Celt In A Twist

Celt In A Twist July 7 2024

We have a couple of more imports direct from Scotland to share this hour, along with nu-Irish from The Scratch and Tau & The Drones Of Praise, Nordic fiddle music from New Zealand and plenty of home-spun Celtivity. Your host is Patricia Fraser for this hour of Celt In A Twist!

Niteworks - An Toll Dubh feat. Sian
Open The Door For Three - The Fairy Jig Set
Enter The Haggis - Bound For America CANCON
Graham Lindsey - The Vet Set CANCON
The Outside Track - Flash Company
The Scratch - Session Song
Tau & The Drones Of Praise - Thunder Thunder Hummingbird
Trio Ged - West Country
Vishten Connexions - Galliard feat. De Temps Antan CANCON
Flogging Molly - Requiem For A Dying Song
Brighde Chainmbeul - Banish The Giant Of Doubt & Despair
George Duff - Green Grow The Rashes
Iain Morrison - Halcyon Daze

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Celt In A Twist June 30 2024

Souveniers from Scotland! The vaykay pix are up on Facebook and this hour, soundtrack to bring them to life, with wee treats from The Battlefield Band, Sketch, Iain Morrison, Julie Fowlis and the incompar able voice of George Duff who we enjoyed live in Edinburgh.  Join Patricia Fraser for Canada's contemporary Celtic radio hour, Celt In A Twist.

Battlefield Band - Highlands (The Lass Of Killiecrankie/Ladies Of Gormond/ Highlands)
The Biblecode Sundays - Mary Of The Northolt Road
Ashley MacIsaac - Cello Song  CANCON
Mary Frances - Return To Skye CANCON
George Duff - When These Shoes Were New
The Go Set - Sleepy Little Town
Iain Morrison - Away With The Fairies
Open The Door For Three - William Glen
Sketch - Eiggbound
Julie Fowlis - Puirt A Beul Set (Beautiful Ribbons)
Aoife O'Donovan w/ Kris Drever - Transatlantic 
The Mahones - The Hunger & The Fight (feat. Tara Slone) CANCON
Peatbog Faeries - Folk Police

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Celt In A Twist June 23 2024

From ROS to MSR, it's an hour exploring County Downs and Swansea Towns, Galicia to the Lowlands Of Holland. With debuts from The Derina Harvey Band, Tau & The Drones of Praise and a tribute to the author of Frankenstein (sort of). For 20 years and counting, you've got yer Celt In A Twist.

 

ROS - Ball De La Carxofa
Hackensaw Boys - Mary Shelley
The Real McKenzies - Swansea Town CANCON
Natalie MacMaster & Donnall Leahy - Galicia CANCON
Bangers & Mash - Star Of The County Down
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies - Tom-Tom
Soulsha - Fetchal INST
Tau & The Drones Of Praise - Ceol On Chre
Bog Bodies - Toward The Harvest
The Go Set - Take Me Home
Jim Moray - The Lowlands Of Holland
Derina Harvey Band - Run To Me CANCON
Old Blind Dogs - Harris Dance INST
Manran - MSR

59:32

Celt In A Twist June 16 2024

While Patricia Fraser explores Scotland we explore the rest of the Celtic world with spins from Ireland, Denmark, Catalan, Quebec, Hungary and ... ya, there may be a Scottish tune or two. For 20 years, you've got yer Celt In A Twist!

 

The Scratch - Session Song
The Dreadnoughts - Bold Reilly CANCON
The Mahones - Celtic Pride CANCON
ROS - Sac Buit INST
Basco - Carsten The Fox INST
Karan Casey & John Doyle - The False Lady
Jansberg - Kometens Hale INST
Firkin - Step It Out Mary
Joe Quinn & Sammy Horner - De'll Makes Work
Lunarium - Evening Star INST
The Go Set - Opportunities
La Bottine Souriante - Et Boucle La Bottine CANCON

58:16

Celt In A Twist June 9 2024

There are over 30 Portland towns around the world. Guess which one the Derina Harvey Band is singing about. Aoife O'Donovan takes in the beauty of Vancity's Stanley Park. Railroad Earth are Chasin' A Rainbow and the Go Set head West Into The Sun. Join our Celtic adventure. For 20 years you've got your Celt In A Twist!

 

The Go Set - West Into The Sun
Epsylon - Le Temps
Melisande - Boisson D'Avril CANCON
Derina Harvey Band - Portland Town CANCON
Admiral Fallow - The Paper Trench
Dropkick Murphys - Black Velvet Band
We Banjo Three - Annabelle's Cannon
Railroad Earth - Chasin' A Rainbow
Talisk - Surya INST
Telefis - Falun Gong Dancer
Aoife O'Donovan - Stanley Park
Solas - On A Sea Of Fleur De Lis
Kytami - Sirens INST CANCON

57:58

Celt In A Twist June 2 2024

As we heed the skirl of the highland pipes. spread our wings and fly forth to the bonnie home Patricia Fraser's ancesteral clan, we invite you to share our excitement with a wee hour of Celtic honouring Alba. From the Isle Of Skye (we'll be there!) Psych shedlife from Peatbog Faeries, Scots Rock staples Runrig, our own Real McKenzies, Clan of The Celts and lasses Kate Rusby and Karen Matheson each share a tune. You've got yer Celt In A Twist! Lang may yer lum reek.



Peatbog Faeries - The Jesster
Runrig - Maymorning
The Real McKenzies - Barrett's Privateers CANCON
The Mahones - One Last Shot CANCON
Bob Brozman, John McSherry, Donal O'Connor - Hardiman the Fiddler
Baltic Crossing - Goodnight Salonkyla
Karen Matheson - Cassiopea Coming Through
Afro Celt Sound System - Manako-It's Too Late
Clan Of Celts - Dreamcatcher
Culbeag - Bravery
Kate Rusby - Manic Monday
Genticorum - Legere Bergere CANCON
Yoko Pwno - The Old Lightbulb

59:49

Celt In A Twist May 26 2024

Bootstrapping Celtpunk blazes into Vancouver as The Murphs and The Scratch light up Harbour Centre, October 13th. 'Another Round' from The Scratch opens another twisty hour of Canada's contemporary Celtic radio. Join Patricia Fraser this week!

The Scratch - Another Round
Young Dubliners - We The Mighty
Mary Frances - Celticumbia CANCON
Vishten Connexions - Reflexions CANCON)
Stone Row - Bound For South Australia
The Rumjacks - Tell Me What Happened
Tradish - The South Sligo Set
Runrig - Clash Of The Ash
MAZ - Chasse-Galerie CANCON
Keltic Electric - Wild Mountain Thyme
FullSet - The Bonnie House Of Airlie
The Fretless - Northern Jig/Holding Aine CANCON
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage - Santa Fe Trail
Grumpy O Sheep - Black Betty

59:55

Celt In A Twist May 19 2024

There's a method to this week's Celtic madness. Take a song or two, add a fiddle tune, rinse and repeat. Introducing the flying fingers of Mary Frances, the 17 year old daughter of Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy. Her first album is appropriately, First Light and we debut 'Cheerio'. Maggie's Wake serve the Bond theme with a twist of 'Shaken Not Stirred'. There's lots more to love this week on Celt In A Twist!

The Tosspints - Your Name
Toxic Frogs - Bernie's Old Pub
Mary Frances - Cheerio CANCON
Ten Strings & A Goat Skin - Maluron Lurette CANCON
Sketch - After The Storm
Punch Brothers - Church Street Blues
Oysterband - Wonders Are Passing
Maggie's Wake - Shaken & Stirred CANCON
Iarla O'Lionaird - Iron And Gold
Iain Morrison - Dear Goose
Firkin - Santiana
Eamonn Coyne & Kris Drever - Isle Of France
Barleyjuice - High On Highland Life
Kila - Jigs

59:48

Celt In A Twist May 12 2024

A holler back to our Top 10 contemporary Celtic chart for April, with new entries from the traditions of Donegal from Altan to the entrancing futures of the Afro Celt Sound System. Plus Vishten Connexions reform and debut a winner from the album Expansion. Expand your musical horizons with Celt In A Twist!

The Go Set - Opportunities 
Enter The Haggis - Swall​owed By A Whale CANCON

The Mahones - Hollaway Jack CANCON

​Gangar - Slarkjen

Genticorum - Le Persuadeur  ​CANCON
Altan - The Barley And The Rye 
La Bottine Souriante - Benji's Rollicks ​CANCON
Peatbog Faeries - The Humours Of Ardnamurchan 
Afro Celt Sound System - AM 
Vishten Connexions - Gaillard feat. De Temps Antan ​CANCON
Celtic Kitchen Party - Big Break ​CANCON
The Real McKenzies - Leave Her Johnny ​CANCON
ROS - Arlovins 

57:50

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Celt In A Twist May 5 2024

Let the games begin! Your Eyes Are Gonna Shine like Canucks' fans, new music from the Murph's Okemah Rising. Gaelic Storm ring in with Chicken Boxer on an Irish Breakfast Day. Dom DufF is inspired by a Breton foot race, and Dervish dive into the Great Irish Songbook with The Rambling Irishman. Scottish, Danish and Maritime music blend into a mix of the finest in contemporary Celtic. It's Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser.


Dropkick Murphys - My Eyes Are Gonna Shine
Gaelic Storm - Irish Breakfast Day
Yann Falquet - Le Deux Noyes De L'ile aux Basque CANCON
Enter The Haggis - Swallowed By A Whale CANCON
Dom DufF - Foeter Breizh
Dervish - The Rambling Irishman
Shooglenifty - Brutus
Serras - Glasgow
Vishten Connexions - Gaillard CANCON
We Banjo 3 - Dawn Breaks 4:31
Sinead O'Connor - Trouble Of The World
Afro Celt Sound System - Fissiri Wali Polka
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - Shetland Set

59:52