Celt In A Twist

Conscious Celtic for our times! New-style fiddling from Seattle’s Hayden Stern launches the hour. We take you back to a night at The Blarney Stone with The Town Pants, board The Earthship for our Cosmic Celtic trek and The Real McKenzie’s confess their love for ewe, a sheep named Fiona!    Hayden Stern - Boston Harbour Welcome  Lexington Field - Steps  Haggis X-1 - Arthur’s Gold (Any Means Of Persuasion) CANCON The Town Pants - Rasputin CANCON Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage - Reynardine  Homeland - Pressed For Time Stramash - Bonnie Ship The Diamond Patrick Mangan - The Canadian Set  Willos - Ophelia  The Real McKenzies - Fiona (Wee Luv Ewe)  CANCON Sketch - The Earthship Afro Celt Sound System - The Mantra  Steve Dawson - Hale Road Revolution  CANCON   59:52

So, that was Labour Day. We relish the last Summer Scraps from Alba’s Edge, Open the heavens with a Summer Storm from Patrick Mangan, tipple some Celtic Creole and Scottish Celtronica. You’ll even hear sounds from Finland and Galicia when you’ve got yer Celt In A Twist, this week with Patricia Fraser! Patrick Mangan - Summer Storm  The Go Set - Opportunities  Thunderor - Cape Breton Home CANCON  The Real McKenzies - I Love A Lassie Roamin’ In The. Gloaming CANCON Alan Stivell - Brezhnev Raok  Alba’s Edge - Summer Scraps  Lost Bayou Ramblers - Granny Smith  Maggie’s Wake - Louisiana CANCON La Bottine Souriante - Suede Inn  CANCON Niteworks - A Toll Dub feat. Sian  ROS - Ball de la Carxofa  Salamakannel - Salamahumppa  Aoife O’Donovan wq/ Kris Drever - Transatlantic Ashley MacIsaac - Johnny Cope  CANCON Laura Hurd - You Again    59:58

Take some time away from the worries of the day. Tap your feet and groove to the beat of a Celtic holiday! RANT play it LIVE in Glasgow for The Day Off, we order Another Round from The Scratch, catch up on our Jane Austen with Trous Braz’ Pride And Prejudice. PLUS, Haggis X-1 deliver LIVE in Plymouth, NH with Congress. You got yer Celt In A Twist!   RANT - The Day Off The Scratch - Another Round Slainte Mhath - Gravel Walks CANCON Sultans Of String - Kitchen Party CANCON Toxic Frogs - The Green Night Trous Braz - Pride And Prejudice Rocky Roads - Doolin Revisited Woodlands Backfall - Wild Mountain Thyme Valtos - Dorn Alexis Chartrand & Nicolas Babineau - Le Batteux CANCON Celtica - Itchy Fingers Haggis X-1 - Congress CANCON   59:59

Celtic comfort coming home to Celt In A Twist! You’ve Got  A Friend in  Australia’s Cloverhearts, Boiled In Lead slip in some jigs to start and The Real McKenzies give a surprising Celt Punk history lesson about Shackleton and the polar voyage of The Endurance! Dance, stroll, plug into the perfect soundtrack for your adventure. You might even learn something 😊 Celt In A Twist!   Boiled In Lead - Slip Jigs The Cloverhearts - You’ve Got A Friend Haggis X-1 - Across The Waves CANCON Jerry Cans - On The Rocks CANCON Drones & Bellows - The Carnival Set Brogeal - Stuck Inside Willos - Pound A Week Rise Martyn Bennett - Ale House The Sidh - The Legend Of Sidh The Real McKenzies - Fortitudine Vincimus/Shackleton CANCON RANT - Goran (Live In Glasgow) Mary Jane. Lamond - The Soldier’s Song CANCON    Phoenyx - Marley O’Reilly   59:58

In celebration of the Simon Fraser Pipe and Drum Corp’s World Championship Celt In A Twist tops the hour with Highland Echoes, a new composition for pipes by Jennifer Licko. Plus, great Canuck Celtic from Melisandre, Rum Ragged, The Real McKenzies and Haggis X-1. The world rings with the sound and soul of Scotland! Join Patricia Fraser for Celt In A Twist!   Highland Echoes - An Dannsa Gaidhlig RANT - The Day Off Melisande - Francos d’Amerique CANCON Rum Ragged - The Apple Tree Maggie McInnes - Bha Mi Raoir A’Gabhail d’Fhradhairc AfroCelt Sound System - My Secret Bliss Baka Beyond - Nangating The Mahones - Is This Bar Open ’Til Tomorrow CANCON Broom Bezzums - A Soulin’ Logical Fleadh - Fermoy Lasses - Noisy Curlew-Gravelwalk Trous Braz - Pardon Spezed-Far Breton The Real McKenzie’s - Black Agnes CANCON Haggis X-1 - March Of The Tartan Turtles CANCON The Ollam - The Arrows That Murder Sleep   59:58

It's a great week for Celtic music with some fresh spins and old chestnuts, like the title track from PM Mark Carney's favourite album, done in a Celtic stylee. Celt In A Twist, today’s Celtic mix each week, with your host Patricia Fraser. Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic Sketch - The Whelker Beolach - Freddy's Set/Freddy's Reels CANCON Glen Graham & Amy Graham - Tempest Gaels CANCON The Led Farmers - Row By Row Tau & The Drones Of Praise - The Sixth Sun Lena Jonsson & Johanna Juhola - Childhood Hero Basco - Jacky Tarr Barleyjuice - London Calling The Glengarry Bhoys - In A Big Country CANCON Catrin Finch - Be Gone, Begin The McDades - Peggy O CANCON Pat Chessell - Galway Girl CANCON Adrianna Ciccone & Ellen Gibling - The Golden Goose CANCON   59:00

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

New Celtpunk from Australia! You've Got A Friend down under with The Cloverhearts. Haggis X-1test fire Arthur's Gold and we spin new Tiller's Folly at the Far End Of The Road. Contemporary Celtic comes home to Celt In A Twist each week with Patricia Fraser.   The Cloverhearts - You've Got A Friend Daimh - Lock Load Haggix X-1 - Arthur's Gold CANCON The Tiller's Folly - Far End Of The Road CANCON Firkin - Az Ocean Szaga (The Scent Of The Ocean) Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir George Duff - When These Shoes Were New Gnoss - Vore Tullye Shooglenifty - Squat Lobster The Real McKenzies - Leave Her Johnny CANCON The Mahones - Girl With Galway Eyes ROS - Foc Fosc The Rumjacks - Pulled From The Shore Lena Jonsson & Johanna Juhola - Sjuplatarlaten Salsa Celtica - Rolling Road   59:18

Celt In A Twist presents an hour of Celtivity you can enjoy anytime, or 9pm Tuesdays on CHKG FM 96.1 in Vancouver. More fresh tracks from The Ollam, a transatlantic supergroup featuring John McSherry, Joe Dart and other monster musicians. You got yer Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser!   Drones & Bellows - The Carnival Set Dropkick Murphys - Bury The Bones (feat. The Merry Wallopers) The Dreadnoughts - Dusty Ground CANCON Haggis X-1 - We See the Sun CANCON The Ollam - With Pure Crystal Teeth Willos - Ghost Ship Tartan Amoebas - Giant Tiller's Folly - Far End Of The Road CANCON Frigg - Troll's Twilight Grumpy O Sheep - What's Left Of The Flag Michael McGoldrick - The Buckfast 5/Wired To The Moon Ten Strings And A Goat Skin - The Town CANCON Transatlantica - The Sea Is Calling   59:56

Join us for some fresh greens this week from The Cloverhearts, The Ollam, Edmonton family band The McDades and Scots bard Cabbie Drennan with a drink along, sing along.  Check out Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser at a new time, new day and new station; FM96.1, Tuesdays at 9pm. Barleyjuice - Sweet Young Thing Baltic Crossing - Whirling Waltz The McDades - Gardener's Child CANCON Mary Francis - Cheerio CANCON The Cloverhearts - Heartbreaker The Ollam - Stream Of Silver Brogeal - Stuck Inside Cabbie Drennan Band - Ma Rovin Eye Afro Celt Sound System - The Other Side The Mahones - Rise Again Solas - The Coconut Dog/ Morning Dew Rura - Allegory Punch Brothers - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Pol Helleou & Friends - Planty Irvine   59:59

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 and their new album, On Yer Bike. Saddle up! 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. 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   59:01

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

Enjoy an encore presentation. 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 Patricia Fraser and Celt In A Twist at SCOTFEST BC Friday, June 19th and Saturday June 20th, under the big tent for The legendary Barra MacNeils, The Whiskeydicks and Pat Chessell along with other drop in guest [email protected]! The best of the best of the month, this hour as we bring you another Contemporary Celtic Top 10. Count 'em down with us and count the days to join us live at SCOTFEST BC!   Broom Bezzums - A Soulin' Gnoss - Storma Tiller's Folly - The Pirate Bold KirkConnell CANCON Dervish (ft. Moya Brennan) - Tobar An tSaoil Boiled In Lead - The King Of The Dogwoods The Real McKenzies - Shackleton CANCON Haggis X-1 - This Is The Place CANCON Trouz Bras - Pride And Predjustice Brogeal - Stuck Inside The Ollam - Stream Of Silver Darren Flynn - Pinebox Flore Laurentienne - Regate CANCON Capercaillie - To The Moon Medley   59:28

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   59:01

A taste of great concerts to come! This week we spin Gnoss. The Orkney-based Celtic innovators perform at the St. James Hall on April 17th. Plus, more music from supergroup, The Ollam, sporting master piper John McSherry and Detroit's finest rhythm section, April 27th at The Pearl. With new Celtivity from French Grrrl band Toxic Frogs, and Swedes Woodlands Backfall. Patricia Fraser hosts Celt In A Twist every week!     Dlu - Anthem (Ros T Remix) Gnoss - Honey Wine The McDades - Telegraph Reel /The Three Sisters CANCON Melisande - Belle Hirondelle CANCON ROS - Sac Buit Toxic Frogs - 10 Years Yoko Pwno - The Old Lightbulb Skyrie - Take Me Home With You Woodlands Backfall - Udda Laten The Scratch - Old Dog The Ollam - The Arrows That Murder Sleep Vishten - Ames Soeurs CANCON Tiller's Folly - The Pirate Bold KirkConnell CANCON Logical Fleadh - Bridgeton Nod   59:57

Celtic comes into its own in March. Join us for some fresh greens this week from The Cloverhearts, The Ollam (April 27th at The Pearl), Edmonton family band The McDades and Scots bard Cabbie Drennan with a drink along, sing along. It's not too early to get a St. Patrick's workout in.  Check out Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser at a new time, new day and new station; FM96.1, Tuesdays at 9pm.   Barleyjuice - Sweet Young Thing Baltic Crossing - Whirling Waltz The McDades - Gardener's Child CANCON Mary Francis - Cheerio CANCON The Cloverhearts - Heartbreaker The Ollam - Stream Of Silver Brogeal - Stuck Inside Cabbie Drennan Band - Ma Rovin Eye Afro Celt Sound System - The Other Side The Mahones - Rise Again Solas - The Coconut Dog/ Morning Dew Rura - Allegory Punch Brothers - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Pol Helleou & Friends - Planty Irvine   59:59

Fall back no more! Celt In A Twist celebrates permanent Daylight Saving with an hour of Celtivity you can enjoy anytime, or 9pm Tuesdays on CHKG FM 96.1 in Vancouver. More fresh tracks from The Ollam, a transatlantic supergroup featuring John McSherry, Joe Dart and other monster musicians (April 26th at The Pearl on Granville). You got yer Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser!   Drones & Bellows - The Carnival Set Dropkick Murphys - Bury The Bones (feat. The Merry Wallopers) The Dreadnoughts - Dusty Ground CANCON Haggis X-1 - We See the Sun CANCON The Ollam - With Pure Crystal Teeth Willos - Ghost Ship Tartan Amoebas - Giant Tiller's Folly - Far End Of The Road CANCON Frigg - Troll's Twilight Grumpy O Sheep - What's Left Of The Flag Michael McGoldrick - The Buckfast 5/Wired To The Moon Ten Strings And A Goat Skin - The Town CANCON Transatlantica - The Sea Is Calling   59:56

Celt In A Twist moves to a new station and a new time! Listen in Vancouver to FM 96.1 every Tuesday evening at 8 for cutting-edge Celtic you won't hear anywhere else. Like The Ollam (April 27th at The Pearl on Granville, The Cloverhearts, new CeltPunk from Sydney, Australia AND homegrown Celtic folk from The Tiller's Folly new EP "Far End Of The Road". Join us at our new home on the road less travelled. Celt In A Twist!   The Ollam - Stream Of Silver The Cloverhearts - Heartbreaker Tiller's Folly - The Pirate Bold KirkConnell CANCON Thereafter - Moonshiner CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - Radio Ronza Basco - Nor Any Drop To Drink Brogeal - Lady Madonna Capercaillie - Fear-Allabain Cassie & Maggie - Dougie's Set CANCON Eloise & Co. - Avant-deux de Vitteaux/Queen's Bath Gaelic Storm - Green Eyes, Red Hair Valtos - Charlie's On the Run Woodlands Backfall - Wild Rover The Whistling Donkeys - Toss The Feathers   59:48

New Celtpunk from Australia! You've Got A Friend down under with The Cloverhearts. Haggis X-1test fire Arthur's Gold and we spin new Tiller's Folly at the Far End Of The Road. Contemporary Celtic comes home to Celt In A Twist each week with Patricia Fraser.   The Cloverhearts - You've Got A Friend Daimh - Lock Load Haggix X-1 - Arthur's Gold CANCON The Tiller's Folly - Far End Of The Road CANCON Firkin - Az Ocean Szaga (The Scent Of The Ocean) Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir George Duff - When These Shoes Were New Gnoss - Vore Tullye Shooglenifty - Squat Lobster The Real McKenzies - Leave Her Johnny CANCON The Mahones - Girl With Galway Eyes ROS - Foc Fosc The Rumjacks - Pulled From The Shore Lena Jonsson & Johanna Juhola - Sjuplatarlaten Salsa Celtica - Rolling Road   59:18

Wow, what a week for sports! Push that thing to the other thing. Go Sports! It's also a great week for Celtic music with some fresh spins and old chestnuts, like the title track from PM Mark Carney's favourite album, done in a Celtic stylee. Yay Team Canada! We're there when you're done sporting.   Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic Sketch -  The Whelker Beolach - Freddy's Set/Freddy's Reels CANCON Glen Graham  Amy Graham - Tempest Gaels CANCON The Led Farmers - Row By Row Tau & The Drones Of Praise - The Sixth Sun Lena Jonsson & Johanna Juhola - Childhood Hero) Basco - Jacky Tarr Barleyjuice - London Calling The Glengarry Bhoys - In A Big Country CANCON Catrin  Finch - Be Gone, Begin The McDades - Peggy O CANCON Pat Chessell - Galway Girl CANCON Adrianna Ciccone & Ellen Gibling - The Golden Goose CANCON   59:00

A week before Valentine's and Patricia Fraser presents a Celtic love letter with a little more grit than saccharine, starting with a Celtic Glitch two-fer, Quebectronix from Melisande and MAZ, Celt Punk from The Go Set and Brogeal plus pubfare from Budapest and Prague and a real Valentine from Jim Moray to you. Our heart's in this one. Give it a listen. Celt In A Twist!   Afro Celt Sound System - Glitchy Fiddles Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti Melisande - Boisson d'avril CANCON MAZ - Chasse-Galerie CANCON The Go Set - Empires Brogeal - Stuck Inside Grumpy O' Sheep - The Devil Went Down To Georgia Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Going Home CANCON Julie Fowlis - Danns' A Luideagan Odhar Michael McGoldrick/Frankie Gavin/Sharon Shannon - The Road To Corrandulla Pipes And Pints - Calling Me Firkin - Az Ocean Szaga Salamakannel - Hilseet Pois! Jim Moray - Valentine Shooglenifty - The Eccentric   59:43

​Patricia introduces Firkin's album of pub songs, all in Hungarian, a sublime pairing of harp and fiddle from Adrianna Ciccone and Ellen Gibling, Haggix X-1's 3rd single, We Can See The Sun, and our winter visit from The MicroOrganism. Rest and drink plenty of fluids. You got your Celt In A Twist!   Firkin - Tundermese (Fairy Tale) Gangar - Slarkjen  Haggis X-1 - We See the Sun  CANCON Adrianna and Ellen - The Golden Goose  CANCON Boiled In Lead - The MicroOrganism  Basco - Down In The Greenwood  Derina Harvey Band - Unreeling/Up On The Quarry/Clancy's Stomp CANCON Flogging Molly - Hope  Brogeal - Draw The Line The Finlay MacDonald Band - Salsa's  Frigg - Chris ​Stout's Compliements To The Bon Accord Ale House  The McDades - Peggy O  CANCON  Aoife O'Donovan - All My Friends Transatlantica - The Sea Is Calling    59:45

Coming in hot! Celt In A Twist presents 3 debuts off the top from Brogeal, Basco and Haggis X-1, launching an hour to stir the heart, feed the soul and soothe your conscience in the tradition of the greatest storytellers on the planet. Discover music with meat on the bone from Celt In A Twist!   Brogeal - Stuck Inside Basco - The Huntress/Twenty Thousand Stars/Ten Minutes To Landfall Haggis X-1 - I Wrote A Letter CANCON Kevin Michael Offord - For Abbigail CANCON Capercaillie - Tobar Mhoire Dom DufF - Dorn d'Ar Vann Dropkick Murphys (ft. The Mary Wallopers) - Bury The Bones Fergus - Back Of Beyond Maggie's Wake - Adaptation CANCON Peatbogg Faeries - The Humours Of Ardnamurchan John Doyle - Elevenses Nevrida - Matylek Pol Hellou & Friends - Star Of The County Down The Dreadnoughts - Bold Reilly CANCON Phoenyx - Banish Misfortune 59:40

Don't catch a chill. Celt In A Twist heats up some inside tracks for a toasty hour of blended Celtic spirits. Overlooked spins from our favorite artists, including a few debuts from Eloise & Co, The Langan Band, Natalie MacMaster and more. Join Patricia Fraser for good crack, curiosities and cool Celtic from Celt In A Twist!   Eloise & Co. - Torrid Romance/Dress Back Firkin - The Boys Are On The Loose La Bottine Souriante - Benji's Rollicks CANCON The Mahones - When Ye Go Away CANCON Tiger Moth - Sloe On The Uptake Jim Moray - Early One Morning/Young Collins The Langan Band - I'm Alive Les Poules A Colin - Le Laurier Blanc CANCON George Duff - The Overgate Brogeal - Vicar Street Days Natalie MacMaster/Donnell Leahy - Wedding Day Jig CANCON Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Listen CANCON The Go Set - The Captain's Daughter ROS - Sac Buit 59:19

Lots of cool Celtic from Canada and its Nordic neighbor this hour. Bruce Coughlan, College Trad and The Fretless join Denmark's Jansberg and Baltic Crossing in the mix. We debut the title track from Tuesday Paper Club by Falkirk's Brogeal and commiserate with The Rumjacks "They Kick You When You're Down". Not you. You got yer Celt In A Twist!   Brogeal - Tuesday Paper Club Chris Armstrong - Jaz's Jukebox  Bruce Couglan - The Kangaroo CANCON Collage Trad - Gabe's Reel Set CANCON Baltic Crossing - Risumaki Satiainen Angus Lyon - 10,000 Miles  Jansberg - Kometens Hale  The Outside Track - Smugglers Of Strangford  Oysterband - Born Under The Same Sun  Punch Brothers - Cattle In The Cane  The Rumjacks - They Kick You When You're Down  The Fretless - Caledonia (feat. Madeleine Rogers)  CANCON Valtos - Beinn (ft. Ellidh Cormack)  The Dreadnoughts - Rosibella  CANCON Willos - Best Of Luck    59:20

Patricia Fraser kicks off the New Year with the emphasis on diversity. Celtic music picks up influences wherever it travels and then comes home to Celt In A Twist where we sift through it and weave it into a colourful, cohesive mix. Expanding musical horizons, join us for a taste in 2026!   Sketch - Shedmou5   The Whistling Donkeys - Toss The Feathers  The Mahones - When It Comes Around  CANCON The East Pointers - No Bridge Too Far  CANCON Woodlands Backfall - Bonnet Reels  Brogeal - Racing Track  Haggis X-1 - I Wrote A Letter CANCON Mads Hansens Kapel - Vejledalsvals  Homeland - Leaving Of Liverpool  Lost Bayou Ramblers - Granny Smith  La Bottine Souriante - Loop La Bottine  CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - Brid Bahn  Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - Calliope Meets Frank    59:36

It's a look and listen back to our favorite picks of 2025! Join Patricia Fraser for a reprise of the best in contemporary Celtic music counted down in chronological order. Happy New Year (Bliadhna Mhath Ur) from Celt In A Twist!   Flook - Koady/The Burning Lion  Frigg - Game Of Frigg  Gnoss - Keefa Hill  The Rumjacks - Pulled From The Shore  Langan Band - I'm Alive  Willos - Vallely's Treat  Grumpy O Sheep - Jesse James Theme Dropkick Murphys - Chesterfields and Aftershave  Brogeal - Stuck Inside  Haggis X-1 - Down In The Valley  Woodlands Backfall - Wild Mountain Thyme   Basco - The Huntress/Twenty Thousand Stars  Cassie And Maggie - Dougie's Set (ft. Dougie MacDonald) CANCON   ​59:35

Nollaig Shona Duit! Happy Christmas to you from Celt In A Twist. Join Patricia Fraser for a festive hour of contemporary Celtic for the holidays. Share it when you get together with family friends. A little gift of music from your friends at Celt In A Twist and World Beat Canada Radio.    Natalie MacMaster/ Donnell Leahy - The Christmas Medley  CANCON Pat Chessell - Christmas Kitchen Party  CANCON Mithril - Galician Carol  The Shamrocks - Christmas In Belfast  Vasen - Kungshatt  Bowfire - Let It Snow/Ding Dong Merrily On High  CANCON Loreena McKennitt - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen  Rathkeltair - Yule Log And Holly Berries  Celtic Kitchen Party - We Wish You A Merry Christmas CANCON Jethro Tull - We Five Kings  The Sternwheelers - The Fairy Tale Of New York  The Mahones - Angel Without Wings/ Merry Christmas Baby CANCON Sultans Of String feat. Paddy Maloney - Niel Gow's Lament /Rakes Of Mallow/Rogue River Valley CANCON Vince Guaraldi - Linus And Lucy    59:35

A welcome break from the hectic holidays. Turn off and tune in Celt In A Twist for a one of a kind mix​ of updated classics and contemporary revelations in Celtivity. Patricia Fraser drops the 3rd single from the new ETH spinoff Haggis X-1, Billy Brag​g, man of the people joins the Murphs from For The People and we bookend some Celtic dub to coax some Christmas sunshine. Join the fun!   Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti  Gaelic Storm - Beggarman  Cassie and Maggie - Dougie's Set (feat. Dougie MacDonald)  CANCON Haggis X-1 - We See The Sun  CANCON Lexington Field - Alive  Serras - Glasgow Shooglenifty - Delighted  House Of Hamill - The Bully Of Skidmore Town  Spoket i Koket - Turbomoppen Jane & Kyle - Cazadero CANCON Dropkick Murphys - School Days Over  Valtos - A' Chuthag (The Cuckoo) Logical Fleadh - Bridgeton Nod Iain Thomson and Marc Duff - The Winter Winds Blow  Youthie, Macca Dread - Celtic Mode    59:59

A palette cleanser for Christmas tune-weary ears! Reworking classic Celtic like The Rocky Road To Dublin, Raggle Taggle Gypsy and Sweet Bonnie Lass From Belfast, reimagining the highland pipes, the small pipes  with fiddle fusions, a rockin' remake by The Paperboys, CeltPunk Grrrls, Toxic Frogs and Celtronica from Tartan Amoebas. Taste the difference when you've got your Celt In A Twist!   Damien Dempsey & The Dubliners - The Rocky Road To Dublin  Drones & Bellows - The Carnival Set  Paperboys - All Along The Watchtower​ CANCON Haggis X-1 - I Wrote A Letter  CANCON Frigg - Troll's Twilight  Julie Fowlis - Hug air a'Bhonaid Mhoir  Len O'Neill - Rebels In the Rubble  CANCON Skyrie - Raggle Taggle Gypsy  Tartan Amoebas - Giant  Toxic Frogs - Devil Island  Young Dubliners - (I Don't Think I'll) Love Anymore  Willos - Sweet Bonnie Lass From Belfast  Sprag Session - The Gwanwitcha  CANCON   59:01

Don't catch a chill. Celt In A Twist heats up some inside tracks for a toasty hour of blended Celtic spirits. Overlooked spins from our favorite artists, including a few debuts from Eloise & Co, The Langan Band, Natalie MacMaster and more. Join Patricia Fraser for good crack, curiosities and cool Celtic from Celt In A Twist!   Eloise & Co. - Torrid Romance/Dress Back  Firkin - The Boys Are On The Loose  La Bottine Souriante - Benji's Rollicks  CANCON The Mahones - When Ye Go Away  CANCON Tiger Moth - Sloe On The Uptake  Jim Moray - Early One Morning/Young Collins  The Langan Band - I'm Alive  Les Poules A Colin - Le Laurier Blanc  CANCON George Duff - The Overgate  Brogeal - Vicar Street Days   Natalie MacMaster/Donnell Leahy - Wedding Day Jig  CANCON Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Listen  CANCON The Go Set - The Captain's Daughter  ROS - Sac Buit    59:19

Coming in hot! Celt In A Twist presents 3 debuts off the top from Brogeal, Basco and Haggis X-1, launching an hour to stir the heart, feed the soul and soothe your conscience in the tradition of the greatest storytellers on the planet. Discover music with meat on the bone from Celt In A Twist!   Brogeal - Stuck Inside  Basco - The Huntress/Twenty Thousand Stars/Ten Minutes To Landfall  Haggis X-1 - I Wrote A Letter  CANCON Kevin Michael Offord - For Abbigail  CANCON Capercaillie - Tobar Mhoire  Dom DufF - Dorn d'Ar Vann  Dropkick Murphys (ft. The Mary Wallopers) - Bury The Bones  Fergus - Back Of Beyond  Maggie's Wake - Adaptation  CANCON Peatbogg Faeries - The Humours Of Ardnamurchan  John Doyle - Elevenses  Nevrida - Matylek  Pol Hellou & Friends - Star Of The County Down  The Dreadnoughts - Bold Reilly  CANCON Phoenyx - Banish Misfortune    59:40

It shor​e ain't grandpappy's playlist. It's the Contemporary Celtic Countdown, your chance to catch up with today's Celtic taste-makers, innovators and fusionists - 10 of our top tracks from our latest chart, plus a debut or two. Keep it fresh, Canada! You got yer Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser!   Pat Chessell - This Is The Life CANCON Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira - Road Trip To Cape Breton CANCON Cassie and Maggie - Bow Down ​CANCON Langan Band - Leg Of Lamb  The Rumjacks - An Irish Goodbye On St. Valentine's Day  Grumpy O' Sheep - Fiddler's Despair Dropkick Murphys - Who'll Stand With Us?  Haggis X-1 - Down In The Valley Woodlands Backfall - Bonnet Reels  Brogeal - Draw The Line  Eloise & Co. - Humours Of Trim Basco - Nor Any Drop To Drink  Afro Celt Sound System - Colossus    59:30

It's on the house! A round of favorites for our favorite listeners; epic jams from our past, chart toppers from our present and, as always we peer into the future of contemporary Celtic. Spend an hour with our favorites, just because. Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser!   Martyn Bennett - Nae Regrets  The Scratch - Another Round  Vishten - Gaillard feat. De Temp Antan CANCON Mary Jane Lamond - If You Were Mine​ CANCON Brogeal - Friday On My Mind  Dervish - Whelans  Feufollet - Cette Fois  Cassie And Maggie - Bow Down CANCON Hoven Droven - Brekken  Tarras - The Seige  Artists For Action - Which Side Are You On? The Mahones - One Last Shot  CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel    58:42        

While we fall back, Celt In A Twist springs forward, with contemporary Celts who embrace tradition and fling it into the future. Break new ground with Brogeal, Frigg, Peatbog Faeries, Willos, and Irish Moutarde. Let Patricia Fraser guide you to getting your Celt In A Twist.   Brogeal - Draw The Line Dan Ar Braz - Call To The Dance  Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira - Midnight​ CANCON The Mahones - Rise Up (Be Strong)​ CANCON Frigg - Maple Cake Farm  Karen Matheson - Diamond Ring  Homeland - Pressed For Time  Willos - Pound A Week Rise  Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti  Tau & The Drones Of Praise - Ceol On Chre  Peatbog Faeries - The Poozies Visit to Carbost  Culbeag - Cuttin' Bracken  Irish Moutarde - Olaf CANCON Skerryvore - Trip To Modera    58:41

Chimey, rhymey Brogeal from Falkirk Scotland are among several debuts this hour. East Pointers from PEI celebrate an 'Anniversary' with a fresh single. Eloise & Co. introduce us to the Bal folk traditional dance rhythms of France, and the Murphs  belt out a tribute to Shane McGowan, For The People.  Sign up for our E-Blast at worldbeatinternational.com and join Patricia Fraser for Celt In A Twist!   Black 47 - Bodhrans On The Brain  Brogeal - Stuck Inside  Kierah - Bohemian Rush​ CANCON The East Pointers - Anniversary CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - Green Instrumental  Eloise & Co - Torrid Romance/Dress Back Doolin' - Man Smart Woman Smarter  Dropkick Murphys - One Last Goodbye  House Of Hamill - Superb Owl  Gangar - Grotleken  Valtos - Dorn  Tiller's Folly - A Murder Of Crows CANCON Aoife O'Donovan w/ Kris Drever - Transatlantic  Drones & Bellows - The Carnival Set    59:20

Summoning Sahmain! Celt In A Twist dredges dark tales from the deep and revels in new releases. Tiller's Folly debut Dancing With The Dead, The Mahones conjure the Ghost Of The Whiskey Devil, it's Terror Time for Old Blind Dogs, plus fresh spins from Brogeal, Thunderor and Socks In The Frying Pan. Trick or treat with a twist!   Brogeal - Vicar Street Days Grumpy O Sheep - Strayaway Child  Tiller's Folly - Dancing With The Dead  CANCON The Dreadnoughts - Mary, The One Eyed Prostitute, Who Fought The Colossal Squid And Saved Us From Certain Death On The High Seas, God Rest Her One-Eyed Soul  CANCON Floating Sofa Quartet - Vallivan (ft. Dreamers Circus​) Jm Moray - Rufford Park Poachers The Mahones - Ghost Of The Whiskey Devil  CANCON Kasir - Haunted Bones  Thunderor - Cape Breton Home  CANCON Gnoss - Vore Tullye  Socks In The Frying Pan - Sweetest Friend  Old Blind Dogs - Terror Time  Jez Lowe - Davis And Golightly  Mads Hansens Kapel - Vejledalsvals    59:48

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    59:49

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    59:29