Celt In A Twist

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

Not just a great mix of Celtivity, it's our Top Ten from our latest monthly chart! Join Patricia Fraser as she counts down the cream of the crop. Subscribe to our weekly e-blast and get our charts, playlists, album covers of the week and much more, straight to your inbox at worldbeatinternational.com, home to Celt In A Twist!    Gnoss - Vore Tullye Phoenyx - Banish Misfortune Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Road Trip To Cape Breton CANCON Cassie and Maggie - Bow Down CANCON Langan Band - Leg Of Lamb Artists For Action - Which Side Are You On? The Rumjacks - An Irish Goodbye On St. Valentine's Day Willos - Best Of Luck Grumpy O Sheep - Fiddler's Despair Dropkick Murphys - Who'll Stand With Us? Flook - Tie The Knot In Georgia Alba's Edge - Summer Scraps   58:36

We spin a sublime track from Afro Celt Sound System's Ova, 'AM' as our Cosmic Celtic, featuring the magical voice of Iarla O'Lionaird. PLUS, more from the Hebrides with transcendent Celtronica from Valtos, Celtic rock from Stramash and Clan of Celts. And, the Dropkicks lay the boots to the fascists with Woody Guthrie's Dig A Hole. Dig in! You got yer Celt In A Twist.   Valtos - S.T.W. ft. Gary Innes The Stapletons - The Bigler Steve Dawson - Old Hickory Breakdown CANCON Slainte Mhath - Va CANCON The Tossers - The First League Out From Land Danu - Only Nineteen Years Old Clan Of Celts - Dream Catcher Svobsk - After Tonder Stramash - The Insanity Of Miss McAskill Bookends - Dinny Donegal CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - AM Doolin' - L'amour Sorcier Dropkick Murphys (ft. Woody Guthrie) - Dig A Hole Lunasa - The Ballivanich Reel 58:36

Passing around some Celtic hor d'ouevres this hour. 15 delicious bites; some spicy, some sweet, all decidedly different from the usual Celtic fare, with ingredients from Galicia, Britanny, Budapest and Brazil. Served on a bed of your favorite flavours, like fiddles, pipes and strings & things. Bon appetit from Celt In A Twist!    Baiuca & Carlos Nunez - Solsticio  Cecile Corbel - Suil a Ruin  Cassie & Maggie - I Long To Return  CANCON Collage Trad - Beeswax  CANCON Firkin - Flowers feat. Agi Szaloki  Dropkick Murphys w/ Billy Bragg -  School Days Over  Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti  The East Pointers - No Bridge Too Far CANCON Peatbog Faeries - Abhainn A'Nathair  The Go Set - Opportunities Catrin Finch and Aoife Ni Bhriain - Wonder  Lost Bayou Ramblers - Granny Smith The Paperboys - I've Just Seen A Face CANCON Fear of Drinking - Flynn's Tail  CANCON Roddy MacDonald - Bullet Train    59:33

Celtic characters aplenty this hour, from the Sweet Bonnie Lass From Belfast and the Celtic Girl, a tribute to Shane McGowan from the Dropkicks, a Raggle Taggle Gipsy, Neil Ewart Of Ardnamuchan, Rakish Paddy and Willie Reilly. Don't worry, Patricia Fraser takes care of the introductions on Celt In A Twist.   Willos - Sweet Bonnie Lass From Belfast  Barleyjuice - Celtic Girl  Yann Falquet - Sutherland's March  CANCON The Dreadnoughts - Battleford 1885  CANCON Dropkick Murphys feat. The Scratch - One Last Goodbye (A Tribute To Shane)  Grumpy O Sheep - Raggle Taggle Gipsy  Iain Copeland - Neil Ewart Of Ardnamurchan  ROS - Cendra i Lament  Nevrida - Vyasna  Baka Beyond - Rakish Paddy  Capercaillie - Hi Ri'm Bo  Iyatra Quartet - Orkney Hymn  Solas - Darkness, Darkness The McDades - Willie Reilly (Eccodek remix) CANCON The Bookends - Dinny Donegal  CANCON   59:32

Dropkick Murphys lay the boots to tyranny with the blistering fnew album, For The People. Grumpy O Sheep return with In Sheep We Trust, think Rodrigo y Gabriela but Irish. Stick around for CDN Celtpunk from The Mahones and The Real McKenzies, a Folk Fest reprise from Kris Drever and lots more. For over 2 decades, trust Celt In A Twist with the latest.   Dropkick Murphys - Bury The Bones (ft. The Mary Wallopers) Grumpy O Sheep - Jessie James Theme  Vishten Connexions - More Love (ft. 6 Hearts) CANCON Graham Lindsey - Shacky Wacky CANCON Habadekuk - Den Ny Maskerade  Homeland - Modern Man  Afro Celt Sound System - Glitchy Fiddles 3 Kris Drever - Harvest Gypsies  The Langan Band - Leg Of Lamb  The Mahones - Holloway Jack CANCON The Real McKenzies - Leave Her Johnny  Landless - My Lagan Love  Shooglenifty - Black Dog ) Sharon Shannon - Wild West Wagon Train    59:35

Patricia Fraser returns from a road trip around beautiful BC with the perfect mix to take on yours, featuring debuts from Dropkick Murphys (as seen on Meidas Touch), France's Grumpy O' Sheep and BC homegrown from Collage Trad. Enjoy great scenery with an hour of supreme Celtic sounds!   Grumpy O Sheep - Fiddler's Despair Bog Bodies - Firelighters Collage Trad - Gabe's Reel Set  CANCON Derina Harvey Band - Waves Of Home  CANCON Celtica - We Will Rock You/I Love R n R  Dropkick Murphys - Who'll Stand With Us Sketch - March Strathspey and Really  The Stapletons - The Bigler  Gnoss - Honey Wine  Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Midnight  CANCON Valtos - Ceol Dannsa(ft. Donnie Munro)  Willos - Ghost Ship  Brighde Chaimbeul - The Sweeper  Mads Hansens Kapel - Vejledalsvals    59:30

Firkin, The Murphs and The Mahones get things off to a Celtpunk start, then we ease into instrumental goodness from Mary Frances and Talisk, explore Catalan and Nordic flavours with ROS, Gangar and Basco and finish with the ethereal and electronic from The Gloaming and The Afro Celts. As full as any musical hour can be, it's Celt In A Twist!   Firkin - We Are the Ones Dropkick Murphys - Rebels With A Cause The Mahones - Never Let You Down CANCON Mary Frances - First Light CANCON Talisk - Dystopia Pt.2 Tannas - Thoir Dhomh Do Lamh ROS - Ball de la Carxofa Gangar - Slarkjen Basco - Two Sisters La Bottine Souriante - Benji's Rollicks CANCON George Duff - The Blackleg Miner Open The Door For Three - The Mermaid Of Mullaghmore The Gloaming - Freedom/Saoirse Afro Celt Sound System - Thunderhead 59:55