Celtic traditional

Rooted in centuries of storytelling, melody, and migration, Celtic Traditional celebrates the enduring legacy of Irish, Scottish, and Breton music as it took root across Canada—especially in the Maritimes, Newfoundland, and Cape Breton. Featuring reels, jigs, airs, and ballads passed down through generations, this room honours the fiddlers, pipers, singers, and dancers who keep the tradition alive. Whether played by kitchen fire or concert stage, these tunes carry history, heart, and the soul of Celtic Canada.

Titles
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FEATURED

Fine Crowd - Sucker For Good Company

Chapel Cove, Newfoundland

FEATURED

Mainville, Fleur - It's About Time

Pictou County, Nova Scotia

Cormier, JP - Another Morning

London, Ontario - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

Chisholm, Angus - Miss Lyall/ Brother's Letter // Medley of Inverness Jigs

Margaree Forks, Cape Breton

FEATURED

Doyle, Teresa - Orrachan - The Divine Feminine in Gaelic Song

Belfast, Prince Edward Island

Celtic Connection - Calvert's Dream

Kilbride, Newfoundland

FEATURED

Wonderful Grand Band - ST

St John's, Newfoundland

Beòlach - ST

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

FEATURED

MacDonald, Hugh A. - Honeymoon Polka/ Crooked Stovepipe // Archie Menzies/ Fisher's Hornpipe

Lanark, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia

Campbell, Dan J. - Mrs' Dingwall of Brockley's/ Mist Over Cape Mabou/ Carnie's Canter // The Road to St. Rose/ Song of the Water-Mill

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

FEATURED

Doyle, Teresa - Stowaway

Belfast, Prince Edward Island

FEATURED

Doyle, Teresa - Prince Edward Island, Adieu

Belfast, Prince Edward Island

Chetticamp Connection - ST

Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

FEATURED

MacDonald, Hugh A. - Walker Street Reel // Areial Hornpipe

Lanark, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia

Purvis, Peter - A New Tradition

Merrickville. Ontario

Fraser, Kimberley - Heart Behind the Bow

Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Livingstone, Bill - Northern Man

Copper Cliff, Ontario

FEATURED

Macgillivray, Troy - Live at the Music Room

Lanark, Nova Scotia

Lamey, W. H. (Bill) - Lovat Scouts/ Marquis of Tullybardine // Dr. Shaw's Strathspey/ The Breem Dog/ Sandy Skinner

Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

FEATURED

Ryan's Fancy - Dark Island

St. John's, Newfoundland

MacLean, Joe and hid Old Time Scotch Music - Mrs. Major Stewart of the Island of Java - (Slow Air)/ Snow Plough - Reel // Lady Duff - (Jig)/ Bonnie Strathmore - (Jig)/ Road to Skye - (Jig)

Lower Washabucts, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

MacDonald, Jack (Little Jack) - High Level Hornpipe/ Jeanne's Favorite/ John MacCormick's Hornpipe // Peter Baillie Strathspey/ Malcolm Finley Reel/ Prince Charlie Reel

Judique, Inverness County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

FEATURED

Mackenzie, Karen - Wind Don't Blow

Iqaluit, Nunavit

Gillis, Angus Allan - Athol Brose/ Lady Muir MacKenzie/ Jenny Dang the Weaver // Flowers of Spring/ Liverpool/ Durang's Hornpipe

Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Brothers, Carol - When Irish Eyes are Smiling

St John's, Newfoundland

FEATURED

Macgillivray, Troy - When Here Meets There

Lanark, Nova Scotia

O'Kannagan - The Leaving

Kelowna, British Columbbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Davis, Rachel - ST

Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

FEATURED

Lamond, Mary Jane - Làn Dùil

Kingston, Ontario

Fitzgerald, Winston "Scotty" - McNab's Hornpipe/ Farmer's Daughter Reel // Mrs. C. Sutherland Strathspey/ Charles Sutherland Reel

White Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Peter Purvis - A New Tradition

Figgy Duff - After the Tempest

Karen Mackenzie - Wind Don't Blow

JP Cormier - Another Morning

Chetticamp Connection - Phase II

Angus Allan Gillis - Athol Brose/ Lady Muir MacKenzie/ Jenny Dang the Weaver // Flowers of Spring/ Liverpool/ Durang's Hornpipe

Angus Chisholm - Mr. Murray/ The L10 Fiddle/ The Baker // Miss Minnie Foster/ Fred Wilson's Clog

Angus Chisholm - Miss Lyall/ Brother's Letter // Medley of Inverness Jigs

Hugh A. MacDonald - Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz

Neil Steele - Na Cnoic's na Glinn (Malcolm Gillis) // Mo Dhachaidh

Drumlin

Teresa Doyle - Stowaway

Teresa Doyle - Orrachan - The Divine Feminine in Gaelic Song

Teresa Doyle - Dance to your Daddy

Teresa Doyle - Cradle on the Waves

Don Messer & His Islanders - Medley of Londonderry And London Hornpipes // Ragtime Annie and Lord MacDonald's Reel`

Variations

Phase II

Mr. Murray/ The L10 Fiddle/ The Baker // Miss Minnie Foster/ Fred Wilson's Clog

Another Morning

After the Tempest

Athol Brose/ Lady Muir MacKenzie/ Jenny Dang the Weaver // Flowers of Spring/ Liverpool/ Durang's Hornpipe

Lovat Scouts/ Marquis of Tullybardine // Dr. Shaw's Strathspey/ The Breem Dog/ Sandy Skinner

Làn Dùil

Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz

The Dean Brig of Edinburgh/ Nathaniel Gow Strathspey/ The Braes of Auchtertyre // Mrs. Ronald MacDonald's Reel/ Ann's Favourite/ Lady Charlotte Campbell

Mrs. Major Stewart of the Island of Java - (Slow Air)/ Snow Plough - Reel // Lady Duff - (Jig)/ Bonnie Strathmore - (Jig)/ Road to Skye - (Jig)

Endless Memories

A New Tradition

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
O'Kannagan	Katie	The Leaving	02:56
Ryan's Fancy	The Star Of Logy Bay	Looking Back	03:17
Korkola, Olivia	The New Canadian Waltz	Playing in Traffic	02:38
Drumlin	Hit and Miss	Paper Flowers	02:59
Figgy Duff	The Ten Comandments	After the Tempest	02:38
Doyle, Teresa	Dream Angus	Cradle on the Waves	03:29
Ryan's Fancy	Ryans And The Pittmans	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:30
Gillis, Lauchlin C.	Eilean mo Chridh (My Isle Beloved)	Mairi Mhin Mheall-Shuileach (Lassie of the Witchin' E'e) // Eilean mo Chridh (My Isle Beloved)	03:02
Figgy Duff	Auntie Mary - Brother's Jig	After the Tempest	02:42
Enter the Haggis	Down the Line	The Modest Revolution	03:17
Bonnie Scots	Lizzie Lindsay	Laugh and Cry	03:33
Wonderful Grand Band	Medley: Piccadilly Sand, Emile's Dream, The Long Point Reel	ST	03:26
Gillis, Angus Allan	Don Side - Lady Georgina Campbell	Don Side/ Lady Georgina Campbell // Johnnie Cope	03:04
MacLean, Joe and hid Old Time Scotch Music	Lady Duff - (Jig) - Bonnie Strathmore - (Jig) - Road to Skye - (Jig)	Mrs. Major Stewart of the Island of Java - (Slow Air)/ Snow Plough - Reel // Lady Duff - (Jig)/ Bonnie Strathmore - (Jig)/ Road to Skye - (Jig)	03:31
Drumlin	My Dearie	Paper Flowers	03:19
Mainville, Fleur	Down Home	It's About Time	02:41
Beòlach	Holly Bush	ST	05:14
MacDonald, Dan Rory	Balkan Hills - Lasses of Campbell Street	Cameron's Got His Wife Again - Homeward Bound - Rachel Rae // Balkan Hills - Lasses of Campbell Street	03:05
Brothers, Carol	Acushla Mine	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:31
Mainville, Fleur	Mixed Up	It's About Time	02:17
Chetticamp Connection	The Laddie with the Plaiddie hornpipe - Forester hornpipe - Liverpool hornpipe - Durang’s hornpipe	Phase II	05:07
Kiérah	Tuttles - Devil’s Dream - Flora MacDonald’s - The Auld Fiddler	Stone Mason's Daughter	03:47
Doyle, Teresa	The Maid of Coolmore	Cradle on the Waves	03:46
Brothers, Carol	The Spinning Wheel	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:49
Ludlow, Anna	The Flat Roof House	Reel to Reel	03:30
Ryan's Fancy	I'm a Rover	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:34
Bonnie Scots	This Land Is Your Land	Laugh and Cry	02:56
Fine Crowd	Green Valleys	Poverty's Arse	03:21
Mainville, Fleur	Jig-O-Low	Finding Treasures	03:45
Celtic Connection	Calvert’s Dream	Calvert's Dream	04:57
Ryan's Fancy	The Night That Paddy Murphy Died	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	01:38
Figgy Duff	Tinker Behind the Door	ST	02:14
Figgy Duff	Dans la prison de londres	After the Tempest	03:36
Brothers, Carol	The Green Glens of Antrim	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:38
Drumlin	Louie	Paper Flowers	03:15
Lamond, Mary Jane	Fàill Ìll Ò Ro	Làn Dùil	03:54
O'Kannagan	Star of the County Down	The Leaving	02:11
Mainville, Fleur	"G" Whiz	Finding Treasures	04:17
Korkola, Olivia	Chorus Jig - Jesse Korkola’s Strathspey - Francis Beaton’s - The Snow Plough (feat. Jesse Korkola)	Playing in Traffic	04:40
Fine Crowd	Donald MacGillavry	Sucker For Good Company	02:39
Drumlin	Fire	Paper Flowers	03:47
Benoit, Emile	Emile's Reel	Emile's Dream	03:12
Lamond, Mary Jane	Màiri Bhàn Dhail an Eas (Fair Mary from Dalness)	Stòras	05:40
Fine Crowd	Queen of Argyll	Poverty's Arse	04:02
Peterson, Carl	I Once Loved a Lass	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:38
Ryan's Fancy	Nancy Whiskey	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:07
Mainville, Fleur	My Favorite Things	Finding Treasures	05:34
Celtic Connection	Now I’m Easy	Calvert's Dream	05:38
Quinn, Shannon	Maids of Mitchelstown	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:28
O'Kannagan	The Leaving	The Leaving	02:51
O'Kannagan	Irish Rover	The Leaving	03:33
Peterson, Carl	I Passed By	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:25
Mainville, Fleur	En Francais	It's About Time	03:51
Bonnie Scots	Jeanie McCall	Laugh and Cry	01:49
Cormier, JP	Kelly's Mountain	Another Morning	04:55
Ryan's Fancy	Dark Island	Dark Island	03:59
Doyle, Teresa	Sleep Song	Cradle on the Waves	04:08
Mainville, Fleur	Ashoken Farwell	Finding Treasures	03:17
Figgy Duff	Heel and Toe Polka - Paddy's Jig	After the Tempest	02:03
O'Kannagan	Mount Cashel Raffel	The Leaving	03:39
Whitehorse	French Jig	The Ship That Never Returned	02:11
Korkola, Olivia	My Mind Will Never be Aisy - G- Jig - Gabe’s Hospitality (feat. Brenda Stubbert)	Playing in Traffic	03:34
Ryan's Fancy	Miss McLeod's Reel	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	01:35
Drumlin	Cries	Paper Flowers	03:38
Mainville, Fleur	Dinky's Ramblings	Finding Treasures	04:02
Ryan's Fancy	A Children's Winter	Dark Island	02:49
Figgy Duff	Rosy Banks of Green	ST	04:41
Gillis, Angus Allan	Johnnie Cope	Don Side/ Lady Georgina Campbell // Johnnie Cope	03:09
MacDonald, Hugh A.	Walker Street Reel	Walker Street Reel // Areial Hornpipe	02:52
Korkola, Olivia	Reel de Maillette - St. Anne’s Reel - Philip’s Reel	Playing in Traffic	04:00
Lamond, Mary Jane	A Mhàiri Bhòidheach	Làn Dùil	05:12
Purvis, Peter	Steam Train to Mallaig	A New Tradition	03:34
Quinn, Shannon	Jigs	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:27
Doyle, Teresa	The Seven Rejoices of the Virgin Mary	Orrachan - The Divine Feminine in Gaelic Song	03:34
Doyle, Teresa	La Nourrice du Roi	Cradle on the Waves	05:37
Beòlach	Norman's	Variations	03:37
Peterson, Carl	Ballad of Sam Hill	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:31
Fine Crowd	The Richman	Sucker For Good Company	03:38
Cameron, Douglas	Canadians on a Bender to the Wedding	ST	03:14
Doyle, Teresa	The Old Turf Fire	Cradle on the Waves	02:45
Fine Crowd	Parting Glass	Poverty's Arse	02:48
Doyle, Teresa	A Chuachag Nam Beann	Cradle on the Waves	04:39
Ryan's Fancy	By The Bright Silvery Light of the Moon	Dark Island	02:22
Mackenzie, Karen	Givin' In	Wind Don't Blow	02:28
Ryan's Fancy	Everytime	Dark Island	03:23
Whitehorse	The Ship That Never Returned	The Ship That Never Returned	03:23
Doyle, Teresa	Land for the Tiller	Stowaway	03:35
Drumlin	Little Things	Paper Flowers	03:06
Whitehorse	The Black Sheep	The Ship That Never Returned	04:56
Mainville, Fleur	Carole & John Melody	Finding Treasures	02:54
Ludlow, Anna	Anna & Hector's Set	Reel to Reel	05:54
Brothers, Carol	Hannigans Hooley	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:09
Campbell, Dan J.	Mrs' Dingwall of Brockley's - Mist Over Cape Mabou - Carnie's Canter	Mrs' Dingwall of Brockley's/ Mist Over Cape Mabou/ Carnie's Canter // The Road to St. Rose/ Song of the Water-Mill	03:09
Peterson, Carl	A Man with a Song in His Heart	A Man With a Song in His Heart	04:12
Ryan's Fancy	Intro	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	00:22
Benoit, Emile	Reels: Comfort; Washroom; Joe Smallwood's	Emile's Dream	03:11
Doyle, Teresa	Green Grow the Rushes	Cradle on the Waves	02:51
Fine Crowd	Days Gone By	Poverty's Arse	05:24
MacDonald, Hugh A.	Favourite Polka	Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz	02:53
Ludlow, Anna	Jig of Slurs	Reel to Reel	03:24

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