Celt In A Twist

Celt In A Twist October 12 2025

Music from the Celtic crossroads between borders, acoustic and electric,  organic and electronic. Explore nu-traditions from Quebec and the Maritimes, Finland and Sweden, Ireland and Scotland, even Australia. Songs about resistance existence and just plain nonsense. Let Patricia Fraser guide you through an hour of diverse sounds. Celt In A Twist!

 

Salamakannel - Salamahumppa 

Spotted Dogs - The World Turned Upside Down 

Haggis X-1 - Down In The Valley  CANCON

Slainte Mhath - Annie  CANCON

Dropkick Murphys - Chesterfields and Aftershave 

Eileem Ivers - Darlin' Corey 

Geniticorum - Asphalteuse  CANCON

Iain Copeland - Homeward Bound

The Go Set - Empires

Kris Drever - Going To The North 

Salsa Celtica -An Danns Elegua

Kate Rusby - Manic Monday 

Gnoss - Hard Times 

Sonova - Fiddler On The Groove 

 

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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 

 

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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 

 

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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 

 

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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 

 

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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

 

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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 

 

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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

 

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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

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Celt In A Twist August 10 2025

Passing around some Celtic hor d'ouevres this hour. 15 delicious bites; some spicy, some sweet, all decidedly different from the usual Celtic fare, with ingredients from Galicia, Britanny, Budapest and Brazil. Served on a bed of your favorite flavours, like fiddles, pipes and strings & things. Bon appetit from Celt In A Twist! 

 

Baiuca & Carlos Nunez - Solsticio 

Cecile Corbel - Suil a Ruin 

Cassie & Maggie - I Long To Return  CANCON

Collage Trad - Beeswax  CANCON

Firkin - Flowers feat. Agi Szaloki 

Dropkick Murphys w/ Billy Bragg -  School Days Over 

Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti 

The East Pointers - No Bridge Too Far CANCON

Peatbog Faeries - Abhainn A'Nathair 

The Go Set - Opportunities

Catrin Finch and Aoife Ni Bhriain - Wonder 

Lost Bayou Ramblers - Granny Smith

The Paperboys - I've Just Seen A Face CANCON

Fear of Drinking - Flynn's Tail  CANCON

Roddy MacDonald - Bullet Train 

 

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