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.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Emile Benoit	Happiness Reel - Lovers Reel	Emile's Dream	03:19
Fine Crowd	The Richman	Sucker For Good Company	03:38
Anna Ludlow	Jig of Slurs	Reel to Reel	03:24
Teresa Doyle	Dream Angus	Cradle on the Waves	03:29
O'Kannagan	Katie	The Leaving	02:56
Don Messer & His Islanders	Ragtime Annie and Lord MacDonald's Reel	Medley of Londonderry And London Hornpipes // Ragtime Annie and Lord MacDonald's Reel	02:35
Emile Benoit	Michael T. Wall Breakdown	Emile's Dream	01:29
Ryan's Fancy	Road To the Isles & The Beggarman	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:10
Fleur Mainville	Down Home	It's About Time	02:41
O'Kannagan	I's The B'y	The Leaving	02:56
Carol Brothers	Doonaree	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:50
Figgy Duff	Dans la prison de londres	After the Tempest	03:36
Bonnie Scots	Northern Lights of Aberdeen	Laugh and Cry	02:02
Figgy Duff	Jim Rumbolt's Tune	After the Tempest	00:51
O'Kannagan	Rare Auld Times	The Leaving	05:14
Bill Livingstone	Northern Man	Northern Man	05:28
Ryan's Fancy	Connemara By The Lake	Looking Back	03:18
Ryan's Fancy	The Night That Paddy Murphy Died	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	01:38
Fleur Mainville	Northern Cajun Man	It's About Time	03:36
Fine Crowd	Theresa Maria	Poverty's Arse	03:34
Willie Kennedy	Kitchener's Army (march); Devil in the Kitchen - Miss Drummond of Perth (strathspeys); Muileann Dubh - Locheil's Awa' to France - MacKinnon's Rant (reels)	Cape Breton Violin	05:43
Carl Peterson	Sunshine	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:02
Carol Brothers	The Golden Jubilee	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:49
Ryan's Fancy	Looking Back	Looking Back	02:53
Karen Mackenzie	Givin' In	Wind Don't Blow	02:28
Fleur Mainville	Get Jiggy	It's About Time	01:40
Carol Brothers	The Green Glens of Antrim	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:38
Teresa Doyle	A Chuachag Nam Beann	Cradle on the Waves	04:39
Figgy Duff	Kissing Dance Medley: Kissing Dance - Branch Tunes - Soldier's Joy - Reel	ST	03:48
Beòlach	Norman's	Variations	03:37
Fine Crowd	When I Fury	Sucker For Good Company	03:56
Whitehorse	The Black Sheep	The Ship That Never Returned	04:56
Dan MacDonald 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
Figgy Duff	4-Stop Jigs (Sally's Jig / Arts Jig)	ST	03:05
Wonderful Grand Band	Home on the Island	ST	03:18
Bonnie Scots	Dundee Weaver	Laugh and Cry	01:29
Bonnie Scots	This Land Is Your Land	Laugh and Cry	02:56
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Fleur Mainville	Carole & John Melody	Finding Treasures	02:54
Joe MacLean and hid Old Time Scotch Music	Mrs. Major Stewart of the Island of Java - (Slow Air) - Snow Plough - Reel	Mrs. Major Stewart of the Island of Java - (Slow Air)/ Snow Plough - Reel // Lady Duff - (Jig)/ Bonnie Strathmore - (Jig)/ Road to Skye - (Jig)	03:16
Beòlach	Hot Lunch Set	Variations	07:03
Emile Benoit	Ryan's Fancy Arriving	Emile's Dream	01:55
Figgy Duff	Quand j'etais fille a l'age quinze ans	ST	02:18
Fleur Mainville	En Francais	It's About Time	03:51
Peter Purvis	Steam Train to Mallaig	A New Tradition	03:34
Ryan's Fancy	The Rose Of Mooncoin	Dark Island	03:58
Fine Crowd	Banks of Newfoundland	Sucker For Good Company	03:48
Anna Ludlow	The Flat Roof House	Reel to Reel	03:30
Hugh MacDonald A.	Starlight Waltz	Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz	02:55
Lauchlin Gillis 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
Teresa Doyle	Green Grow the Rushes	Cradle on the Waves	02:51
Carl Peterson	Black Velvet Band	A Man With a Song in His Heart	04:23
Olivia Korkola	The New Canadian Waltz	Playing in Traffic	02:38
Fine Crowd	Poor Old Mare	Poverty's Arse	03:09
Ryan's Fancy	Banks Of Sicily	Looking Back	02:30
Bonnie Scots	The Drunken Man	Laugh and Cry	02:31
Wonderful Grand Band	The Jig is Up	ST	01:58
Enter the Haggis	Year of the Rat	The Modest Revolution	02:55
Colin Grant	Les tounes acadiennes	ST	04:20
Carl Peterson	I'm a Rover	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:18
Ryan's Fancy	Carrick Fergus	Looking Back	03:22
Whitehorse	The Ship That Never Returned	The Ship That Never Returned	03:23
JP Cormier	Hell Freezin' Over	Another Morning	03:45
Teresa Doyle	Crazy Man Michael	Prince Edward Island, Adieu	03:25
Whitehorse	Missing in Action	The Ship That Never Returned	02:08
Bonnie Scots	Lizzie Lindsay	Laugh and Cry	03:33
Chetticamp Connection	The Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside - Balmoral Castle - Tom Rae Reel - The Way to Mull River Reel	Phase II	07:39
Fleur Mainville	Ashoken Farwell	Finding Treasures	03:17
Bonnie Scots	Jeanie McCall	Laugh and Cry	01:49
Ryan's Fancy	Butcher Boy	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	04:33
Carol Brothers	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:45
Chetticamp Connection	The Laddie with the Plaiddie hornpipe - Forester hornpipe - Liverpool hornpipe - Durang’s hornpipe	Phase II	05:07
Fine Crowd	Cunla	Sucker For Good Company	03:18
Emile Benoit	Farewell Reel	Emile's Dream	01:27
Emile Benoit	Diane's Happiness - David's Reel	Emile's Dream	03:30
Celtic Connection	Molly Bawn	Calvert's Dream	05:08
Beòlach	Belle Lane	Variations	05:47
Rachel Davis	In the Drive'ers Seat	ST	05:39
Wonderful Grand Band	The Budgell's Jigs	ST	02:43
Drumlin	Fire	Paper Flowers	03:47
Carol Brothers	Hannigans Hooley	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:09
Carol Brothers	A Mother's Love is a Blessing	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:33
Fleur Mainville	La Rose	Finding Treasures	03:39
Figgy Duff	Now I'm 64	ST	03:02
Teresa Doyle	And Summer Faire	Cradle on the Waves	04:06
Fleur Mainville	Orange Blossom Special (Dave's Tune)	Finding Treasures	02:20
Figgy Duff	Honour, Riches (song from The Tempest)-Breakwater Boys Breakdown	After the Tempest	04:34
Celtic Connection	Roddy McCorley	Calvert's Dream	03:19
Anna Ludlow	Weeping Willow Tree	Reel to Reel	03:25
Figgy Duff	Lake St. John Reel - The Blackthorn Stick	After the Tempest	02:19
Whitehorse	Father	The Ship That Never Returned	03:28
Figgy Duff	Geese in the Bog	ST	02:48
Shannon Quinn	Maids of Mitchelstown	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:28
Figgy Duff	Rosy Banks of Green	ST	04:41
Drumlin	Little Things	Paper Flowers	03:06
Wonderful Grand Band	Don't Wake Me Up Too Early	ST	02:36
Ryan's Fancy	Galway City	Looking Back	02:56
Ryan's Fancy	The Chieftain's Welcome	Looking Back	01:34
Whitehorse	The Convict Song	The Ship That Never Returned	03:50
Emile Benoit	Piccadilly Slant: West Bay Centre; Making the Curve to Black Duck Brook; Brother's Jig	Emile's Dream	04:58

Celtic traditional

Tracks

JP Cormier - Another Morning

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

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Whitehorse - The Ship That Never Returned

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Emile Benoit - Emile's Dream

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Bonnie Scots - Laugh and Cry

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Olivia Korkola - Playing in Traffic

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Carl Peterson - A Man With a Song in His Heart

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Figgy Duff - ST

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Enter the Haggis - The Modest Revolution

O'Kannagan - The Leaving

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

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Hugh MacDonald A. - Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz

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

Carol Brothers - When Irish Eyes are Smiling

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Wonderful Grand Band - ST

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Fine Crowd - Poverty's Arse

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Fine Crowd - Sucker For Good Company

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Ryan's Fancy - Newfoundland Drinking Songs

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Ryan's Fancy - Looking Back

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Ryan's Fancy - Dark Island

Celtic Connection - Calvert's Dream

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Figgy Duff - After the Tempest

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Teresa Doyle - Cradle on the Waves

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Fleur Mainville - It's About Time

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Fleur Mainville - Finding Treasures

Dan MacDonald Rory - Cameron's Got His Wife Again - Homeward Bound - Rachel Rae // Balkan Hills - Lasses of Campbell Street

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Kiérah - Stone Mason's Daughter

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Drumlin - Paper Flowers

Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald - The Tarves Trippers (Strathspey)/ "Sandy" F. Skinner/ Fire Away (Reels) // The Acrobats; Lockers (Medley of Clogs)

Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald - H. Mackworth Strathspey/ Mrs. Forbes Leith/ Memories of R. Beaton (Reels) // The Judique Jig Medley

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