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.

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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
Mainville, Fleur	The Long Hull	Finding Treasures	02:53
Wonderful Grand Band	For You and Me	ST	03:27
Korkola, Olivia	Reel à Joseph - Éolie - Saint-Antoine	Playing in Traffic	04:40
O'Kannagan	South Australia	The Leaving	03:13
Figgy Duff	The Darby Ram	After the Tempest	02:59
Fine Crowd	Poor Old Mare	Poverty's Arse	03:09
Ryan's Fancy	The Star Of Logy Bay	Looking Back	03:17
Lamond, Mary Jane	Fàill Ìll Ò Ro	Làn Dùil	03:54
Benoit, Emile	Farewell Reel	Emile's Dream	01:27
Figgy Duff	Auntie Mary - Brother's Jig	After the Tempest	02:42
Mainville, Fleur	"G" Whiz	Finding Treasures	04:17
Wonderful Grand Band	One Last Lover	ST	02:54
Ryan's Fancy	Cape Breton Lullaby	Looking Back	03:22
Fine Crowd	Kelly's Lament and the Happy Happy Reels	Sucker For Good Company	04:02
Purvis, Peter	Roaring Ray	A New Tradition	02:51
Drumlin	Cries	Paper Flowers	03:38
Mainville, Fleur	Aldune's Set	Finding Treasures	03:14
Figgy Duff	Now I'm 64	ST	03:02
Ryan's Fancy	Everytime	Dark Island	03:23
Celtic Connection	Now I’m Easy	Calvert's Dream	05:38
Macgillivray, Troy	Welcome Blast	Live at the Music Room	10:45
Mainville, Fleur	Back Up the Bow	It's About Time	04:30
Celtic Connection	Song For Ireland	Calvert's Dream	04:13
Ludlow, Anna	Anna & Hector's Set	Reel to Reel	05:54
Grant, Colin	Drive ‘er like ya stole ‘er!	ST	04:46
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	If I Were a Blackbird	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:22
Korkola, Olivia	My Mind Will Never be Aisy - G- Jig - Gabe’s Hospitality (feat. Brenda Stubbert)	Playing in Traffic	03:34
O'Kannagan	Katie	The Leaving	02:56
Ryan's Fancy	The Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:20
Livingstone, Bill	Northern Man	Northern Man	05:28
Peterson, Carl	I Once Loved a Lass	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:38
Fine Crowd	The Richman	Sucker For Good Company	03:38
Doyle, Teresa	Land for the Tiller	Stowaway	03:35
Macgillivray, Troy	Jig Detour	Live at the Music Room	03:19
Cormier, JP	Kelly's Mountain	Another Morning	04:55
Bonnie Scots	This Land Is Your Land	Laugh and Cry	02:56
Ryan's Fancy	Twenty One Years	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:49
Bonnie Scots	Jeanie McCall	Laugh and Cry	01:49
Beòlach	Hot Lunch Set	Variations	07:03
Figgy Duff	Jim Rumbolt's Tune	After the Tempest	00:51
Lamond, Mary Jane	Màiri Bhàn Dhail an Eas (Fair Mary from Dalness)	Stòras	05:40
Brothers, Carol	The Spinning Wheel	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:49
Korkola, Olivia	Reel de Maillette - St. Anne’s Reel - Philip’s Reel	Playing in Traffic	04:00
Fine Crowd	Queen of Argyll	Poverty's Arse	04:02
Ryan's Fancy	The Rose Of Mooncoin	Dark Island	03:58
Figgy Duff	Kissing Dance Medley: Kissing Dance - Branch Tunes - Soldier's Joy - Reel	ST	03:48
Figgy Duff	Rabbits in a basket	ST	02:58
Ryan's Fancy	Galway City	Looking Back	02:56
Doyle, Teresa	The Old Turf Fire	Cradle on the Waves	02:45
Ryan's Fancy	Fare Thee Well Enniskillen	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:47
Brothers, Carol	Doonaree	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:50
Doyle, Teresa	Cradle on the Waves	Cradle on the Waves	03:20
Celtic Connection	Brennan on the Moor - The Bullet Jig	Calvert's Dream	02:46
Mainville, Fleur	Dinky's Ramblings	Finding Treasures	04:02
Gillis, Angus Allan	Johnnie Cope	Don Side/ Lady Georgina Campbell // Johnnie Cope	03:09
Brothers, Carol	October Winds	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:09
Korkola, Olivia	Clare Jig - Buttermilk Mary - Carmen’s Amber	Playing in Traffic	03:27
Fine Crowd	Wha'd'ya Think Of Me Now	Sucker For Good Company	03:21
Mainville, Fleur	The Big Rock Candy Mountain	It's About Time	02:40
Fine Crowd	By Peter Kerrivan	Poverty's Arse	04:41
Mainville, Fleur	5 For 4	Finding Treasures	03:04
Ryan's Fancy	The Night That Paddy Murphy Died	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	01:38
Fine Crowd	The Sun Song	Sucker For Good Company	02:54
Benoit, Emile	Arriving To St. John's - Emile's Dream	Emile's Dream	02:22
Korkola, Olivia	Christie Campbell Strathspey: The Thunderbolt Reel - Olivia’s Reel - The Weasel (feat. Pierre Schryer, Brenda Stubbert)	Playing in Traffic	04:54
Enter the Haggis	Can’t Trust the News	The Modest Revolution	03:53
Mainville, Fleur	La Rose	Finding Treasures	03:39
Fine Crowd	Jolly Tinker - Kerry Polka - Julia Delaney - The Banshee	Poverty's Arse	03:56
Mainville, Fleur	Ashoken Farwell	Finding Treasures	03:17
Mainville, Fleur	Homemade	It's About Time	02:59
Benoit, Emile	Piccadilly Slant: West Bay Centre; Making the Curve to Black Duck Brook; Brother's Jig	Emile's Dream	04:58
Mainville, Fleur	Amazing Grace	It's About Time	02:28
Celtic Connection	Last Shanty	Calvert's Dream	03:01
Figgy Duff	Matt Eiley	ST	04:52
Mackenzie, Karen	Small Town Blues	Wind Don't Blow	02:39
Beòlach	Norman's	Variations	03:37
Mainville, Fleur	Jig-O-Low	Finding Treasures	03:45
Gillis, Angus 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
Mainville, Fleur	River Johnnies	Finding Treasures	04:19
Beòlach	Superfly	ST	04:58
Figgy Duff	The Greenland Disaster (Sealing Song)	ST	04:43
Drumlin	Fire	Paper Flowers	03:47
Fine Crowd	Bonavist Line	Sucker For Good Company	01:43
Ryan's Fancy	Dark Island	Dark Island	03:59
Quinn, Shannon	Maids of Mitchelstown	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:28
Gillis, Angus Allan	Don Side - Lady Georgina Campbell	Don Side/ Lady Georgina Campbell // Johnnie Cope	03:04
Fine Crowd	Follow Me Up to Carlow	Poverty's Arse	02:23
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
Korkola, Olivia	Beautiful Lake Ainslie	Playing in Traffic	03:40
Benoit, Emile	Ryan's Fancy Arriving	Emile's Dream	01:55
Wonderful Grand Band	Sonny's Dream	ST	03:15
Benoit, Emile	Happiness Reel - Lovers Reel	Emile's Dream	03:19
Drumlin	Paper Flowers	Paper Flowers	03:06
Ryan's Fancy	A Children's Winter	Dark Island	02:49
Figgy Duff	Half Door-Larry's Lacer-Mother on the Doorstep	ST	03:14
Fine Crowd	Chanty	Sucker For Good Company	02:53
Benoit, Emile	Jigs: Le Sabot; Gravel Pond	Emile's Dream	02:42
O'Kannagan	Watlz For Sarah	The Leaving	03:11
Ryan's Fancy	Manchester Rambler	Dark Island	03:47

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