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
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
Wonderful Grand Band	Medley: The Washroom Reel, Joe Smallwood's Reel, The Humours of Lissadel	ST	03:36
Teresa Doyle	The Maid of Coolmore	Cradle on the Waves	03:46
Peter Purvis	Roaring Ray	A New Tradition	02:51
Fleur Mainville	River Johnnies	Finding Treasures	04:19
O'Kannagan	Irish Lament	The Leaving	03:18
Ryan's Fancy	Intro	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	00:22
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
O'Kannagan	All the Best	The Leaving	03:40
Whitehorse	The Ship That Never Returned	The Ship That Never Returned	03:23
Fleur Mainville	Mixed Up	It's About Time	02:17
Fine Crowd	When I Fury	Sucker For Good Company	03:56
Carol Brothers	If I Were a Blackbird	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:22
Ryan's Fancy	Connemara By The Lake	Looking Back	03:18
Carol Brothers	Doonaree	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:50
Carol Brothers	Cottage by the Lee	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:28
Carol Brothers	Goodbye Johnny Dear	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:23
Figgy Duff	Centennial Highway Reel - Cooley's Reel	After the Tempest	02:25
Enter the Haggis	Down the Line	The Modest Revolution	03:17
Figgy Duff	Emile's Reels	ST	02:02
Rachel Davis	Dan Hughie & Buddy Jigs	ST	03:15
Figgy Duff	4-Stop Jigs (Sally's Jig / Arts Jig)	ST	03:05
Teresa Doyle	A Lullabye	Cradle on the Waves	03:45
Emile Benoit	Farewell Reel	Emile's Dream	01:27
Bonnie Scots	The Drunken Man	Laugh and Cry	02:31
Figgy Duff	The Greenland Disaster (Sealing Song)	ST	04:43
Enter the Haggis	Year of the Rat	The Modest Revolution	02:55
Brenda Stubbert	Tribute to John Morris Rankin Set	Endless Memories	04:13
Teresa Doyle	La Nourrice du Roi	Cradle on the Waves	05:37
Fine Crowd	Green Valleys	Poverty's Arse	03:21
Ryan's Fancy	Galway City	Looking Back	02:56
Celtic Connection	Last Shanty	Calvert's Dream	03:01
Wonderful Grand Band	For You and Me	ST	03:27
Carl Peterson	I've Gotta Gift	A Man With a Song in His Heart	01:53
Figgy Duff	Rabbits in a basket	ST	02:58
Douglas Cameron	Canadians on a Bender to the Wedding	ST	03:14
Figgy Duff	A Sailor Courted a Farmer's Daughter	After the Tempest	04:50
Whitehorse	Geese in the Bog	The Ship That Never Returned	02:14
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Carl Peterson	I Passed By	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:25
Teresa Doyle	Sleep Song	Cradle on the Waves	04:08
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
Bonnie Scots	Scotland 'Ra Brave	Laugh and Cry	01:38
Wonderful Grand Band	Sonny's Dream	ST	03:15
Brenda Stubbert	March Strathspey and Reels in A	Endless Memories	05:06
Fleur Mainville	Back Up the Bow	It's About Time	04:30
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
Carol Brothers	October Winds	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:09
Drumlin	Louie	Paper Flowers	03:15
Figgy Duff	Lake St. John Reel - The Blackthorn Stick	After the Tempest	02:19
Fine Crowd	Follow Me Up to Carlow	Poverty's Arse	02:23
Celtic Connection	Shores of Newfoundland - Traveler’s Reel	Calvert's Dream	03:15
Celtic Connection	Risin’ of the Moon	Calvert's Dream	03:23
Ryan's Fancy	The Peat Bog Soldiers	Dark Island	03:19
Carol Brothers	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:45
Carol Brothers	The Spinning Wheel	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:49
Tony McManus	Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:49
Ryan's Fancy	The Night That Paddy Murphy Died	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	01:38
Figgy Duff	Tinker Behind the Door	ST	02:14
Bonnie Scots	This Land Is Your Land	Laugh and Cry	02:56
Fine Crowd	Donald MacGillavry	Sucker For Good Company	02:39
O'Kannagan	Irish Rover	The Leaving	03:33
Carol Brothers	Galway Bay	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:09
O'Kannagan	I's The B'y	The Leaving	02:56
Drumlin	Fire	Paper Flowers	03:47
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
Fleur Mainville	The Big Rock Candy Mountain	It's About Time	02:40
Figgy Duff	Heel and Toe Polka - Paddy's Jig	After the Tempest	02:03
Whitehorse	Missing in Action	The Ship That Never Returned	02:08
Fleur Mainville	Dinky's Ramblings	Finding Treasures	04:02
Celtic Connection	Brennan on the Moor - The Bullet Jig	Calvert's Dream	02:46
Whitehorse	Whitehorse Jig	The Ship That Never Returned	01:48
Olivia Korkola	Reel à Joseph - Éolie - Saint-Antoine	Playing in Traffic	04:40
Celtic Connection	Molly Bawn	Calvert's Dream	05:08
Fleur Mainville	Les Amis	It's About Time	03:31
Kimberley Fraser	The Mortgage Burn	Falling on New Ground	08:56
Carol Brothers	Acushla Mine	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:31
Carol Brothers	Hannigans Hooley	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:09
Fleur Mainville	5 For 4	Finding Treasures	03:04
Wonderful Grand Band	The Jig is Up	ST	01:58
O'Kannagan	Farewell to Nova Scotia	The Leaving	02:52
Ryan's Fancy	Twenty One Years	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:49
O'Kannagan	Rare Auld Times	The Leaving	05:14
Ryan's Fancy	The Tiree Love Song	Dark Island	03:41
Douglas Cameron	Some Mabou Tunes Plus	ST	04:58
Figgy Duff	Matt Eiley	ST	04:52
Fine Crowd	The Sun Song	Sucker For Good Company	02:54
Anna Ludlow	Anna & Hector's Set	Reel to Reel	05:54
Olivia Korkola	Christie Campbell Strathspey: The Thunderbolt Reel - Olivia’s Reel - The Weasel (feat. Pierre Schryer, Brenda Stubbert)	Playing in Traffic	04:54
Bonnie Scots	The Billy and the Sally	Laugh and Cry	01:36
Fleur Mainville	The Long Hull	Finding Treasures	02:53
Emile Benoit	Skeleton Reel - Flying Reel	Emile's Dream	03:59
Celtic Connection	Song For Ireland	Calvert's Dream	04:13
Olivia Korkola	The Bonnie Lass o’Bon Accord - The Hurricane (feat. Ashley MacIsaac)	Playing in Traffic	03:58
Fine Crowd	Clean Up After The Time	Poverty's Arse	03:31
Fleur Mainville	La Rose	Finding Treasures	03:39
Ryan's Fancy	A Children's Winter	Dark Island	02:49
Fine Crowd	Cod Liver Oil	Poverty's Arse	03:00
Carol Brothers	Ireland I Love You, Acushla Macree	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:31
Beòlach	Holly Bush	ST	05:14

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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