), joins Patricia to talk about the new book and his multi-faceted career!

Celt In A Twist November 28 2021

The Go Set - The Captain's Daughter
Salsa Celtica - He Mandhu (Aurel)
The Paperboys - Someplace, Somewhere CANCON
Melisande - Je Suis Nee En Automne CANCON
Skerryvore - The Excorcists INST
Young Dubliners - Say Anything
Mickey Rickshaw - Stay Afloat
Lunasa - Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
Emily Smith - Take You Home
Flogging Molly - The Light Of A Fading Star
Jim Moray - The Rufford Park Poachers
Daniel Lapp - Sweet Reunion INST CANCON
Toxic Frogs - Thank You Humanity
Hold Fast - The Ballad Of Joe Savery

It's not just for St. Paddy's anymore! Warm autumnal Celtic from The Paperboys, Melisande, Jim Moray, Daniel Lapp and many more!

Celt In A Twist November 21 2021

Johnny Kalsi & The Dhol Foundation - After The Rain INSST
Lexington Field - Alive
Early Spirit - We've Seen That Film CANCON
Kytami - Mek's Reel CANCON
Alan Stivell - Brezhoneg Raok
Gaelic Storm - The Samurai Set INST
Flook - The Crystal Year INST
Dropkick Murphys - Queen Of Suffolk County
The Rumjacks - Sainted Millions
Ritva Nero - Trepatska Thrasher INST
Aoife O'Donovan - Lay My Burden Down
Matapat - La Vielle Galope CANCON
Tarras - Whiskey Town
Snuff Box Limerick INST

Johnny Kalsi & The Dhol Foundation look forward, as does British Columbia, to After The Rain + new Murphs and new Rumjacks in the mix.

Celt In A Twist November 14 2021

The Sternwheelers - Heavens No
Michael Cleveland - Tennessee Plates
Pat Chessell - Rainy Tuesday Morning CANCON
The Mahones - Rise Again CANCON
Shooglenifty - Caravan Up North
The Go Set - Empires
Marvara - Chokolade Pandekage
Grumpy O Sheep - Sheep Are Sailing INST
Transglobal Underground - Van Dieman's Land
Hold Fast - The Ballad Of Joe Savery 
Harv - Halihovve INST
Karen Matheson - Recovery
Skerryvore - Trip to Modera INST
Kevin Michael Offord - For Abbigail CANCON
Firkin - Galway Girl

Lest we forget, music with a long memory and a rhythmic future! New Sternwheelers, Michael Cleveland, Marvara, Hold Fast and cool Celtic from the world over.

Celt In A Twist November 7 2021

The Rumjacks - Tell Me What Hfappened
Fiamma Fumana - Angiolina
Early Spirit - Trou Noir CANCON
The East Pointers - Party Wave INST CANCON
Soulsha - What A Day INST
Afro Celt Sound System - Inion/Daughter
Diamonds And Guns - Cheers To Us
Tradish - The Emigration Suite INST
Martyn Bennett - Blackbird
Jim Moray - The Flying Cloud
Rawlins Cross - Reel And Roll CANCON
Spiro - Blyth High Light INST

Punching a hole in November's clouds, enough for an hour of enlightened contemporary Celtic! You got yer Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser!

Celt In A Twist October 31 2021

Dolphin Boy - The West Highland Line
Barbar O'Rhum - Freres De Bitte
The  Dreadnoughts - Jolie Rouge CANCON
The Peelers - Savannah CANCON
Sketch - Failte INST
Frigg - Yalla, Yalla
Tony McManus - Inveran/The Devil In The Kitchen INST
Aoife O'Donovan - Phoenix
Nickel creek - Smoothie Song INST
Firkin - Flowers
Oysterband - The Oxford Girl
Flogging Molly - Hope
The Mahones - Is This Bar Open 'Til Tomorrow CANCON
Ritua Nero - Trepatska Thrasher
Skerryvore - At The End Of The Line

One if by land, two if by sea, feeling the wheels and the the waves beneath our feet this hour with travelling Celtic from around the globe. Even riding off the rails with new party, folk, metal from Finland!