Celt In A Twist

The Sternwheelers - Don't Turn Around

Ritva Nero - Megapolka INST

The Dreadnoughts - Sacramento CANCON

Moritz Behm - The Beast INST CANCON

Saor Patrol - Duncarron INST

Melisande - Degenerations CANCON

Soulsha - Fetchal 

Hold Fast - Gentlemen & Rogues INST

Punch Brothers - Cattle In The Cane INST

The Town Pants - Came And Went CANCON

Frigg - Hakkisen Riili INST

Tartan Amoebas - Rescue

Dlu - Braighe Loch Eil

Enter The Haggis - Gone CANCON

Salsa Celtica - Rolling Road

 

The Town Pants Came And Went. Wishing the road rises up to meet them as they relocate to Ottawa! A solid hour of sweet spins await on Celt In A Twist!

Dlu - Am Politician INST

The Rumjacks - Tell Me What Happened

Sprag Session - Paddy's INST CANCON

The McDades - Nomadic Mood & Caroline's Reel INST CANCON

Willie Nile - The Day I Saw Bo Diddley In Washington Square

Kasir - P.J. Kings/The Shannon Jig INST

Karen Matheson - Laurel To A Wreath

Sons Of Southern Ulster - Live In The Past

Peatbog Faeries - Spigel And Nongo INST

Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Listen CANCON

La Tuque Bleue - Le Printemps Des Cousins CANCON

Lunasa - Sinead Maire's INST

 

 

Always giving the music a chance to speak for itself. Some inspired instrumentals from Dlu, Sprag Session, Peatbog Faeries and Lunasa!

The Go Set - Empires

Firkin - Flowers

Grinning Barretts - Kudatah CANCON

Jocelyn Pettit - Keidas Oasis CANCON INST

Transglobal Underground - Van Dieman's Land

Enter The Haggis - The Archer's Parade CANCON

Marvara - Chokolade Pandekage

We Banjo Three - Annabele's Cannon INST

Daimh - Raasay INST

Dervish - The Galway Shawl

D'Lu - Moch INST

Lunarium - Evening Star INST

Old Blind Dogs - A Wild Rumpus 

 

Anticipating spring with a Galway Shawl, Flowers and a treat of Chocolate Pancakes! Plus a fresh debut from 5 Gaels named D'Lu and the album title Moch!

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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

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!

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!