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
Carl Peterson	Black Velvet Band	A Man With a Song in His Heart	04:23
Carol Brothers	The Golden Jubilee	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:49
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
Emile Benoit	Clode Sound Jig	Emile's Dream	01:41
Fine Crowd	Parting Glass	Poverty's Arse	02:48
Celtic Connection	Last Shanty	Calvert's Dream	03:01
Peter Purvis	Roaring Ray	A New Tradition	02:51
Teresa Doyle	Land for the Tiller	Stowaway	03:35
Bonnie Scots	Lizzie Lindsay	Laugh and Cry	03:33
Bill Livingstone	Northern Man	Northern Man	05:28
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	Love Song	Looking Back	02:00
Emile Benoit	Roaming Scott	Emile's Dream	02:05
Ryan's Fancy	By The Bright Silvery Light of the Moon	Dark Island	02:22
Troy Macgillivray	Jig Detour	Live at the Music Room	03:19
O'Kannagan	Irish Rover	The Leaving	03:33
Wonderful Grand Band	(Just Like a) Movie Scene	ST	03:39
Shannon Quinn	Siuil a Ruin	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:44
Anna Ludlow	Weeping Willow Tree	Reel to Reel	03:25
Kimberley Fraser	The Cheticamp Set	Falling on New Ground	03:18
Celtic Connection	Now I’m Easy	Calvert's Dream	05:38
Fleur Mainville	Homemade	It's About Time	02:59
Carol Brothers	Cottage by the Lee	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:28
O'Kannagan	Mari's Wedding	The Leaving	02:36
Brenda Stubbert	March Strathspey and Reels in A	Endless Memories	05:06
O'Kannagan	Katie	The Leaving	02:56
Anna Ludlow	Anna & Hector's Set	Reel to Reel	05:54
Ryan's Fancy	The Beginning	Dark Island	02:13
Figgy Duff	The Gypsy	After the Tempest	03:12
Drumlin	Paper Flowers	Paper Flowers	03:06
Ryan's Fancy	Nancy Whiskey	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:07
Ryan's Fancy	A Children's Winter	Dark Island	02:49
Chetticamp Connection	MacGregor Jig - Murray River - Lost My Love	Phase II	03:08
Teresa Doyle	The Maid of Coolmore	Cradle on the Waves	03:46
Emile Benoit	Lightkeeper's Jig - Long Point Reel	Emile's Dream	02:34
Fleur Mainville	My Favorite Things	Finding Treasures	05:34
Ryan's Fancy	The Night That Paddy Murphy Died	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	01:38
Enter the Haggis	Down the Line	The Modest Revolution	03:17
Teresa Doyle	Cradle on the Waves	Cradle on the Waves	03:20
Carl Peterson	Sunshine	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:02
O'Kannagan	Farewell to Nova Scotia	The Leaving	02:52
Emile Benoit	Farewell Reel	Emile's Dream	01:27
Fleur Mainville	La Rose	Finding Treasures	03:39
Teresa Doyle	Sleep Song	Cradle on the Waves	04:08
Fine Crowd	By Peter Kerrivan	Poverty's Arse	04:41
Drumlin	Annabel Lee	Paper Flowers	03:36
Fleur Mainville	Dinky's Ramblings	Finding Treasures	04:02
Bill Livingstone	Bill's Blues (Piping in 12 Bars, A Piper's Dream)	Northern Man	03:21
Carol Brothers	If I Were a Blackbird	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:22
Drumlin	Someone	Paper Flowers	03:24
Willie Kennedy	Inganess-Trad'l fr Duncan MacQuarrie-Trad'l fr Dan J Campbell-Trad'l fr Johnny Wilmot-Athole Brose (strathspeys); General Stewart-Gillis' Favourite-Francis Beaton's-Donald MacGugan's Rant-Jenny Pippin-Jenny Dang the Weaver - Sir David Davidson of Cantry	Cape Breton Violin	08:50
Karen Mackenzie	Givin' In	Wind Don't Blow	02:28
Fleur Mainville	The Long Hull	Finding Treasures	02:53
O'Kannagan	Dirty Old Town	The Leaving	03:41
Drumlin	Cries	Paper Flowers	03:38
Bonnie Scots	Northern Lights of Aberdeen	Laugh and Cry	02:02
Lauchlin Gillis C.	Mairi Mhin Mheall-Shuileach (Lassie of the Witchin' E'e)	Mairi Mhin Mheall-Shuileach (Lassie of the Witchin' E'e) // Eilean mo Chridh (My Isle Beloved)	02:35
Teresa Doyle	Lagan Love	Cradle on the Waves	05:25
Fleur Mainville	The Big Rock Candy Mountain	It's About Time	02:40
Celtic Connection	Molly Bawn	Calvert's Dream	05:08
Emile Benoit	Arriving To St. John's - Emile's Dream	Emile's Dream	02:22
Mary Lamond Jane	Òran Luaidh (A milling song from Lachie Dan N. MacLellan)	Stòras	03:58
Figgy Duff	Lake St. John Reel - The Blackthorn Stick	After the Tempest	02:19
Carol Brothers	Goodbye Johnny Dear	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:23
Figgy Duff	Honour, Riches (song from The Tempest)-Breakwater Boys Breakdown	After the Tempest	04:34
Enter the Haggis	Can’t Trust the News	The Modest Revolution	03:53
Shannon Quinn	Maids of Mitchelstown	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:28
Troy Macgillivray	New Tunemakers	When Here Meets There	05:00
Figgy Duff	4-Stop Jigs (Sally's Jig / Arts Jig)	ST	03:05
Anna Ludlow	The Flat Roof House	Reel to Reel	03:30
Fleur Mainville	5 For 4	Finding Treasures	03:04
Celtic Connection	McRory	Calvert's Dream	04:32
Olivia Korkola	Beautiful Lake Ainslie	Playing in Traffic	03:40
Wonderful Grand Band	Maid in France: St Laurent, Rufus' Tune, The Maid I Ne'er Forgot	ST	03:05
Carl Peterson	I Passed By	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:25
Drumlin	Louie	Paper Flowers	03:15
Figgy Duff	Auntie Mary - Brother's Jig	After the Tempest	02:42
Figgy Duff	Centennial Highway Reel - Cooley's Reel	After the Tempest	02:25
Drumlin	Little Things	Paper Flowers	03:06
Emile Benoit	Piccadilly Slant: West Bay Centre; Making the Curve to Black Duck Brook; Brother's Jig	Emile's Dream	04:58
Celtic Connection	Leavin’ London	Calvert's Dream	03:08
Beòlach	Belle Lane	Variations	05:47
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
Ryan's Fancy	Road To the Isles & The Beggarman	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:10
Bonnie Scots	Coulter's Candy	Laugh and Cry	02:37
Carol Brothers	Hannigans Hooley	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	01:09
Teresa Doyle	La Nourrice du Roi	Cradle on the Waves	05:37
Olivia Korkola	The New Canadian Waltz	Playing in Traffic	02:38
Figgy Duff	The Darby Ram	After the Tempest	02:59
O'Kannagan	Rare Auld Times	The Leaving	05:14
Fleur Mainville	Mixed Up	It's About Time	02:17
Colin Grant	Les tounes acadiennes	ST	04:20
Carl Peterson	I've Gotta Gift	A Man With a Song in His Heart	01:53
Carl Peterson	A Man with a Song in His Heart	A Man With a Song in His Heart	04:12
Ryan's Fancy	Fare Thee Well Enniskillen	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:47
Mary Lamond Jane	Fàill Ìll Ò Ro	Làn Dùil	03:54
Whitehorse	Flowers in Edinburgh	The Ship That Never Returned	01:50
Celtic Connection	Ordinary Man	Calvert's Dream	06:10
Drumlin	Try For Me	Paper Flowers	03:11
Figgy Duff	Jim Rumbolt's Tune	After the Tempest	00:51

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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