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
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Troy Macgillivray	New Tunemakers	When Here Meets There	05:00
Emile Benoit	Skeleton Reel - Flying Reel	Emile's Dream	03:59
Shannon Quinn	Siuil a Ruin	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:44
Emile Benoit	Happiness Reel - Lovers Reel	Emile's Dream	03:19
Emile Benoit	Lightkeeper's Jig - Long Point Reel	Emile's Dream	02:34
O'Kannagan	Katie	The Leaving	02:56
Ryan's Fancy	By The Bright Silvery Light of the Moon	Dark Island	02:22
Fleur Mainville	Les Amis	It's About Time	03:31
Whitehorse	Father	The Ship That Never Returned	03:28
Ryan's Fancy	Twenty One Years	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:49
O'Kannagan	Irish Lament	The Leaving	03:18
Fleur Mainville	Aldune's Set	Finding Treasures	03:14
Fine Crowd	Queen of Argyll	Poverty's Arse	04:02
Chetticamp Connection	Strathspeys and Reels Immortalized by Angus Chisolm and Winston Fitzgerald	ST	04:41
Teresa Doyle	Green Grow the Rushes	Cradle on the Waves	02:51
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
Hugh MacDonald A.	Starlight Waltz	Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz	02:55
Fine Crowd	When I Fury	Sucker For Good Company	03:56
Figgy Duff	The Gypsy	After the Tempest	03:12
Peter Purvis	Roaring Ray	A New Tradition	02:51
Hugh MacDonald A.	Areial Hornpipe	Walker Street Reel // Areial Hornpipe	03:13
Brenda Stubbert	The Crooked Stovepipe Set	Endless Memories	03:29
Teresa Doyle	Dream Angus	Cradle on the Waves	03:29
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Figgy Duff	Kissing Dance Medley: Kissing Dance - Branch Tunes - Soldier's Joy - Reel	ST	03:48
Olivia Korkola	Reel de Maillette - St. Anne’s Reel - Philip’s Reel	Playing in Traffic	04:00
Emile Benoit	Emile's Reel	Emile's Dream	03:12
JP Cormier	Kelly's Mountain	Another Morning	04:55
Celtic Connection	Leavin’ London	Calvert's Dream	03:08
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
Drumlin	Little Things	Paper Flowers	03:06
Drumlin	My Dearie	Paper Flowers	03:19
Bonnie Scots	Dundee Weaver	Laugh and Cry	01:29
Fine Crowd	Green Valleys	Poverty's Arse	03:21
Olivia Korkola	Black and White Rag	Playing in Traffic	02:16
Celtic Connection	Ordinary Man	Calvert's Dream	06:10
Brenda Stubbert	Tribute to John Morris Rankin Set	Endless Memories	04:13
Fleur Mainville	River Johnnies	Finding Treasures	04:19
Carl Peterson	I've Gotta Gift	A Man With a Song in His Heart	01:53
Bill Livingstone	Northern Man	Northern Man	05:28
Dan MacDonald Rory	Cameron's Got His Wife Again - Homeward Bound - Rachel Rae	Cameron's Got His Wife Again - Homeward Bound - Rachel Rae // Balkan Hills - Lasses of Campbell Street	03:21
JP Cormier	Hell Freezin' Over	Another Morning	03:45
Emile Benoit	Diane's Happiness - David's Reel	Emile's Dream	03:30
Enter the Haggis	Down the Line	The Modest Revolution	03:17
Emile Benoit	Farewell Reel	Emile's Dream	01:27
Celtic Connection	McRory	Calvert's Dream	04:32
Kimberley Fraser	The Cheticamp Set	Falling on New Ground	03:18
Whitehorse	The Gay Spanish Maid	The Ship That Never Returned	04:29
O'Kannagan	I's The B'y	The Leaving	02:56
Fleur Mainville	The Big Rock Candy Mountain	It's About Time	02:40
Beòlach	Belle Lane	Variations	05:47
Whitehorse	Missing in Action	The Ship That Never Returned	02:08
Teresa Doyle	A Lullabye	Cradle on the Waves	03:45
Wonderful Grand Band	(Just Like a) Movie Scene	ST	03:39
Ryan's Fancy	Connemara By The Lake	Looking Back	03:18
Colin Grant	Les tounes acadiennes	ST	04:20
Ryan's Fancy	Finnegan's Wake	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:41
Fine Crowd	Wha'd'ya Think Of Me Now	Sucker For Good Company	03:21
Teresa Doyle	Lagan Love	Cradle on the Waves	05:25
Figgy Duff	Half Door-Larry's Lacer-Mother on the Doorstep	ST	03:14
Emile Benoit	Reels: Comfort; Washroom; Joe Smallwood's	Emile's Dream	03:11
Ryan's Fancy	The Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:20
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
Ryan's Fancy	Dark Island	Dark Island	03:59
Wonderful Grand Band	Don't Wake Me Up Too Early	ST	02:36
Olivia Korkola	Christie Campbell Strathspey: The Thunderbolt Reel - Olivia’s Reel - The Weasel (feat. Pierre Schryer, Brenda Stubbert)	Playing in Traffic	04:54
Fine Crowd	Stubborn Man	Sucker For Good Company	03:11
Bonnie Scots	The Billy and the Sally	Laugh and Cry	01:36
Celtic Connection	Molly Bawn	Calvert's Dream	05:08
Figgy Duff	Thomas and Nancy	After the Tempest	05:27
Kimberley Fraser	Tamerack 'er Down	Heart Behind the Bow	07:25
Carol Brothers	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:45
Douglas Cameron	Some Mabou Tunes Plus	ST	04:58
O'Kannagan	Mari's Wedding	The Leaving	02:36
Figgy Duff	The Ten Comandments	After the Tempest	02:38
Emile Benoit	Michael T. Wall Breakdown	Emile's Dream	01:29
Mary Lamond Jane	Fàill Ìll Ò Ro	Làn Dùil	03:54
Angus Gillis Allan	Flowers of Spring - Liverpool - Durang's Hornpipe	Athol Brose/ Lady Muir MacKenzie/ Jenny Dang the Weaver // Flowers of Spring/ Liverpool/ Durang's Hornpipe	03:06
Joe MacLean and hid Old Time Scotch Music with Lila Hashem on Piano	Miss Anderson - The Braes O' Elchies - Jigs	Miss Anderson/ The Braes O' Elchies - Jigs // Bill Robertson's/ Mrs. MacPherson of Inveron - Reels	02:29
Carl Peterson	A Man with a Song in His Heart	A Man With a Song in His Heart	04:12
Carol Brothers	Galway Bay	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:09
Fleur Mainville	Get Jiggy	It's About Time	01:40
Whitehorse	French Jig	The Ship That Never Returned	02:11
Ryan's Fancy	Nancy Whiskey	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:07
Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald	McNab's Hornpipe	McNab's Hornpipe/ Farmer's Daughter Reel // Mrs. C. Sutherland Strathspey/ Charles Sutherland Reel	03:01
Ryan's Fancy	Streets Of London	Looking Back	03:24
Olivia Korkola	My Mind Will Never be Aisy - G- Jig - Gabe’s Hospitality (feat. Brenda Stubbert)	Playing in Traffic	03:34
Carol Brothers	The Spinning Wheel	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:49
Kimberley Fraser	Jigs Wit' Troy	Heart Behind the Bow	03:29
Figgy Duff	Lake St. John Reel - The Blackthorn Stick	After the Tempest	02:19
Fine Crowd	Blarney Roses	Poverty's Arse	02:53
Wonderful Grand Band	Medley: The Washroom Reel, Joe Smallwood's Reel, The Humours of Lissadel	ST	03:36
Celtic Connection	Shores of Newfoundland - Traveler’s Reel	Calvert's Dream	03:15
Karen Mackenzie	Givin' In	Wind Don't Blow	02:28
Whitehorse	The Answer to 21 - Years	The Ship That Never Returned	03:17
O'Kannagan	Carolyn's Reel	The Leaving	02:32
Olivia Korkola	The Bonnie Lass o’Bon Accord - The Hurricane (feat. Ashley MacIsaac)	Playing in Traffic	03:58
Kimberley Fraser	The Fairy Dance	Falling on New Ground	07:36
Fleur Mainville	Wizard's Walk	It's About Time	02:07

Celtic traditional

Tracks

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Whitehorse - The Ship That Never Returned

FEATURED

Emile Benoit - Emile's Dream

FEATURED

Bonnie Scots - Laugh and Cry

FEATURED

Olivia Korkola - Playing in Traffic

FEATURED

Carl Peterson - A Man With a Song in His Heart

FEATURED

Figgy Duff - ST

FEATURED

Enter the Haggis - The Modest Revolution

O'Kannagan - The Leaving

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Hugh MacDonald A. - Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz

FEATURED

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

Carol Brothers - When Irish Eyes are Smiling

FEATURED

Wonderful Grand Band - ST

FEATURED

Fine Crowd - Poverty's Arse

FEATURED

Fine Crowd - Sucker For Good Company

FEATURED

Ryan's Fancy - Newfoundland Drinking Songs

FEATURED

Ryan's Fancy - Looking Back

FEATURED

Ryan's Fancy - Dark Island

Celtic Connection - Calvert's Dream

FEATURED

Figgy Duff - After the Tempest

FEATURED

Teresa Doyle - Cradle on the Waves

FEATURED

Fleur Mainville - It's About Time

FEATURED

Fleur Mainville - Finding Treasures

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

FEATURED

Kiérah - Stone Mason's Daughter

FEATURED

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

Jack MacDonald (Little Jack) - Marr Castle (Slow Air)/ Brig O' Potarch/ the Mains O' Gartley // Huntley's Strathspey/ Lord Kelly Strathspey/ Col. McBain Reel

Comments