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
Troy Macgillivray	Welcome Blast	Live at the Music Room	10:45
Ryan's Fancy	The Greenland Whale Fisheries	Dark Island	03:00
Colin Grant	Drive ‘er like ya stole ‘er!	ST	04:46
Carl Peterson	Me & Bobby McGee	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:29
Peter Purvis	Steam Train to Mallaig	A New Tradition	03:34
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
Teresa Doyle	Green Grow the Rushes	Cradle on the Waves	02:51
Carol Brothers	Galway Bay	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:09
Fine Crowd	Queen of Argyll	Poverty's Arse	04:02
Bill Livingstone	Bill's Blues (Piping in 12 Bars, A Piper's Dream)	Northern Man	03:21
Ryan's Fancy	Looking Back	Looking Back	02:53
Teresa Doyle	A Chuachag Nam Beann	Cradle on the Waves	04:39
Ryan's Fancy	Delaney's Donkey	Looking Back	02:48
Figgy Duff	Quand j'etais fille a l'age quinze ans	ST	02:18
Teresa Doyle	The Maid of Coolmore	Cradle on the Waves	03:46
Bonnie Scots	Northern Lights of Aberdeen	Laugh and Cry	02:02
Fleur Mainville	Ashoken Farwell	Finding Treasures	03:17
Emile Benoit	Emile's Reel	Emile's Dream	03:12
Ryan's Fancy	The Wreck of The Anna Maria	Dark Island	03:04
Anna Ludlow	Weeping Willow Tree	Reel to Reel	03:25
Bonnie Scots	The Billy and the Sally	Laugh and Cry	01:36
Teresa Doyle	Lagan Love	Cradle on the Waves	05:25
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
Celtic Connection	Ordinary Man	Calvert's Dream	06:10
Fleur Mainville	The Long Hull	Finding Treasures	02:53
Fleur Mainville	Aldune's Set	Finding Treasures	03:14
Douglas Cameron	Some Mabou Tunes Plus	ST	04:58
Emile Benoit	Clode Sound Jig	Emile's Dream	01:41
O'Kannagan	Irish Lament	The Leaving	03:18
Teresa Doyle	Crazy Man Michael	Prince Edward Island, Adieu	03:25
Chetticamp Connection	MacGregor Jig - Murray River - Lost My Love	Phase II	03:08
Wonderful Grand Band	The Budgell's Jigs	ST	02:43
Fine Crowd	Cod Liver Oil	Poverty's Arse	03:00
Drumlin	Try For Me	Paper Flowers	03:11
Douglas Cameron	Canadians on a Bender to the Wedding	ST	03:14
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
O'Kannagan	Watlz For Sarah	The Leaving	03:11
O'Kannagan	Star of the County Down	The Leaving	02:11
Karen Mackenzie	Small Town Blues	Wind Don't Blow	02:39
Enter the Haggis	Year of the Rat	The Modest Revolution	02:55
Emile Benoit	Jigs: Le Sabot; Gravel Pond	Emile's Dream	02:42
Hugh MacDonald A.	Starlight Waltz	Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz	02:55
Carol Brothers	If I Were a Blackbird	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:22
Drumlin	Fire	Paper Flowers	03:47
Dan Campbell J.	Mrs' Dingwall of Brockley's - Mist Over Cape Mabou - Carnie's Canter	Mrs' Dingwall of Brockley's/ Mist Over Cape Mabou/ Carnie's Canter // The Road to St. Rose/ Song of the Water-Mill	03:09
Fine Crowd	Green Valleys	Poverty's Arse	03:21
Ryan's Fancy	The Peat Bog Soldiers	Dark Island	03:19
Whitehorse	The Black Sheep	The Ship That Never Returned	04:56
Olivia Korkola	Black and White Rag	Playing in Traffic	02:16
Ryan's Fancy	The Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:20
O'Kannagan	South Australia	The Leaving	03:13
Fleur Mainville	Get Jiggy	It's About Time	01:40
Figgy Duff	Heel and Toe Polka - Paddy's Jig	After the Tempest	02:03
Beòlach	Holly Bush	ST	05:14
Kiérah	Tuttles - Devil’s Dream - Flora MacDonald’s - The Auld Fiddler	Stone Mason's Daughter	03:47
Carol Brothers	The Golden Jubilee	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:49
Ryan's Fancy	The Star Of Logy Bay	Looking Back	03:17
Beòlach	Belle Lane	Variations	05:47
Mary Lamond Jane	Fàill Ìll Ò Ro	Làn Dùil	03:54
Fine Crowd	When I Fury	Sucker For Good Company	03:56
Brenda Stubbert	Tribute to John Morris Rankin Set	Endless Memories	04:13
Wonderful Grand Band	Home on the Island	ST	03:18
Peter Purvis	Roaring Ray	A New Tradition	02:51
Teresa Doyle	Cradle on the Waves	Cradle on the Waves	03:20
Ryan's Fancy	Love Song	Looking Back	02:00
O'Kannagan	Farewell to Nova Scotia	The Leaving	02:52
O'Kannagan	Katie	The Leaving	02:56
Bonnie Scots	The Drunken Man	Laugh and Cry	02:31
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
Fine Crowd	The Lesson	Sucker For Good Company	04:10
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
Celtic Connection	Shores of Newfoundland - Traveler’s Reel	Calvert's Dream	03:15
Angus Gillis 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
Teresa Doyle	The Old Turf Fire	Cradle on the Waves	02:45
Whitehorse	Flowers in Edinburgh	The Ship That Never Returned	01:50
Emile Benoit	Reels: Comfort; Washroom; Joe Smallwood's	Emile's Dream	03:11
Celtic Connection	Leavin’ London	Calvert's Dream	03:08
Carl Peterson	I'm a Rover	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:18
Brenda Stubbert	March Strathspey and Reels in A	Endless Memories	05:06
Ryan's Fancy	The Chieftain's Welcome	Looking Back	01:34
Fine Crowd	Days Gone By	Poverty's Arse	05:24
Hugh MacDonald A.	Walker Street Reel	Walker Street Reel // Areial Hornpipe	02:52
Rachel Davis	Dan Hughie & Buddy Jigs	ST	03:15
Figgy Duff	Half Door-Larry's Lacer-Mother on the Doorstep	ST	03:14
Figgy Duff	Geese in the Bog	ST	02:48
Wonderful Grand Band	Maid in France: St Laurent, Rufus' Tune, The Maid I Ne'er Forgot	ST	03:05
Fine Crowd	The Sun Song	Sucker For Good Company	02:54
Emile Benoit	Lightkeeper's Jig - Long Point Reel	Emile's Dream	02:34
Emile Benoit	Michael T. Wall Breakdown	Emile's Dream	01:29
Wonderful Grand Band	Don't Wake Me Up Too Early	ST	02:36
Teresa Doyle	La Nourrice du Roi	Cradle on the Waves	05:37
Fleur Mainville	Northern Cajun Man	It's About Time	03:36
Drumlin	Louie	Paper Flowers	03:15
Rachel Davis	In the Drive'ers Seat	ST	05:39
Emile Benoit	Farewell Reel	Emile's Dream	01:27
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
Whitehorse	The Gay Spanish Maid	The Ship That Never Returned	04:29
Fine Crowd	The Richman	Sucker For Good Company	03:38
Shannon Quinn	Jigs	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:27
Celtic Connection	Roddy McCorley	Calvert's Dream	03:19

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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