Celt In A Twist

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

A smooth pour after the daily grind. Enjoy an hour of celtic rejuvenation and innovation. This week start by venting your rage with the Dropkick Murphys and The Go Set, slip on a smile with heartwarming Celtic from Logical Fleadh and Mary Jane Lamond, finally slide into a blissful Celtronica trance from Valtos and Shooglenifty. Free your emotions with Celt In A Twist!   Dropkick Murphys - Who'll Stand With Us The Go Set - West Into The Sun Bodh'aktan - Le Set De Balais (Down The Broom)  CANCON Collage Trad - Gabe's Reel Set CANCON Nickel Creek - Best Of Luck The Scratch - Session Song Logical Fleadh - Fermoy Lasses/Noisy Curlew/Gravelwalk  Mary Jane Lamond - If You Were Mine  CANCON Laura Jurd - You Again  Valtos - Air a' Mhuir (feat. Ellidh Cormack and Lan Pheutan)  Shoogleinifty - Squat Lobster  Lumiere Tales - Evening Star  The Mahones - Never Let You Down Lunasa - The Cadgers    59:26

Introducing Pressgang Mutiny, a Toronto-based vocal quartet recapturing the raw spirit of t he sea shanty, Jim Moray's shanty for All The Pretty Girls, another supersonic pass from Haggis X-1 and The Jerry Cans perform music from Canada's third coast in Nunavut. Ever-expanding the boundaries of Celtic music, you got yer Celt In A Twist!   Doolin' - The Galway Girl  Grumpy O Sheep - Fiddler's Despair  Pressgang Mutiny - Haul Away Joe CANCON Pat Chessell - This Is The Life CANCON Hackensaw Boys - Mecklenburg County  Harv - Grythyttehyl  Afro Celt Sound System - Radio Ronza Haggis X-1 - Down In The Valley CANCON Culbeag - Across The Water  House Of Hamill - Cat Bacon  The Jerry Cans - Nirliit  CANCON Jim Moray - All You Pretty Girls Martin Simpson - Swooping Molly  Willos - Best Of Luck    59:26

Back to the future of Celtic. We spotlight a couple of the first Celtic tracks we ever played over a quarter century a go. And, new spins from Welsh harpist Cerys Hafana, Sweden's Woodlands Backafall and Spoket i Koket from Denmark. Plenty in between to keep the groove alive as we trace the ever-changing Celtic songbook on Celt In A Twist.   Coila - The 5 am Ceilidh  Firkin - The Boys Are Loose Cassie & Maggie - I Long To Return​ CANCON Jeremy Walsh - The Shetland Set  CANCON Woodlands Backafall - Wild Rover The Sidh - 300 km  Oysterband - The Time Is Now  Natalie MacMaster - Three Reels CANCON Capercaillie - To The Moon Medley  Spoket i Kokoet - Turbomoppen The Rumjacks - October  The Mahones - Will You Marry Me?  CANCON Cerys Hafana - An Dro (Once Upon A Time)  Baiuca & Carlos Nunez - Solsticio    59:57

While Enter The Haggis are on hiatus, we debut a flyby by Haggis X-1, and Pat Chessell revels in his latest, This Is The Life! Throw in a couple of inspired covers of The Clash by Barleyjuice and The Devil Went Down to Georgia from Grumpy O Sheep and you've got a full pull of great Celtic from Celt In A Twist.   Barleyjuice - London Calling  Bangers & Mash - Star Of The County Down  Haggis X-1 - Down In The Valley CANCON Pat Chessell - This Is The Life CANCON Dom Duff - Foeter Breizh 4 Whistling Donkeys - Toss The Feathers  We Banjo 3 - Sunflower  Vishten Connexions - Expansion CANCON The Tossers - Donegal Danny  Willie Nile - Beautiful Wreck Of The World  Tartan Amoebas - Big Sky  George Duff - Green Grow The Rashes  Grumpy O Sheep - The Devil Went Down To Georgia  Alex Chartrand & Nicolas Babineau - Le Batteux  CANCON   59:54

Locking in and locking down the reel and roll. Join Patricia Fraser and expand your expectations for Celtic music. Rejigging jigs, unravelling reels and breathing fresh air into time-honoured airs, melding them with punk and funk, strings and brass, even salsa. It's a journey of discovery each week from Celt In A Twist!   Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel  Kila - The Mama Song Ashley McIsaac - Gravel Walk CANCON The Fretless - The Queen Nancy​ CANCON Open The Door For Three - William Glen  Dropkick Murphys - Longshot (feat. The Scratch)  The Dreadnoughts - The Rodney Rocket  CANCON Molde - Besog Udefra  Habadekuk - Den Ny Maskerade  Salsa Celtica - Descarga Gaelica  Spiro - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow  Valtos - Skye  Ed Sheeran and Beoga - Galway Girl  Willos - Vallely's Treat    59:54