Celt In A Twist

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

59:58

In celebration of the Simon Fraser Pipe and Drum Corp’s World Championship Celt In A Twist tops the hour with Highland Echoes, a new composition for pipes by Jennifer Licko. Plus, great Canuck Celtic from Melisandre, Rum Ragged, The Real McKenzies and Haggis X-1. The world rings with the sound and soul of Scotland! Join Patricia Fraser for Celt In A Twist!

Highland Echoes - An Dannsa Gaidhlig

RANT - The Day Off

Melisande - Francos d’Amerique CANCON

Rum Ragged - The Apple Tree

Maggie McInnes - Bha Mi Raoir A’Gabhail d’Fhradhairc

AfroCelt Sound System - My Secret Bliss

Baka Beyond - Nangating

The Mahones - Is This Bar Open ’Til Tomorrow CANCON

Broom Bezzums - A Soulin’

Logical Fleadh - Fermoy Lasses - Noisy Curlew-Gravelwalk

Trous Braz - Pardon Spezed-Far Breton

The Real McKenzie’s - Black Agnes CANCON

Haggis X-1 - March Of The Tartan Turtles CANCON

The Ollam - The Arrows That Murder Sleep

59:58

It's 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. Celt In A Twist, today’s Celtic mix each week, with your host Patricia Fraser.

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

Small pipes, Border pipes, Uilleann pipes, Northumbrian, Galician and of course, Highland pipes. Smoke 'em if you got 'em! This hour has plenty o' pipes and fiddles, banjos and some spicy zydeco accordion. Homegrown Celtic too from Haggis X-1, The Mahones and The McDades.Come get your weekly hit of Celtivity with Celt In A Twist!

Broom Bezzums - Stanhope In Weardale

Trouz Bras - Rainy Day Bourree/Courtship Bourree

Haggis X-1 - Arthur's Gold (Any Means Of Persuasion) CANCON

The Mahones - The Hunger, The Fight (ft. Tara Slone) CANCON

Annbjorg Lien - Needles Eye

Drones & Bellows - Song Of The Hammers

Carlos Nunez - Danza De Espadas

The McDades - Gardener's Child CANCON

Dervish - Tobar an t'Saoil (ft. Mya Brennan)

The Hackensaw Boys - Content Not Seeking Thrills

Corey Arceneaux & The Zydeco Fusion Band - Washboard Zydeco

Valtos - S.T.W. (ft. Gary Innes)

Basco - Down In The Greenwood

The Ollam - With Pure Crystal Teeth

59:32

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