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
Images

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
Ryan's Fancy	The Night That Paddy Murphy Died	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	01:38
Whitehorse	Father	The Ship That Never Returned	03:28
Bonnie Scots	Coulter's Candy	Laugh and Cry	02:37
Mainville, Fleur	The Long Hull	Finding Treasures	02:53
Bonnie Scots	The Drunken Man	Laugh and Cry	02:31
Whitehorse	The Ship That Never Returned	The Ship That Never Returned	03:23
O'Kannagan	Star of the County Down	The Leaving	02:11
Korkola, Olivia	The Bonnie Lass o’Bon Accord - The Hurricane (feat. Ashley MacIsaac)	Playing in Traffic	03:58
Kiérah	Tuttles - Devil’s Dream - Flora MacDonald’s - The Auld Fiddler	Stone Mason's Daughter	03:47
Wonderful Grand Band	Home on the Island	ST	03:18
Whitehorse	Geese in the Bog	The Ship That Never Returned	02:14
Celtic Connection	Risin’ of the Moon	Calvert's Dream	03:23
Stubbert, Brenda	Tribute to John Morris Rankin Set	Endless Memories	04:13
Fine Crowd	Blarney Roses	Poverty's Arse	02:53
Whitehorse	No Momma on Mother's Day	The Ship That Never Returned	02:31
Davis, Rachel	In the Drive'ers Seat	ST	05:39
Kennedy, Willie	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
Whitehorse	The Answer to 21 - Years	The Ship That Never Returned	03:17
Quinn, Shannon	Maids of Mitchelstown	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:28
MacDonald, Hugh A.	Favourite Polka	Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz	02:53
Beòlach	Norman's	Variations	03:37
Lamond, Mary Jane	Oran Snìomh (Spinning Song)	Suas E!	05:12
Fraser, Kimberley	Jigs Wit' Troy	Heart Behind the Bow	03:29
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	The Golden Jubilee	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:49
Cameron, Douglas	Some Mabou Tunes Plus	ST	04:58
Celtic Connection	Song For Ireland	Calvert's Dream	04:13
Whitehorse	The Convict Song	The Ship That Never Returned	03:50
Drumlin	Someone	Paper Flowers	03:24
Doyle, Teresa	Sleep Song	Cradle on the Waves	04:08
Fitzgerald, Winston "Scotty"	McNab's Hornpipe	McNab's Hornpipe/ Farmer's Daughter Reel // Mrs. C. Sutherland Strathspey/ Charles Sutherland Reel	03:01
Ludlow, Anna	Jig of Slurs	Reel to Reel	03:24
Celtic Connection	Calvert’s Dream	Calvert's Dream	04:57
Peterson, Carl	Me & Bobby McGee	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:29
Wonderful Grand Band	Medley: Piccadilly Sand, Emile's Dream, The Long Point Reel	ST	03:26
Drumlin	My Dearie	Paper Flowers	03:19
Drumlin	Fire	Paper Flowers	03:47
O'Kannagan	Watlz For Sarah	The Leaving	03:11
Peterson, Carl	Ballad of Sam Hill	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:31
McManus, Tony	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Brothers, Carol	If I Were a Blackbird	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:22
Brothers, Carol	Ireland I Love You, Acushla Macree	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:31
MacDonald, Hugh A.	Walker Street Reel	Walker Street Reel // Areial Hornpipe	02:52
Bonnie Scots	The Billy and the Sally	Laugh and Cry	01:36
Mainville, Fleur	Jig-O-Low	Finding Treasures	03:45
Ryan's Fancy	Road To the Isles & The Beggarman	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:10
Ryan's Fancy	Galway City	Looking Back	02:56
Fine Crowd	Always on the Go	Sucker For Good Company	02:59
Ryan's Fancy	Finnegan's Wake	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:41
Korkola, Olivia	Tanera Mor	Playing in Traffic	04:32
Wonderful Grand Band	(Just Like a) Movie Scene	ST	03:39
Drumlin	Cries	Paper Flowers	03:38
Fraser, Kimberley	Tamerack 'er Down	Heart Behind the Bow	07:25
Fine Crowd	Theresa Maria	Poverty's Arse	03:34
Figgy Duff	Rosy Banks of Green	ST	04:41
Benoit, Emile	Happiness Reel - Lovers Reel	Emile's Dream	03:19
Ryan's Fancy	Butcher Boy	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	04:33
Livingstone, Bill	Bill's Blues (Piping in 12 Bars, A Piper's Dream)	Northern Man	03:21
Fraser, Kimberley	The Cheticamp Set	Falling on New Ground	03:18
Whitehorse	French Jig	The Ship That Never Returned	02:11
Ryan's Fancy	Delaney's Donkey	Looking Back	02:48
O'Kannagan	All the Best	The Leaving	03:40
Chetticamp Connection	MacGregor Jig - Murray River - Lost My Love	Phase II	03:08
Fine Crowd	Days Gone By	Poverty's Arse	05:24
Gillis, Angus Allan	Athol Brose - Lady Muir MacKenzie - Jenny Dang the Weaver	Athol Brose/ Lady Muir MacKenzie/ Jenny Dang the Weaver // Flowers of Spring/ Liverpool/ Durang's Hornpipe	03:01
Fine Crowd	Bonavist Line	Sucker For Good Company	01:43
Fine Crowd	The Islander	Poverty's Arse	03:17
Mainville, Fleur	Si Beag si mor	It's About Time	03:01
Figgy Duff	4-Stop Jigs (Sally's Jig / Arts Jig)	ST	03:05
Gillis, Lauchlin C.	Mairi Mhin Mheall-Shuileach (Lassie of the Witchin' E'e)	Mairi Mhin Mheall-Shuileach (Lassie of the Witchin' E'e) // Eilean mo Chridh (My Isle Beloved)	02:35
Mainville, Fleur	La Rose	Finding Treasures	03:39
Fraser, Kimberley	The Mortgage Burn	Falling on New Ground	08:56
Peterson, Carl	I've Gotta Gift	A Man With a Song in His Heart	01:53
Enter the Haggis	Year of the Rat	The Modest Revolution	02:55
Wonderful Grand Band	Take a Chance on Love	ST	02:21
O'Kannagan	Farewell to Nova Scotia	The Leaving	02:52
Fine Crowd	Follow Me Up to Carlow	Poverty's Arse	02:23
MacDonald, Hugh A.	Areial Hornpipe	Walker Street Reel // Areial Hornpipe	03:13
Ryan's Fancy	The Greenland Whale Fisheries	Dark Island	03:00
Ryan's Fancy	Streets Of London	Looking Back	03:24
Gillis, Angus Allan	Johnnie Cope	Don Side/ Lady Georgina Campbell // Johnnie Cope	03:09
Doyle, Teresa	Dream Angus	Cradle on the Waves	03:29
Ryan's Fancy	The Star Of Logy Bay	Looking Back	03:17
MacLean, Joe and hid Old Time Scotch Music with Lila Hashem on Piano	Bill Robertson's - Mrs. MacPherson of Inveron - Reels	Miss Anderson/ The Braes O' Elchies - Jigs // Bill Robertson's/ Mrs. MacPherson of Inveron - Reels	02:34
Cormier, JP	Hell Freezin' Over	Another Morning	03:45
MacDonald, Dan 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
O'Kannagan	Irish Rover	The Leaving	03:33
Peterson, Carl	A Man with a Song in His Heart	A Man With a Song in His Heart	04:12
Figgy Duff	The Ten Comandments	After the Tempest	02:38
Korkola, Olivia	Clare Jig - Buttermilk Mary - Carmen’s Amber	Playing in Traffic	03:27
Figgy Duff	The Gypsy	After the Tempest	03:12
Figgy Duff	Rabbits in a basket	ST	02:58
Beòlach	Slip Set	ST	04:40
Livingstone, Bill	Northern Man	Northern Man	05:28
Mainville, Fleur	Down Home	It's About Time	02:41
Ryan's Fancy	A Children's Winter	Dark Island	02:49
Benoit, Emile	Roaming Scott	Emile's Dream	02:05
Macgillivray, Troy	New Tunemakers	When Here Meets There	05:00
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
Doyle, Teresa	Lukey's Boat	Dance to your Daddy	02:09

Comments

No Comments