Celt In A Twist

Celt In A Twist February 13 2022

Skerryvore - Live Forever
Spotted Dogs - Connolly Was There
Pat Chessell - My Old Town CANCON
Melisande - Belle Hirondelle CANCON
Dolphin Boy - The West Highland Line
Flogging Molly - The Seven Deadly Sins
Karen Matheson - Diamond Ring
The McCabes - Wish I Had Stayed With You
Aoife O'Donovan - Passengers
Mekons - What I Believe At Night
Maria Dunn - Ontario Song CANCON
Pete's Posse - The Sap Ain't Runnin'
Gaelic Storm - Jimmy's Bucket INST
Runrig - Maymorning
Sketch - Bulgarian Shed INST

Of life lived, unrequited love, riding the rails, plying the seven deadly sins and runnin' the sap dry, Celt In A Twist music for life and living it!

Celt In A Twist February 6 2022

Punch Brothers - Church Street Blues

Frigg - Early Bird INST

The Mahones - Night Train To Paris CANCON

Enter The Haggis - Bound For America CANCON

Hold Fast - Raise Your Glass

Beoga - Mischief INST

Afro Celt Sound System - Step Up

The Sternwheelers - Wet The Goat

Mekons - What I Believe At Night

Sons Of Southern Ulster - Polaris

Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin

Vishten - Ames Soeurs CANCON

The Fretless - Alfonzo McKenzie's INST CANCON

Jim Moray - Early One Morning

Dropkick Murphys - L.EE.B.O.Y.

 

Nuanced numbers for a not so subtle musical world. Check interesting adds from Mekons, Sons Of Southern Ulster and Punch Brothers!

Celt In A Twist January 30 2022

Firkin - One More Pint
Corner Boy - True North
The Tiller's Folly - Shine CANCON
Poor Angus - Shores Of The Bay CANCON
Offa Rex - Blackleg Miner
Austuriana Mining Company - Iron Bridge Reel INST
Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet - Banjo Pickin' Girl
The Sternwheelers - Tune Set INST
The Led Farmers - Thomas Jefferson
Grumpy O Sheep - Sheep Are Sailing INST
Celtic Kitchen Party - COVID-19 Shanty CANCON
Kim Thompsett - Snowbound
Milisande - Boisson D'Avril CANCON
Marvara - Chokolade Pandekage
Battlefield Band - The Canongate Twitch INST

Binge-able Celtic with a new mix each week. It's Canada's contemporary radio hour, Celt In  A Twist with the effervescent Patricia Fraser.

Celt In A Twist January 23 2022

Hackensaw Boys - Content Not Seeking Thrills
Punch Brothers - Cattle In The Cane INST
Vishten - L'autre Femme CANCON
Early Spirit - We've Seen This Film CANCON
Yoko Pwno - The Airt O' The Deil INST
Flogging Molly - Between A Man And A Woman
Dropkick Murphys - Turn Up That Dial
Boiled In Lead - Come In From The Rain INST
Black 47 - For What It's Worth
MAZ - Chasse-Galerie INST CANCON
Tradish - The Parting Glass
Kila - Rachel Corrie INST
Melisande - Degenerations CANCON
Manran - Overtime INST

Mining the richest veins of Celtivity the world over. Join Patricia Fraser for new Punch Brothers, Melisande and Early Spirit to name a few!

Celt In A Twist January 16 2022

Merry Hell - We Need Each Other Now
Gaelic Storm - Out The Road
Melisande - Belle Hirondelle CANCON
Graham Lindsay - Arne's Flying Adventure INST CANCON
Toxic Frogs - The Shamrock's Jig INST
The Mahones - When It Comes Around CANCON
Corner Boy - True North
The Go Set - Mixed Tapes
Mouth Music - Trip To Ballyshannon INST
The Real McKenzies - The Bluenose CANCON
Kierah - Climbing The Chief INST CANCON
Telefis - Falun Gong Dancer
The Sternwheeelers - Don't Turn Around
Floating Sofa Quartet - Skanebiter

A comforting taste of normalcy without the normal. Extraordinary new music from Melisande, Corner Boy and the Jacknife Lee/Cathal Coughlan collab, Telefis!

Celt In A Twist January 9 2022

Ritva Nero - Rahapolska Helsingista INST
Dropkick Murphys - Queen Of Suffolk County
The Town Pants- The Wall CANCON
The McDades - Sundown CANCON
Spotted Dogs - The World Turned Upside Down
Flook - Natterjack INST
Barleyjuice - St. Patricks Day
Frigg - Varpunen INST
Sons Of Southern Ulster - Live In The Pas
Aoife O'Donovan - Passengers
The Mahones - Celtic Pride CANCON
Bob Quinn & The Quincept Project - Nova Scotia, Nature's Song CANCON
The Electrics - Dennis Goes And Does It INST
Brick Top Blaggers - Denial

Roam like the Celts of yore with toe-tappers from Finland, Sweden and  new world Canadian Celts like The Town Pants, The Mahones and Bob Quinn. You got yer 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!