Celt In A Twist

Fiddles be flyin' from the get go this hour. Boiled In Lead set the pace with Fast Reels, fiddles and electronics from Parahyba, Brazil with Furmiga Dub, Derina Harvey takes us back to The Big Rock, The East Pointers to PEI, Grumpy O Sheep from France, Brogeal from Falkirk and more Breton melodies from Trouz Bras. It 's a mix not to be trifled or fiddled with. You got yer Celt In A Twist, 27 years and counting, with Patricia Fraser!

 

Boiled In Lead - Fast Reels

Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti

Derina Harvey Band - Waves Of Home CANCON

The East Pointers - Anniversary CANCON

Eloise & Co. - Torrid Romance/Dress Back

Grumpy O Sheep - What's Left Of The Flag

House Of Hamill - Suberb Owl

Little Sparta - Turn On The Radio

Brogeal - One For The Ditch

Trouz Bras - Evelyn's Hanter Dro

Jim Moray - Fair Margaret and Sweet William

Spiro - Have A Care For Her Johnny

The Real McKenzies - Black Agnes CANCON

Bodh'aktan - Le Set De Balais (Down The Broom) CANCON

 

59:27

Small pipes, Border pipes, Uilleann pipes, Northumbrian, Galician and of course, Highland pipes. Smoke 'em if you got 'em! This hour has plenty o' pipes and fiddles, banjos and some spicy zydeco accordion. Homegrown Celtic too from Haggis X-1, The Mahones and The McDades.Come get your weekly hit of Celtivity with Celt In A Twist!

Broom Bezzums - Stanhope In Weardale

Trouz Bras - Rainy Day Bourree/Courtship Bourree

Haggis X-1 - Arthur's Gold (Any Means Of Persuasion) CANCON

The Mahones - The Hunger, The Fight (ft. Tara Slone) CANCON

Annbjorg Lien - Needles Eye

Drones & Bellows - Song Of The Hammers

Carlos Nunez - Danza De Espadas

The McDades - Gardener's Child CANCON

Dervish - Tobar an t'Saoil (ft. Mya Brennan)

The Hackensaw Boys - Content Not Seeking Thrills

Corey Arceneaux & The Zydeco Fusion Band - Washboard Zydeco

Valtos - S.T.W. (ft. Gary Innes)

Basco - Down In The Greenwood

The Ollam - With Pure Crystal Teeth

 

59:32

Looking forward to seeing you LIVE under the big tent for Pat Chessell, The Barra MacNeils, Whiskey Dicks and more. It's ScotFestBC, Town Centre Park in Coquitlam, June 19th and 20th. This hour, music from across the Celtic diaspora including Canada's best, even some Kreole to spice up the mix. Patricia Fraser hosts Celt In A Twist Radio!

Chris Armstrong - The Barachios

Dervish - The Broad Majestic Shannon

Ashley MacIsaac - Belle Cote CANCON

Cassie and Maggie - The Gold Rush Is Over CANCON

Dropkick Murphys - One Last Goodbye "Tribute To Shane"

Kilmaine Saints - Painting Paradise Square

Peatbog Faeries - Folk Police

Little Sparta - The Telling Of The Truth

Lunasa - The Cadgers

Pressgang Mutiny - Haul Away Joe CANCON

The Real McKenzies - I Wanna Eat Sardines With Your Mother CANCON

Sean Ardoin - Kick Rocks

Brogeal - Lonesome Boatman

Sharon Shannon - Sacred Earth

 

59:38

Join Patricia Fraser as she counts down the Top Ten Contemporary Celtic Tunes for the month past and new additions from today including: The Real McKenzies, Broom Bezzums, Boiled In Lead, Dervish, Haggis X-1, The Ollam and many more. Check the new chart on social media and subscribe to our weekly E-Blast for the full pull. Celt In A Twist from worldbeatinternational.com!

 

The Real McKenzies - Black Agnes CANCON

Broom Bezzums - A Soulin'

Trouz Bras - Pride And Prejudice

Tiller's Folly - The Pirate Bold KirkConnell CANCON

Gnoss - Storma

Boiled In Lead - The King Of The Dogwoods

Dervish ft. Moya Brennan - Tobar AntSaoil

Haggis X-1 - This Is The Place CANCON

Brogeal - Stuck Inside

The Ollam - Stream Of Silver

Barleyjuice - State Of Desiree

The Cloverhearts - You've Got A Friend

Michael McGoldrick - Freefalling Reels

 

59:08

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

 

59:43

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

 

59:00

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

 

59:43

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

 

59:43

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

 

59:25

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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