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
O'Kannagan	Carolyn's Reel	The Leaving	02:32
Fleur Mainville	5 For 4	Finding Treasures	03:04
Figgy Duff	The Gypsy	After the Tempest	03:12
Carol Brothers	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:45
O'Kannagan	Star of the County Down	The Leaving	02:11
Teresa Doyle	The Old Turf Fire	Cradle on the Waves	02:45
Celtic Connection	Molly Bawn	Calvert's Dream	05:08
Fleur Mainville	Dinky's Ramblings	Finding Treasures	04:02
Kimberley Fraser	Tamerack 'er Down	Heart Behind the Bow	07:25
Drumlin	My Dearie	Paper Flowers	03:19
Ryan's Fancy	Delaney's Donkey	Looking Back	02:48
Chetticamp Connection	MacGregor Jig - Murray River - Lost My Love	Phase II	03:08
Ryan's Fancy	Butcher Boy	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	04:33
JP Cormier	Hell Freezin' Over	Another Morning	03:45
Ryan's Fancy	Ryans And The Pittmans	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:30
Beòlach	Norman's	Variations	03:37
Rachel Davis	In the Drive'ers Seat	ST	05:39
Carl Peterson	I'd Rather be Gone	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:26
Figgy Duff	Heel and Toe Polka - Paddy's Jig	After the Tempest	02:03
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
Ryan's Fancy	Intro	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	00:22
Beòlach	Belle Lane	Variations	05:47
Ryan's Fancy	Love Song	Looking Back	02:00
Bonnie Scots	The Drunken Man	Laugh and Cry	02:31
Olivia Korkola	Chorus Jig - Jesse Korkola’s Strathspey - Francis Beaton’s - The Snow Plough (feat. Jesse Korkola)	Playing in Traffic	04:40
Whitehorse	Whitehorse Jig	The Ship That Never Returned	01:48
Hugh MacDonald A.	Favourite Polka	Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz	02:53
Carol Brothers	The Green Glens of Antrim	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:38
O'Kannagan	Irish Rover	The Leaving	03:33
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
Fleur Mainville	Amazing Grace	It's About Time	02:28
Ryan's Fancy	Looking Back	Looking Back	02:53
Ryan's Fancy	The Tiree Love Song	Dark Island	03:41
Hugh MacDonald A.	Walker Street Reel	Walker Street Reel // Areial Hornpipe	02:52
Chetticamp Connection	Strathspeys and Reels Immortalized by Angus Chisolm and Winston Fitzgerald	ST	04:41
Kimberley Fraser	The Fairy Dance	Falling on New Ground	07:36
Hugh MacDonald A.	Starlight Waltz	Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz	02:55
Shannon Quinn	Jigs	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:27
Teresa Doyle	La Nourrice du Roi	Cradle on the Waves	05:37
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
O'Kannagan	South Australia	The Leaving	03:13
Figgy Duff	Geese in the Bog	ST	02:48
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
Olivia Korkola	St. Joseph Island Jig - Peter Gray - Kiley’s Reel	Playing in Traffic	03:11
Celtic Connection	Roddy McCorley	Calvert's Dream	03:19
Wonderful Grand Band	Sonny's Dream	ST	03:15
Whitehorse	The Black Sheep	The Ship That Never Returned	04:56
Celtic Connection	Risin’ of the Moon	Calvert's Dream	03:23
Fine Crowd	Clean Up After The Time	Poverty's Arse	03:31
Fine Crowd	Parting Glass	Poverty's Arse	02:48
Ryan's Fancy	Carrick Fergus	Looking Back	03:22
Figgy Duff	Centennial Highway Reel - Cooley's Reel	After the Tempest	02:25
O'Kannagan	Watlz For Sarah	The Leaving	03:11
JP Cormier	Kelly's Mountain	Another Morning	04:55
Carl Peterson	I'm a Rover	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:18
Kimberley Fraser	The Cheticamp Set	Falling on New Ground	03:18
Celtic Connection	Last Shanty	Calvert's Dream	03:01
Drumlin	Try For Me	Paper Flowers	03:11
Fine Crowd	Green Valleys	Poverty's Arse	03:21
Shannon Quinn	Siuil a Ruin	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:44
Wonderful Grand Band	The Budgell's Jigs	ST	02:43
Fleur Mainville	Mixed Up	It's About Time	02:17
Whitehorse	The Answer to 21 - Years	The Ship That Never Returned	03:17
JP Cormier	Another Morning	Another Morning	03:50
Beòlach	Slip Set	ST	04:40
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
Fine Crowd	Donald MacGillavry	Sucker For Good Company	02:39
Figgy Duff	Auntie Mary - Brother's Jig	After the Tempest	02:42
Figgy Duff	Matt Eiley	ST	04:52
Whitehorse	No Momma on Mother's Day	The Ship That Never Returned	02:31
Bill Livingstone	Bill's Blues (Piping in 12 Bars, A Piper's Dream)	Northern Man	03:21
Celtic Connection	McRory	Calvert's Dream	04:32
Celtic Connection	Ordinary Man	Calvert's Dream	06:10
Olivia Korkola	Tanera Mor	Playing in Traffic	04:32
Beòlach	Hot Lunch Set	Variations	07:03
Emile Benoit	Skeleton Reel - Flying Reel	Emile's Dream	03:59
Carl Peterson	Black Velvet Band	A Man With a Song in His Heart	04:23
Whitehorse	Geese in the Bog	The Ship That Never Returned	02:14
Fine Crowd	Kelly's Lament and the Happy Happy Reels	Sucker For Good Company	04:02
Ryan's Fancy	The Wreck of The Anna Maria	Dark Island	03:04
Ryan's Fancy	The Peat Bog Soldiers	Dark Island	03:19
Carl Peterson	I've Gotta Gift	A Man With a Song in His Heart	01:53
Fleur Mainville	Down Home	It's About Time	02:41
Whitehorse	French Jig	The Ship That Never Returned	02:11
O'Kannagan	Katie	The Leaving	02:56
Enter the Haggis	Year of the Rat	The Modest Revolution	02:55
Teresa Doyle	Lagan Love	Cradle on the Waves	05:25
Fine Crowd	Theresa Maria	Poverty's Arse	03:34
Ryan's Fancy	Nancy Whiskey	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:07
Fleur Mainville	Back Up the Bow	It's About Time	04:30
Carl Peterson	Sunshine	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:02
Fleur Mainville	The Big Rock Candy Mountain	It's About Time	02:40
Whitehorse	Flowers in Edinburgh	The Ship That Never Returned	01:50
Figgy Duff	Thomas and Nancy	After the Tempest	05:27
Wonderful Grand Band	Don't Wake Me Up Too Early	ST	02:36
Drumlin	Louie	Paper Flowers	03:15
Mary Lamond Jane	Seinn O	Suas E!	02:54
Teresa Doyle	Crazy Man Michael	Prince Edward Island, Adieu	03:25
Beòlach	Three Mile Bridge	ST	05:10
Ryan's Fancy	By The Bright Silvery Light of the Moon	Dark Island	02:22

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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