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
Shannon Quinn	Maids of Mitchelstown	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:28
Willie Kennedy	Hiawatha - Newcastle (hornpipe); Lady Charlotte Campbell - Clear the Track - Mary Claire - Eugene Stratton - Lady Madelina Sinclair's Birthday - Miss Menzie of Menzie's (reels)	Cape Breton Violin	08:20
Ryan's Fancy	Galway City	Looking Back	02:56
Hugh MacDonald A.	Walker Street Reel	Walker Street Reel // Areial Hornpipe	02:52
Figgy Duff	Rosy Banks of Green	ST	04:41
Emile Benoit	Michael T. Wall Breakdown	Emile's Dream	01:29
Ryan's Fancy	Nancy Whiskey	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:07
Whitehorse	The Gay Spanish Maid	The Ship That Never Returned	04:29
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
Shannon Quinn	Jigs	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:27
Beòlach	Three Mile Bridge	ST	05:10
Troy Macgillivray	New Tunemakers	When Here Meets There	05:00
Celtic Connection	Brennan on the Moor - The Bullet Jig	Calvert's Dream	02:46
Ryan's Fancy	A Children's Winter	Dark Island	02:49
Fine Crowd	Parting Glass	Poverty's Arse	02:48
Figgy Duff	Quand j'etais fille a l'age quinze ans	ST	02:18
O'Kannagan	Mari's Wedding	The Leaving	02:36
Fine Crowd	The Richman	Sucker For Good Company	03:38
Ryan's Fancy	Connemara By The Lake	Looking Back	03:18
Carol Brothers	The Spinning Wheel	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:49
Celtic Connection	Roddy McCorley	Calvert's Dream	03:19
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	Jim Rumbolt's Tune	After the Tempest	00:51
Carol Brothers	Cottage by the Lee	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:28
Bonnie Scots	Lizzie Lindsay	Laugh and Cry	03:33
Kimberley Fraser	The Fairy Dance	Falling on New Ground	07:36
Fine Crowd	Bonavist Line	Sucker For Good Company	01:43
Peter Purvis	Roaring Ray	A New Tradition	02:51
Celtic Connection	Risin’ of the Moon	Calvert's Dream	03:23
Wonderful Grand Band	The Budgell's Jigs	ST	02:43
O'Kannagan	Rare Auld Times	The Leaving	05:14
Carl Peterson	I Once Loved a Lass	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:38
Anna Ludlow	Anna & Hector's Set	Reel to Reel	05:54
Carl Peterson	I Passed By	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:25
Bonnie Scots	The Billy and the Sally	Laugh and Cry	01:36
O'Kannagan	I's The B'y	The Leaving	02:56
Emile Benoit	Clode Sound Jig	Emile's Dream	01:41
Brenda Stubbert	Tribute to John Morris Rankin Set	Endless Memories	04:13
Whitehorse	The Answer to 21 - Years	The Ship That Never Returned	03:17
Fleur Mainville	Homemade	It's About Time	02:59
Emile Benoit	Piccadilly Slant: West Bay Centre; Making the Curve to Black Duck Brook; Brother's Jig	Emile's Dream	04:58
Joe MacLean 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
Figgy Duff	Emile's Reels	ST	02:02
Ryan's Fancy	Miss McLeod's Reel	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	01:35
Bonnie Scots	Coulter's Candy	Laugh and Cry	02:37
Douglas Cameron	Canadians on a Bender to the Wedding	ST	03:14
Ryan's Fancy	The Tiree Love Song	Dark Island	03:41
Ryan's Fancy	Love Song	Looking Back	02:00
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Carl Peterson	A Man with a Song in His Heart	A Man With a Song in His Heart	04:12
Beòlach	Superfly	ST	04:58
Emile Benoit	Jigs: Le Sabot; Gravel Pond	Emile's Dream	02:42
Carol Brothers	Doonaree	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:50
O'Kannagan	Carolyn's Reel	The Leaving	02:32
Fine Crowd	Clean Up After The Time	Poverty's Arse	03:31
Fleur Mainville	Mackeel's Reel	Finding Treasures	06:35
Kimberley Fraser	The Cheticamp Set	Falling on New Ground	03:18
Ryan's Fancy	Ryans And The Pittmans	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:30
Angus Gillis Allan	Don Side - Lady Georgina Campbell	Don Side/ Lady Georgina Campbell // Johnnie Cope	03:04
Fleur Mainville	Aldune's Set	Finding Treasures	03:14
Bill Livingstone	Bill's Blues (Piping in 12 Bars, A Piper's Dream)	Northern Man	03:21
Olivia Korkola	Reel de Maillette - St. Anne’s Reel - Philip’s Reel	Playing in Traffic	04:00
Figgy Duff	The Darby Ram	After the Tempest	02:59
Emile Benoit	Happiness Reel - Lovers Reel	Emile's Dream	03:19
Whitehorse	The Convict Song	The Ship That Never Returned	03:50
Carl Peterson	Sunshine	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:02
Troy Macgillivray	Jig Detour	Live at the Music Room	03:19
Drumlin	Paper Flowers	Paper Flowers	03:06
Fleur Mainville	"G" Whiz	Finding Treasures	04:17
Carl Peterson	Ballad of Sam Hill	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:31
Ryan's Fancy	Banks Of Sicily	Looking Back	02:30
Fine Crowd	Chanty	Sucker For Good Company	02:53
Bonnie Scots	The Drunken Man	Laugh and Cry	02:31
O'Kannagan	Mount Cashel Raffel	The Leaving	03:39
Anna Ludlow	The Flat Roof House	Reel to Reel	03:30
Brenda Stubbert	The Crooked Stovepipe Set	Endless Memories	03:29
Ryan's Fancy	Finnegan's Wake	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:41
Fine Crowd	Green Valleys	Poverty's Arse	03:21
Fleur Mainville	Down Home	It's About Time	02:41
Ryan's Fancy	The Night That Paddy Murphy Died	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	01:38
Figgy Duff	The Gypsy	After the Tempest	03:12
Carol Brothers	Hannigans Hooley	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:09
Ryan's Fancy	The Greenland Whale Fisheries	Dark Island	03:00
Fine Crowd	By Peter Kerrivan	Poverty's Arse	04:41
Ryan's Fancy	Twenty One Years	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:49
Celtic Connection	Song For Ireland	Calvert's Dream	04:13
Figgy Duff	The Ten Comandments	After the Tempest	02:38
Celtic Connection	Leavin’ London	Calvert's Dream	03:08
Figgy Duff	Lake St. John Reel - The Blackthorn Stick	After the Tempest	02:19
Bonnie Scots	This Land Is Your Land	Laugh and Cry	02:56
Carl Peterson	Without Sun, Without Rain	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:04
JP Cormier	Hell Freezin' Over	Another Morning	03:45
Ryan's Fancy	Fare Thee Well Enniskillen	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:47
Shannon Quinn	Siuil a Ruin	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:44
Ryan's Fancy	Streets Of London	Looking Back	03:24
Whitehorse	French Jig	The Ship That Never Returned	02:11
O'Kannagan	Dirty Old Town	The Leaving	03:41
Anna Ludlow	Jig of Slurs	Reel to Reel	03:24
Douglas Cameron	Some Mabou Tunes Plus	ST	04:58

Celtic traditional

Tracks

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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

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

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