Celt In A Twist

Celtic music anniversaries and memoriums this hour: Delhi2Dublin celebrate 20 years with a string of singles, staring with a fresh debut, featuring fiddler Serena Eades, Celtic Cross TossItBack with new music at 30 years, remembering the great Donal Lunny and Vancouver son, John Mann plus more AcidCroft magic from Shooglenifty. You got yer Celt In A Twist!

Shooglenifty - Tronach 

Celtic Cross - TossItBack 

Delhi2Dublin - Spiral-Fi  CANCON

The Fretless - Pipe Dream (feat. Madeline Roger)  CANCON

Trouz Bras - Pardon Spezed - Far Breton 

Willie Nile - Beautiful Wreck Of The World 

Toxic Frogs - Lose You Again 

Melisande w/ Mamselle Ruiz - Sans Courir Toujours  CANCON

Firkin - Haiku  CANCON

John Mann - Acoustic Kitty CANCON

Coolfin - Kickdancer 

AfroCelt Sound System - AM 

Baka Beyond - Fair Molly 

Hamish Napier -  Passes 

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Breaking new Celtic creativity is what we do at Celt In A Twist! Join Patricia this week for Shovel Dance Collective, an envelope-pushing 9 piece from London, mixing classical contemporary with free improv on Everything In Readiness, fiddle music from Paisos Catalans by Coloma Bertran PLUS the sublime O Carolan’s Farewell from Celtic Ground by Peter Thomas and Stevon Russell, a tribute to Ireland’s greatest harpist!

Shovel Dance Collective - The Foxhunter’s Reel 

Abby Green - Home To Bearna 

Vishten Connexions - Gaillard feat. De Temp Antan CANCON

The McDades - Telegraph Reel / The Three Sisters CANCON

Baka Beyond - Nanjinga’s Song 

Barleyjuice - Weekend Irish 

Coloma Bertran - Jota De Cors 

La Bottine Souriante - Santiago CANCON

The Malarkeys - Time Machine  CANCON

Hayden Stern - Boston Harbor Welcome 

The Go Set - Empires 

Iain Copeland - Neil Ewart Of Ardnamuchan 

Jim Moray - William Of Barbary 

Peter Thomas and Stevon Russell - O Carolan’s Farewell

Irish Moutarde - L.L.L. CANCON

59:30

A couple of spooky new spins to awaken the Samhain spirit; Louise Bichan shares a good old fashioned Scottish Murder Ballad while the Real McKenzies retell the ghost story of The Mad Trapper Of Rat River. Shooglenifty take us on a deep dive from Stamina Island, plus a set from Baltic Crossing and Celtic Cross. Join Patricia Fraser for an hour of Nu-Celtic. Celt In A Twist!

Shooglenifty - Dig Deep 

Louise Bichan - BEEF 

Haggis X-1 - Across The Waves ​ CANCON

The Real McKenzies - The Mad Trapper Of Rat River  CANCON

Hamish Napier - Arctic (The Dipper/Kompani/Linges Return) 

Bangers And Mash - Eliza Lee 

Baltic Crossing - Risuaki Satiainen 

Celtic Cross - Dancin’ Belfast 

The Tiller’s Folly - Far End Of The Road  CANCON

Melisande - Disco Set Carre  CANCON

Baka Beyond - Inner Orbit 

Iain Morrison - Away With The Faeries 

The Ollam - Stream Of Silver 

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Beoga are Back In the Lab after dropping out of Ed Sheeran’s tour. Finnish folk metalists, Ritva Nero drop Bombschottische, more new music from NYC’s Celtic Cross, Edinburgh’s Sisken Green, Breton Bourrees from Trouz Bras, and Shooglenifty pour out some ​compassion for the Bairns (Babies) Of Gaza. Music the wells up with heart and conscience from Celt In A Twist!

Beoga - Back In the Lab 

Celtic Cross - Slan Go Foill 

Cassie And Maggie - The Big Hewer  CANCON

The Paperboys - I’ve Just Seen A Face CANCON

Ritva Nero - Bombschottische 

Roddy MacDonald - Bullet Train 

Sisken Green - As I Went Walking

Hayden Stern - The Morning Dark 

The Go Set - The Miner’s Son 

Grumpy O Sheep - Strayaway Child 

Trouz Bras - Rainy Day Bourree/Courtship Bourree 

Rum Ragged - The Apple Tree  CANCON

Shooglenifty - Bairns O Gaza 

Louise Bichan - Binnorie 

Rawlins Cross - Joey Clements/Red Island Tune CANCON

59:37

Celt In A Twist regales with nautical tales this hour! Orkney fiddler tells the fable of the sea witch, Mammy Scott, a Celtpunk historical tale of the Shacklten expedition to the South Pole from the Real McKenzies, while The Dreadnoughts hoist anchor on the saucy Rosibella. PLUS, brand new Shooglenifty, their 10th and best yet! It all unfolds before your ears under the steady hand of Patricia Fraser. Heave away!

Shooglenifty - Up The McFud 

Celtic Cross - TossItBack

Melisande & Mamselle Ruiz - Sans Courir Toujours  CANCON

The McDades - Telegraph Reel/tThe Three Sisters CANCON

Basco - Jacky Tar 

Dropkick Murphys - Chesterfields and Aftershave 

Louise Bichan - Mammy Scott 

The Real McKenzies - Fortitudine Vincimus/Shackleton

George Duff - Gin I Were A Baron’s Heir 

Nevrida - Matylek 

Sketch - Bulgarian Shed 

Dervish feat. Iron & Wine - Rock The Machine 

The Dreadnoughts - Rosibella  CANCON

Hayden Stern - Bomb Cyclone 

Because the best Celtic comes from Canada, Celt In A Twist presents an hour of 100 percent Canadian Content, featuring Pat Chessell, ​The​ Real McKenzies and Early Spirit from the west, Melisande and MAZ from Quebec, Maritimers and prairie dogs alike. From coast to coast to coast, Canada loves its Celt In A Twist!

Adrianna Ciccone & Ellen Gibling - The Golden Goose 

Artists For Action - Which Side Are You On 

Vishten Connexions - Expansion 

Pressgang Mutiny - Haul Away Joe 

Pat Chessell - My Own Town 

Melisande - Disco set Carre

MAZ - Brique Chaud 

Lucy MacNeil - I Know My Love

The McDades - Peggy-O 

The Mahones - Shakespeare Road (feat. Greg Keelor fr. Blue Rodeo)

Haggis X-1 - This Is The Place (Caledonia)

The Real McKenzies - Black Agnes

Early Spirit - That’s Right 

The Fretless - Lost Lake

59:52

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

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