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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!   Peatbog Faeries - The Jesster The Ollam - Streams Of Silver Rum Ragged - The Apple Tree CANCON Spirit Of Canada - Home For A Rest CANCON Broom Bezzums - A Soulin' Trouz Bras - Pride and Prejudice Urban Trad - Berim Dance The Real McKenzies - Scotland The Brave CANCON Pat Chessell - This Is The Life Tradish - The South Sligo Set Gnoss - Stroma Eamonn Coyne & Chris Drever - Isle Of France Valtos - Charlies On The Run   59:00

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! The Go Set - Opportunities Brogeal - Stuck Inside Haggis X-1 - March Of The Tartan Turtles CANCON Jane & Kyle - Cazedero CANCON Broom Bezzums - Crooked Jack Dervish - Whelan's Boiled In Lead - Je T'aime Helena Tiller's Folly - The Pirate Bold KirkConnell CANCON The Ollam - The Arrows That Murder Sleep Cabbie Drennan Band - Plough and Sew Celtica - Thunderstruck/It's A Long Way/Highway To Hell Daimh - Loch Eilt Narrows Shooglenifty - A Fistful Of Euro   59:43

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!   Boiled In Lead - Bold Lovell Basco - Hog Eye Man Haggis X-1 - Roots CANCON Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Here to Stay CANCON Gnoss - Vore Tullye Dervish - The Rambling Irishman Little Sparta - The Telling Of The Truth Brogeal - Friday On My Mind Toxic Frogs - Never Give Up Willos - Sweet Bonnie Lass From Belfast Le Vent Du Nord - Le Winnebago CANCON Melisande - Boisson D'Avril CANCON Sver - Love Boat Afro Celt Sound System - Whirly 3   59:43

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!   Willie Nile - The Day The Earth Stood Still Gangar - Grotleken Haggis X-1 - This Is The Place (Caledonia) CANCON Vishten - Gaillard feat. De Temp Antan CANCON Boiled In Lead - Fast Reels Dom DufF - Foeter Breizh -Alexandre Vilaboa - Os Gaedil Dropkick Murphys - Who'll Stand With Us Collage Trad - Beeswax CANCON The Real McKenzies - I Wanna Eat Sardines(With Yer Mother) CANCON Firken – Tundermese - Kocsmadalok Iain Copeland - The Traveller Jeremy Kittel - The Curious Beetle Medley   59:25

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!   Brogeal - Draw The Line Flogging Molly - Until We Meet Again The Bookends - Dinny Donegal CANCON La Bottine Souriante - Pas De Credit CANCON Little Sparta - Turn On The Radio Peatbog Faeries - Martin Roachford'/The Oyster Woman's Rant Runrig - Clash Of The Ash Toxic Frogs - The Green Night Pete's Posse - The Echo The Mahones - Freeway Toll CANCON Sinead O'Connor - My Lagan Love The Young Folk - England The Ollam - With Pure Crystal Teeth   59:01

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!     Dlu - Anthem (Ros T Remix) Gnoss - Honey Wine The McDades - Telegraph Reel /The Three Sisters CANCON Melisande - Belle Hirondelle CANCON ROS - Sac Buit Toxic Frogs - 10 Years Yoko Pwno - The Old Lightbulb Skyrie - Take Me Home With You Woodlands Backfall - Udda Laten The Scratch - Old Dog The Ollam - The Arrows That Murder Sleep Vishten - Ames Soeurs CANCON Tiller's Folly - The Pirate Bold KirkConnell CANCON Logical Fleadh - Bridgeton Nod   59:57

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.   Barleyjuice - Sweet Young Thing Baltic Crossing - Whirling Waltz The McDades - Gardener's Child CANCON Mary Francis - Cheerio CANCON The Cloverhearts - Heartbreaker The Ollam - Stream Of Silver Brogeal - Stuck Inside Cabbie Drennan Band - Ma Rovin Eye Afro Celt Sound System - The Other Side The Mahones - Rise Again Solas - The Coconut Dog/ Morning Dew Rura - Allegory Punch Brothers - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Pol Helleou & Friends - Planty Irvine   59:59

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!   Drones & Bellows - The Carnival Set Dropkick Murphys - Bury The Bones (feat. The Merry Wallopers) The Dreadnoughts - Dusty Ground CANCON Haggis X-1 - We See the Sun CANCON The Ollam - With Pure Crystal Teeth Willos - Ghost Ship Tartan Amoebas - Giant Tiller's Folly - Far End Of The Road CANCON Frigg - Troll's Twilight Grumpy O Sheep - What's Left Of The Flag Michael McGoldrick - The Buckfast 5/Wired To The Moon Ten Strings And A Goat Skin - The Town CANCON Transatlantica - The Sea Is Calling   59:56

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!   The Ollam - Stream Of Silver The Cloverhearts - Heartbreaker Tiller's Folly - The Pirate Bold KirkConnell CANCON Thereafter - Moonshiner CANCON Afro Celt Sound System - Radio Ronza Basco - Nor Any Drop To Drink Brogeal - Lady Madonna Capercaillie - Fear-Allabain Cassie & Maggie - Dougie's Set CANCON Eloise & Co. - Avant-deux de Vitteaux/Queen's Bath Gaelic Storm - Green Eyes, Red Hair Valtos - Charlie's On the Run Woodlands Backfall - Wild Rover The Whistling Donkeys - Toss The Feathers   59:48

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

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!   Afro Celt Sound System - Glitchy Fiddles Furmiga Dub - Upi Biti Melisande - Boisson d'avril CANCON MAZ - Chasse-Galerie CANCON The Go Set - Empires Brogeal - Stuck Inside Grumpy O' Sheep - The Devil Went Down To Georgia Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira - Going Home CANCON Julie Fowlis - Danns' A Luideagan Odhar Michael McGoldrick/Frankie Gavin/Sharon Shannon - The Road To Corrandulla Pipes And Pints - Calling Me Firkin - Az Ocean Szaga Salamakannel - Hilseet Pois! Jim Moray - Valentine Shooglenifty - The Eccentric   59:43

​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!   Firkin - Tundermese (Fairy Tale) Gangar - Slarkjen  Haggis X-1 - We See the Sun  CANCON Adrianna and Ellen - The Golden Goose  CANCON Boiled In Lead - The MicroOrganism  Basco - Down In The Greenwood  Derina Harvey Band - Unreeling/Up On The Quarry/Clancy's Stomp CANCON Flogging Molly - Hope  Brogeal - Draw The Line The Finlay MacDonald Band - Salsa's  Frigg - Chris ​Stout's Compliements To The Bon Accord Ale House  The McDades - Peggy O  CANCON  Aoife O'Donovan - All My Friends Transatlantica - The Sea Is Calling    59:45

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

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!   Eloise & Co. - Torrid Romance/Dress Back Firkin - The Boys Are On The Loose La Bottine Souriante - Benji's Rollicks CANCON The Mahones - When Ye Go Away CANCON Tiger Moth - Sloe On The Uptake Jim Moray - Early One Morning/Young Collins The Langan Band - I'm Alive Les Poules A Colin - Le Laurier Blanc CANCON George Duff - The Overgate Brogeal - Vicar Street Days Natalie MacMaster/Donnell Leahy - Wedding Day Jig CANCON Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Listen CANCON The Go Set - The Captain's Daughter ROS - Sac Buit 59:19