Celt In A Twist

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