Celt In A Twist

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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.

Celt In A Twist presents an hour of Celtivity you can enjoy anytime, or 9pm Tuesdays on CHKG FM 96.1 in Vancouver. More fresh tracks from The Ollam, a transatlantic supergroup featuring John McSherry, Joe Dart and other monster musicians. You got yer Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser!

Join us for some fresh greens this week from The Cloverhearts, The Ollam, Edmonton family band The McDades and Scots bard Cabbie Drennan with a drink along, sing along. Check out Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser at a new time, new day and new station; FM96.1, Tuesdays at 9pm.

Plenty of fresh Celtic to go around this hour, from Haggis X-1, Boiled In Lead, Alexandre Vilaboa from Galicia. along with the defenders of the realm, The Real McKenzies and their new album, On Yer Bike. Saddle up! You’ve got yer Celt In A Twist!

New find Little Sparta encourages you to ”Turn On The Radio” and tune this week for Celt In A Twist, a contemporary mix of Celtic rock, pop, jazz, funk and trad (from Stratford, Ontario’s The Bookends) Plus, veterans of the craft like Runrig and Sinead O’Connor and another spin from supergroup The Ollam, April 27 at The Pearl. Gems a plenty this week!

Dervish draws deep from the well of Irish tradition on their latest collection from The Great Irish Songbook Volume 2. Meanwhile The Ollam take trad someplace else entirely, featuring John McSherry and groovemonster Joe Dart. This hour features fresh track from Trouz Bras, North America’s keepers of Breton music heritage and Newfoundland’s Rum Ragged take us down The Road To Lushes Bight. Lard Tunderin’, it must be Celt In A Twist!

Enjoy an encore presentation. Marked by virtuosic playing and a sense of musical adventure, a new generation is taking Celtic where it’s never been before. Explore a world of possibilities with Orkney’s Gnoss, Breton’s Trouz Bras, Germany’s Broom Bezzums and Rum Ragged from Newfoundland & Labrador. This ain’t your grandpappy’s Celtic. You’ve got your Celt In A Twist!

Join Patricia Fraser and Celt In A Twist at SCOTFEST BC Friday, June 19th and Saturday June 20th, under the big tent for The legendary Barra MacNeils, The Whiskeydicks and Pat Chessell along with other drop in guest performers@scotfestbc.com! The best of the best of the month, this hour as we bring you another Contemporary Celtic Top 10. Count ’em down with us and count the days to join us live at SCOTFEST BC!

Fiddles be flyin’ from the get go this hour. Boiled In Lead set the pace with Fast Reels, fiddles and electronics from Parahyba, Brazil with Furmiga Dub, Derina Harvey takes us back to The Big Rock, The East Pointers to PEI, Grumpy O Sheep from France, Brogeal from Falkirk and more Breton melodies from Trouz Bras. It ’s a mix not to be trifled or fiddled with. You got yer Celt In A Twist, 27 years and counting, with Patricia Fraser!

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!

Looking forward to seeing you LIVE under the big tent for Pat Chessell, The Barra MacNeils, Whiskey Dicks and more. It’s ScotFestBC, Town Centre Park in Coquitlam, June 19th and 20th. This hour, music from across the Celtic diaspora including Canada’s best, even some Kreole to spice up the mix. Patricia Fraser hosts Celt In A Twist Radio!

Join Patricia Fraser as she counts down the Top Ten Contemporary Celtic tunes for the month past and new additions from today including: The Real McKenzies, Broom Bezzums, Boiled In Lead, Dervish, Haggis X-1, The Ollam and many more. Check the new chart on social media and subscribe to our weekly E-Blast for the full pull. Celt In A Twist from worldbeatinternational.com!

Dervish draws deep from the well of Irish tradition on their latest collection from The Great Irish Songbook Volume 2. Meanwhile The Ollam take trad someplace else entirely, featuring John McSherry and groovemonster Joe Dart. This hour features fresh track from Trouz Bras, North America’s keepers of Breton music heritage and Newfoundland’s Rum Ragged take us down The Road To Lushes Bight. Lard Tunderin’, it must be Celt In A Twist!

Marked by virtuosic playing and a sense of musical adventure, a new generation is taking Celtic where it’s never been before. Explore a world of possibilities with Orkney’s Gnoss, Breton’s Trouz Bras, Germany’s Broom Bezzums and Rum Ragged from Newfoundland & Labrador. This ain’t your grandpappy’s Celtic. You’ve got your Celt In A Twist!

Join Celt In A Twist under the main tent for ScotFestBC, June 19 and 20 at Town Centre Park in Coquitlam for Celtic music you won’t hear anywhere else. Plus, live entertainment from The Barra McNeils and more. Pipes and fiddles aplenty this hour with newcomers, Broom Bezzums, Haggis X-1, Cabbie Drennan + Dervish (April 26 @ The Rio) & The Ollam (April 27 @ The Pearl) You got yer Celt In A Twist!

It’s April and bevies are served this happy hour, from Melisande with Boisson D’Avril. Artemis 2 received a message from late astronaut Jim Lovell and we kick off the program with Bold Lovell, new from Boiled In Lead, Expect appearances from Vancouver-bound Gnoss and Dervish, and more new grooves from Haggis X-1. Join Patricia Fraser in the Celtic frontier!

Plenty of fresh Celtic to go around this hour, from Haggis X-1, Boiled In Lead, Alexandre Vilaboa from Galicia. along with the defenders of the realm, The Real McKenzies. Get your tickets for live local Celtivity from Gnoss, April 17th at the St. James Hall and Dervish, April 26th at The Rio. You’ve got yer Celt In A Twist!

New find Little Sparta encourages you to ”Turn On The Radio” and tune this week for Celt In A Twist, a contemporary mix of Celtic rock, pop, jazz, funk and trad (from Stratford, Ontario’s The Bookends) Plus, veterans of the craft like Runrig and Sinead O’Connor and another spin from supergroup The Ollam, April 27 at The Pearl. Gems a plenty this week!

A taste of great concerts to come! This week we spin Gnoss. The Orkney-based Celtic innovators perform at the St. James Hall on April 17th. Plus, more music from supergroup, The Ollam, sporting master piper John McSherry and Detroit’s finest rhythm section, April 27th at The Pearl. With new Celtivity from French Grrrl band Toxic Frogs, and Swedes Woodlands Backfall. Patricia Fraser hosts Celt In A Twist every week!

Celtic comes into its own in March. Join us for some fresh greens this week from The Cloverhearts, The Ollam (April 27th at The Pearl), Edmonton family band The McDades and Scots bard Cabbie Drennan with a drink along, sing along. It’s not too early to get a St. Patrick’s workout in. Check out Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser at a new time, new day and new station; FM96.1, Tuesdays at 9pm.

Fall back no more! Celt In A Twist celebrates permanent Daylight Saving with an hour of Celtivity you can enjoy anytime, or 9pm Tuesdays on CHKG FM 96.1 in Vancouver. More fresh tracks from The Ollam, a transatlantic supergroup featuring John McSherry, Joe Dart and other monster musicians (April 26th at The Pearl on Granville). You got yer Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser!

Celt In A Twist moves to a new station and a new time! Listen in Vancouver to FM 96.1 every Tuesday evening at 8 for cutting-edge Celtic you won’t hear anywhere else. Like The Ollam (April 27th at The Pearl on Granville, The Cloverhearts, new CeltPunk from Sydney, Australia AND homegrown Celtic folk from The Tiller’s Folly new EP ”Far End Of The Road”. Join us at our new home on the road less travelled. Celt In A Twist!

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.

Wow, what a week for sports! Push that thing to the other thing. Go Sports! It's also 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. Yay Team Canada! We're there when you're done sporting. 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

A week before Valentine’s and Patricia Fraser presents a Celtic love letter with a little more grit than saccharine, starting with a Celtic Glitch two-fer, Quebectronix from Melisande and MAZ, Celt Punk from The Go Set and Brogeal plus pubfare from Budapest and Prague and a real Valentine from Jim Moray to you. Our heart’s in this one. Give it a listen. Celt In A Twist!

​Patricia introduces Firkin’s album of pub songs, all in Hungarian, a sublime pairing of harp and fiddle from Adrianna Ciccone and Ellen Gibling, Haggix X-1’s 3rd single, We Can See The Sun, and our winter visit from The MicroOrganism. Rest and drink plenty of fluids. You got your 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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!