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
Emile Benoit	Skeleton Reel - Flying Reel	Emile's Dream	03:59
Carl Peterson	Ballad of Sam Hill	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:31
Bill Livingstone	Bill's Blues (Piping in 12 Bars, A Piper's Dream)	Northern Man	03:21
Olivia Korkola	Tanera Mor	Playing in Traffic	04:32
Olivia Korkola	Christie Campbell Strathspey: The Thunderbolt Reel - Olivia’s Reel - The Weasel (feat. Pierre Schryer, Brenda Stubbert)	Playing in Traffic	04:54
Drumlin	Cries	Paper Flowers	03:38
Kiérah	That Dang Tune - Paddy Ryan’s Dream	Stone Mason's Daughter	03:39
Carol Brothers	If I Were a Blackbird	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:22
Fleur Mainville	Down Home	It's About Time	02:41
Whitehorse	French Jig	The Ship That Never Returned	02:11
Fine Crowd	Clean Up After The Time	Poverty's Arse	03:31
Olivia Korkola	Beautiful Lake Ainslie	Playing in Traffic	03:40
Carl Peterson	Without Sun, Without Rain	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:04
Drumlin	Paper Flowers	Paper Flowers	03:06
Celtic Connection	Molly Bawn	Calvert's Dream	05:08
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
Teresa Doyle	La Nourrice du Roi	Cradle on the Waves	05:37
Whitehorse	The Black Sheep	The Ship That Never Returned	04:56
Figgy Duff	The Fisher who Died in his Bed	ST	03:37
Figgy Duff	Now I'm 64	ST	03:02
Ryan's Fancy	Delaney's Donkey	Looking Back	02:48
Fine Crowd	Theresa Maria	Poverty's Arse	03:34
Mary Lamond Jane	Màiri Bhàn Dhail an Eas (Fair Mary from Dalness)	Stòras	05:40
Angus Gillis Allan	Don Side - Lady Georgina Campbell	Don Side/ Lady Georgina Campbell // Johnnie Cope	03:04
Olivia Korkola	Black and White Rag	Playing in Traffic	02:16
Brenda Stubbert	Tribute to John Morris Rankin Set	Endless Memories	04:13
Carl Peterson	Black Velvet Band	A Man With a Song in His Heart	04:23
Carl Peterson	I'd Rather be Gone	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:26
Ryan's Fancy	Finnegan's Wake	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:41
O'Kannagan	Katie	The Leaving	02:56
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Figgy Duff	Lake St. John Reel - The Blackthorn Stick	After the Tempest	02:19
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
Ryan's Fancy	Banks Of Sicily	Looking Back	02:30
Troy Macgillivray	Welcome Blast	Live at the Music Room	10:45
Fleur Mainville	En Francais	It's About Time	03:51
Bonnie Scots	The Drunken Man	Laugh and Cry	02:31
Whitehorse	The Answer to 21 - Years	The Ship That Never Returned	03:17
Rachel Davis	In the Drive'ers Seat	ST	05:39
Carol Brothers	Acushla Mine	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:31
Teresa Doyle	The Seven Rejoices of the Virgin Mary	Orrachan - The Divine Feminine in Gaelic Song	03:34
Fine Crowd	Donald MacGillavry	Sucker For Good Company	02:39
Ryan's Fancy	Miss McLeod's Reel	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	01:35
O'Kannagan	Irish Rover	The Leaving	03:33
Ryan's Fancy	The Tiree Love Song	Dark Island	03:41
Anna Ludlow	Jig of Slurs	Reel to Reel	03:24
Fine Crowd	Wha'd'ya Think Of Me Now	Sucker For Good Company	03:21
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
Olivia Korkola	Reel à Joseph - Éolie - Saint-Antoine	Playing in Traffic	04:40
Figgy Duff	Dans la prison de londres	After the Tempest	03:36
Teresa Doyle	Lagan Love	Cradle on the Waves	05:25
Fleur Mainville	Les Amis	It's About Time	03:31
O'Kannagan	The Leaving	The Leaving	02:51
Ryan's Fancy	Looking Back	Looking Back	02:53
Ryan's Fancy	Intro	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	00:22
Emile Benoit	Piccadilly Slant: West Bay Centre; Making the Curve to Black Duck Brook; Brother's Jig	Emile's Dream	04:58
Emile Benoit	Farewell Reel	Emile's Dream	01:27
Carol Brothers	October Winds	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:09
Douglas Cameron	Some Mabou Tunes Plus	ST	04:58
Drumlin	Try For Me	Paper Flowers	03:11
Celtic Connection	Last Shanty	Calvert's Dream	03:01
Emile Benoit	Diane's Happiness - David's Reel	Emile's Dream	03:30
Ryan's Fancy	By The Bright Silvery Light of the Moon	Dark Island	02:22
O'Kannagan	Rare Auld Times	The Leaving	05:14
Teresa Doyle	Land for the Tiller	Stowaway	03:35
Whitehorse	Whitehorse Jig	The Ship That Never Returned	01:48
Karen Mackenzie	Small Town Blues	Wind Don't Blow	02:39
Hugh MacDonald A.	Walker Street Reel	Walker Street Reel // Areial Hornpipe	02:52
Emile Benoit	Reels: Comfort; Washroom; Joe Smallwood's	Emile's Dream	03:11
Teresa Doyle	And Summer Faire	Cradle on the Waves	04:06
Shannon Quinn	Jigs	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:27
Fleur Mainville	"G" Whiz	Finding Treasures	04:17
Drumlin	Fire	Paper Flowers	03:47
Figgy Duff	Quand j'etais fille a l'age quinze ans	ST	02:18
Olivia Korkola	Clare Jig - Buttermilk Mary - Carmen’s Amber	Playing in Traffic	03:27
JP Cormier	Another Morning	Another Morning	03:50
Colin Grant	Drive ‘er like ya stole ‘er!	ST	04:46
Ryan's Fancy	Connemara By The Lake	Looking Back	03:18
Joe MacLean and hid Old Time Scotch Music	Lady Duff - (Jig) - Bonnie Strathmore - (Jig) - Road to Skye - (Jig)	Mrs. Major Stewart of the Island of Java - (Slow Air)/ Snow Plough - Reel // Lady Duff - (Jig)/ Bonnie Strathmore - (Jig)/ Road to Skye - (Jig)	03:31
Peter Purvis	Roaring Ray	A New Tradition	02:51
Fine Crowd	Stubborn Man	Sucker For Good Company	03:11
Teresa Doyle	Cradle on the Waves	Cradle on the Waves	03:20
Ryan's Fancy	Everytime	Dark Island	03:23
Wonderful Grand Band	(Just Like a) Movie Scene	ST	03:39
Hugh MacDonald A.	Starlight Waltz	Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz	02:55
Fine Crowd	Poor Old Mare	Poverty's Arse	03:09
Fine Crowd	Banks of Newfoundland	Sucker For Good Company	03:48
Figgy Duff	Emile's Reels	ST	02:02
Fine Crowd	Chanty	Sucker For Good Company	02:53
Whitehorse	No Momma on Mother's Day	The Ship That Never Returned	02:31
Fine Crowd	The Richman	Sucker For Good Company	03:38
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
Ryan's Fancy	Butcher Boy	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	04:33
Beòlach	Belle Lane	Variations	05:47
Colin Grant	Les tounes acadiennes	ST	04:20
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Celtic Connection	Calvert’s Dream	Calvert's Dream	04:57
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
Figgy Duff	Rabbits in a basket	ST	02:58
Ryan's Fancy	Fare Thee Well Enniskillen	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:47

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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