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 T...
Aug 14, 2025•59 min•Ep. 231
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. Ag...
Aug 07, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 230
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 La...
Jul 31, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 229
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) CANCO...
Jul 24, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 228
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 W...
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 227
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 ...
Jul 10, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 226
We have a couple of more imports direct from Scotland to share this hour, along with nu-Irish from The Scratch and Tau & The Drones Of Praise, Nordic fiddle music from New Zealand and plenty of home-spun Celtivity. Your host is Patricia Fraser for this hour of Celt In A Twist! Niteworks - An Toll Dubh feat. Sian Open The Door For Three - The Fairy Jig Set Enter The Haggis - Bound For America CANCON Graham Lindsey - The Vet Set CANCON The Outside Track - Flash Company The Scratch - Session So...
Jul 03, 2025•58 min•Ep. 225
Recalling a great time at Scotsfest with new music from Collage Trad, homegrown Celtic from our own backyard. We delve into Danish with Stringflip and Mads Hansens Kapel, enjoy some banjo pickin' from Stevie Dunne and the Toxic Frogs, even Celtic explorations from Italy and Jamaica! Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser, home to the well-travelled Celtic aficionado. Full Set - The Oak Tree/The Laurel Tree/ Moll & Tiarna Reels Stramash - Bonnie Ship The Diamond Collage Trad - Beeswax Cassie an...
Jun 26, 2025•59 min•Ep. 224
The pipes are calling from hill and vale. It's Good Drying from Roddy MacDonald, the Beautiful Wreck Of The World brought to you by Willie Nile. Canadian Celtivity from Spirit Of Canada, The Once, Pat Chessell and The Paperboys show off the Sheep's Ass. Best in show from Celt In A Twist! The Biblecode Sundays - McBratney From The Kitchen Firkin - Haiku The Paperboys - Sheep's Ass CANCON Pat Chessell - Best Man Wins CANCON Willos - Vallely's Treat Yoko Pwno - Long Bath Talisk - Dystopia Pt.2 Will...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 223
13 for the road. Wherever you roam the world is your home! New music this hour from the borderlands between Denmark and Germany from Drones & Bellows, Italian Celtic with a Canadian singer from Willos. Livin' High On Highland Life with Barleyjuice and a Cosmic Celtic from The Breath. In, out and all about, it's Celt In A Twist! Willos - Best Of Luck Barleyjuice - High On Highland Life Bodh'aktan - Down The Broom CANCON The Mahones - Rise Up (Be Strong) ROS - Ball de la Carxofa Drones & B...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 222
Good things come in tens; fingers and toes and hot dogs. Not hot dog buns. But, the Contemporary Celtic Top 10. That comes in ten and the the best of the best each month! Count 'em down with Patricia Fraser this week on Celt In A Twist! Phoenyx - Banish Misfortune Jane & Kyle - Cazedero CANCON Tiller's Folly - Pioneer Days CANCON Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti Cassie and Maggie - Bow Down CANCON Langan Band - Leg Of Lamb Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Road Trip To Cape Breton CANCON Gnoss - Vore ...
Jun 05, 2025•59 min•Ep. 221
Take a hike and clear your head. We have your trail mix! Assorted Celtic bits and pieces by the handful, starting in Norway and finishing with a flourish from Breton. Enjoy tasty nuggets from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton PLUS debuts from Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira, more Rumjacks from Dead Anthems, and Punch Brothers revisit the Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald. Wander far and wide with Celt In A Twist! Annbjorg Lien - Needles Eye Valtos - Air a' Mhuir (ft. Ellidh Cormack and Lana Pheutan)...
May 29, 2025•59 min•Ep. 220
Celt In A Twist goes under the covers for a pair of Canadian remakes from The Paperboys and The Once. Hitting the Celtic hotspots from Orkney to Galway, Denmark to Belarus, Winnipeg to Indianapolis and points in between. Call shotgun and join the ride. The Rumjacks - October Siochain - Billy Sullivan's Final The Paperboys - All Along The Watchtower CANCON The Once - You're My Best Friend CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - Thunderhead Gnoss - Vore Tullye Kris Drever - If Wishes Were Horses We Banjo ...
May 22, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 219
Patricia Fraser is back in the saddle with another hour of Celtic innovation. New Irish from the Whistling Donkeys and The Langan Band, new Canadian from Cassie and Maggie plus Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira, Rounding it all out with Celtronica, Celtpunk and rawkin' Celtic pipes. You're a lucky wee listener! You have your Celt In A Twist! Whistling Donkeys - Toss The Feathers Young Dubliners - Saints And Sinners Cassie And Maggie - I Long To Return CANCON The Mahones - Someone Saved Me CANCON The...
May 15, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 218
Kickin' cool new Celtic from The Rumjacks' Dead Anthems and The Langan Band's Plight 'O Sheep (coming to the Vancouver Folk Fest) and a sublime CD from Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira called Here To Stay. Listen to our debut and see them live at The St. James Hall on June 20th. Join us for an hour of the best in Contemporary Celtic on Celt In A Twist! The Rumjacks - An Irish Goodbye On St. Patrick's Day The Langan Band - Leg Of Lamb Vishten Connexions - Gaillard feat. De Temps Antan CANCON Cassie ...
May 08, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 217
Fact. Nordic and Celtic nations were once joined by a land bridge called Doggerland. We bridge their musics with Danish quartet, Stringflip. Also, we salute those who turned out to vote with April Verch and Belle Election. Plus, political protest from The Go Set and The Hackensaw Boys. Join us for Canada's Contemporary Celtic Radio Hour, Celt In A Twist! Stringflip - Gadevosem/The Riddle Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel April Verch - Belle Election CANCON The Celtic Kitchen Party - Th...
May 01, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 216
Paddy steps into the Celtic time machine for Phoenyx, a San Fran band's 35 year old recording is finally released! A Touch of the familiar from Kate Bush (she lives in a castle so, Celtic adjacent). And, out standing Celtic from The Gloaming, The Dreadnoughts and Karen Matheson. Join Patricia Fraser for Canada's contemporary Celtic Radio Hour! Phoenyx - Banish Misfortune Feufollet - Cette Fois The Dreadnoughts - Cider Holiday CANCON Enter The Haggis - Gone CANCON Firkin - Those Irish Punk Girls...
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 215
Celtic energy resonates and permeates the world! Explore its influence on Finland, Denmark, Breton and even Belarus! New spins this week from Nevrida and Ivatra Quartet. Broadcasting the coolest contemporary Celtic for more than 25 years. You've got your Celt In A Twist! Shilelagh Law - Meet Me On McLean Baltic Crossing - Whirling Waltz La Bottifne Souriante - Pas de Credit CANCON The Fretless - The Queen Nancy CANCON Bog Bodies - Toward The Harvest Dan Ar Braz - Call To The Dance Nevrida - Maty...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 214
Celebrating our CFMA, Canadian Folk Music Award-winners for 2025 off the top. From First Light, it's Mary Frances Leahy, Young Performer Of The Year, from her debut album, First Light, New Emerging Artist of the Year, Maggie's Wake, and Traditional Singer of the Year, Lucy MacNeil. Lots more Canadian Celtic as well! Join your host Patrica Fraser for Canada's Contemporary Celtic Radio Hour, Celt In A Twist. Mary Frances - Cheerio CANCON Maggie's Wake - Louisiana CANCON Lucy MacNeill - I Know My L...
Apr 10, 2025•59 min•Ep. 213
Liberating great Celtic music from around the world to the streams and the airwaves. There's Firkin from Hungary, Gangar from Norway, Canadian duets from Cassie & Maggie and Jane & Kyle, plus new Irish vocal quintet, Landless. Check out the giant playlist. Here, let me hold it up for the press, except the fake news. No one's ever seen anything like it, Celt In A Twist. Firkin - The Drunken Angels Club Gangar - Slarkjen Genticorum - Voici Le Temp CANCON Cassie and Maggie - The Gold Rush I...
Apr 03, 2025•59 min•Ep. 212
Which Side Are You On? Join us for the debut from Artists For Action, folk luminaries like Bruce Cockburn, Alan Doyle, Lucy MacNeil, Oysterband, Martin Simpson ... 16 talents in total pour their heart into protest of the war in Ukraine. Plus, new music from Cassie & Maggie and upcoming folk duo Jane & Kyle. VolumeUp and ElbowsUp for Canada;s Celtic Radio Hour, Celt In A Twist! Artists For Action - Which Side Are You On? CANCON Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti Cassie And Maggie - Bow Down CANCON Ja...
Mar 27, 2025•59 min•Ep. 211
Celtic road warriors, Cassie & Maggie, along with the Dropkick Murphys fend off political harassment to deliver the goods. We honour them this hour, along with new legacy Celtic from Cape Breton's Lucy MacNeil, westcoast wanderers, The Paperboys, and a spin from The Rough Guide To Irish Music. Join Patricia Fraser for some post-Paddy's Celtivity! Celt In A Twist. Gnoss - Vore Tullye Jim Moray - Hard Lucy MacNeil - I Know My Love CANCON The Paperboys - Someplace, Somewhere CANCON Bob Brozma...
Mar 20, 2025•58 min•Ep. 210
The week before St. Patrick's and before we get into the sing-along pub classics, we present a program showcasing the modern diversity in Celtic fare. Join us for an Eccodek remix of the McDades, Tau And The Drones Of Praise, fresh La Bottine Souriante and new Toxic Frogs. You got yer Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser. Skerryvore - Borderline Tau & The Drones Of Praise - It's Right To Give Drones And Praise Maggie's Wake - Shaken & Stirred CANCON Cassie And Maggie - Seileach CANCON Ho...
Mar 13, 2025•57 min•Ep. 209
Static-free, hassle-free, commercial-free and best of all, tariff-free. Join Patricia Fraser for the freedom of music from the Celtic world, featuring old favorites in contemporary arrangements and creative new expressions based on timeless traditions. You got yer Celt In A Twist, the best mix for 25 years. Gaelic Storm - Beggarman Frigg - Troll's Twilight Celtic Kitchen Party - The Immigrant Bodh'aktan - Dansez (Dance Hey!) Grumpy O Sheep - Go East The Tosspints - Message In A Bottle Valtos - D...
Mar 06, 2025•59 min•Ep. 208
The Celtic world is expanding around the globe, growing more nuanced with each new culture it touches. This hour, Patricia Fraser takes us from the rainforest of Cameroon to the Brazilian jungle, the Canadian shield to the Scottish highlands, from Denmark to Brooklyn with a stops in Ireland and Catalan. You got another hour with yer Celt In A Twist. Baka Beyond - An Gwirder Barbar O'Rhum - Penurie de Rhum The Mahones - Watch Me Fall CANCON The Fretless - Lost Lake CANCON Skerryvore - Borderline ...
Feb 27, 2025•59 min•Ep. 207
Delivering Opportunities, Famous Last Words and Friggin' Haikus. Our Ambassador meets The Bully Of Skidmore Town while The Jesster courts wee Maggie Ann Of Clachnabrochan. The finest music and malarkey for over 25 years. You got your Celt In A Twist! Dropkick Murphys - Black Velvet Band The Go Set - Opportunities Cassie And Maggie - The Salley Gardens Set CANCON Natalie MacMaster - In My Hands CANCON Gnoss - Keefa Hill House Of Hamill - The Bully of Skidmore Town Capercaille - Famous Last Words ...
Feb 20, 2025•59 min•Ep. 206
A selection of the best plus a listener request! More fresh tracks from Flook and Frigg, fiddles with Dub Reggae, Canadian instros from Yann Falquet (of Genticorum) and Sonova . And, a Cosmic Celtic reprise of Orinoco Flow. Sail away with Celt In A Twist! Pipes And Pints - Calling Me Barleyjuice - Weekend Irish The Duhks - 95 South CANCON Enter The Haggis - Swallowed By A Whale CANCON Celtic Thunder - Heartland Valtos - Charlie's On The Run Piper Street Sound - Rid Them Frigg - Troll's Twilight ...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 205
Exclusive debuts this hour from Flook and Frigg! We introduce a fresh track from Tiller's Folly and their Way Out West EP PLUS two from MacIsaac cousins, Ashley and Wendy. The finest Celtic from around the world and your own backyard, it's Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser. Flook - Jig For Sham/The Dawn Wall Soulsha - Fetchal Ashley MacIsaac - To America We Go CANCON Beolach - Norman's Reel CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - Radio Ronza ) Doolin' - L'amour Sorcier Stramash - Top Level The Real M...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 204
One from Elvis Costello's half-brother off the top in a Celtpunk Go Set. Tiller's Folly recall tough times in those Pioneer Days. Fiddle meets cello in a Glad Farewell from Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira PLUS lots of Celtic and Nordic instros to soothe your frazzled soul. Slip into a healing hour of Celt In A Twist. The BibleCode Sundays - Bang Bang You're Dead The Go Set - Drums Of Chelsea Celtic Kitchen Party - All For Me Grog CANCON Tiller's Folly - Pioneer Days CANCON Frigg - Keidas = Oasis...
Jan 30, 2025•59 min•Ep. 203
A stiff chaser of cool Celtic is what is what you need to follow a true blue Monday. Spend an hour in the company of great Canadians like The Mahaones, The Dreadnoughts, The Fretless and Maggie's Wake. Plus, tasty tracks from Denmark, Catalonia and Breton. Lighten your load with a stop on the road for Celt In A Twist! Jim Moray - Fair Margaret and Sweet William Talisk - Storm The Dreadnoughts - Brisbane Harbour CANCON The Fretless - The Queen Nancy CANCON Dom DufF - Gwrac'h An Aber Don Svobsk - ...
Jan 23, 2025•59 min•Ep. 202
