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
Bill Livingstone	Bill's Blues (Piping in 12 Bars, A Piper's Dream)	Northern Man	03:21
Peter Purvis	Steam Train to Mallaig	A New Tradition	03:34
Hugh MacDonald A.	Starlight Waltz	Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz	02:55
Hugh MacDonald A.	Favourite Polka	Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz	02:53
Bonnie Scots	Scotland 'Ra Brave	Laugh and Cry	01:38
Olivia Korkola	Chorus Jig - Jesse Korkola’s Strathspey - Francis Beaton’s - The Snow Plough (feat. Jesse Korkola)	Playing in Traffic	04:40
Drumlin	Cries	Paper Flowers	03:38
Beòlach	Holly Bush	ST	05:14
Kimberley Fraser	Jigs Wit' Troy	Heart Behind the Bow	03:29
Troy Macgillivray	New Tunemakers	When Here Meets There	05:00
Olivia Korkola	Clare Jig - Buttermilk Mary - Carmen’s Amber	Playing in Traffic	03:27
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
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
Drumlin	Louie	Paper Flowers	03:15
Figgy Duff	Half Door-Larry's Lacer-Mother on the Doorstep	ST	03:14
Wonderful Grand Band	Don't Wake Me Up Too Early	ST	02:36
Fleur Mainville	"G" Whiz	Finding Treasures	04:17
Fleur Mainville	5 For 4	Finding Treasures	03:04
Emile Benoit	Piccadilly Slant: West Bay Centre; Making the Curve to Black Duck Brook; Brother's Jig	Emile's Dream	04:58
Colin Grant	Les tounes acadiennes	ST	04:20
Carl Peterson	I Passed By	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:25
Teresa Doyle	La Nourrice du Roi	Cradle on the Waves	05:37
Fine Crowd	When I Fury	Sucker For Good Company	03:56
Carol Brothers	Cottage by the Lee	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:28
Fleur Mainville	La Rose	Finding Treasures	03:39
Wonderful Grand Band	(Just Like a) Movie Scene	ST	03:39
Celtic Connection	Brennan on the Moor - The Bullet Jig	Calvert's Dream	02:46
Celtic Connection	Calvert’s Dream	Calvert's Dream	04:57
Whitehorse	Geese in the Bog	The Ship That Never Returned	02:14
Wonderful Grand Band	Home on the Island	ST	03:18
Ryan's Fancy	The Tiree Love Song	Dark Island	03:41
Fine Crowd	Parting Glass	Poverty's Arse	02:48
Wonderful Grand Band	The Jig is Up	ST	01:58
Brenda Stubbert	The Crooked Stovepipe Set	Endless Memories	03:29
Ryan's Fancy	Intro	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	00:22
Figgy Duff	Honour, Riches (song from The Tempest)-Breakwater Boys Breakdown	After the Tempest	04:34
Ryan's Fancy	Looking Back	Looking Back	02:53
Fleur Mainville	Mackeel's Reel	Finding Treasures	06:35
Figgy Duff	The Fisher who Died in his Bed	ST	03:37
Fine Crowd	Bonavist Line	Sucker For Good Company	01:43
Figgy Duff	Quand j'etais fille a l'age quinze ans	ST	02:18
Mary Lamond Jane	Màiri Bhàn Dhail an Eas (Fair Mary from Dalness)	Stòras	05:40
Carol Brothers	October Winds	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:09
Chetticamp Connection	MacGregor Jig - Murray River - Lost My Love	Phase II	03:08
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Celtic Connection	Song For Ireland	Calvert's Dream	04:13
Colin Grant	Drive ‘er like ya stole ‘er!	ST	04:46
Anna Ludlow	Jig of Slurs	Reel to Reel	03:24
Ryan's Fancy	The Wreck of The Anna Maria	Dark Island	03:04
Wonderful Grand Band	For You and Me	ST	03:27
Fine Crowd	Cod Liver Oil	Poverty's Arse	03:00
Fleur Mainville	Get Jiggy	It's About Time	01:40
Fleur Mainville	Mixed Up	It's About Time	02:17
Carl Peterson	Without Sun, Without Rain	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:04
Carol Brothers	Acushla Mine	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:31
Figgy Duff	The Ten Comandments	After the Tempest	02:38
Figgy Duff	Auntie Mary - Brother's Jig	After the Tempest	02:42
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
Fine Crowd	The Lesson	Sucker For Good Company	04:10
Figgy Duff	Kissing Dance Medley: Kissing Dance - Branch Tunes - Soldier's Joy - Reel	ST	03:48
Wonderful Grand Band	The Budgell's Jigs	ST	02:43
Figgy Duff	Dans la prison de londres	After the Tempest	03:36
Ryan's Fancy	The Greenland Whale Fisheries	Dark Island	03:00
Ryan's Fancy	Everytime	Dark Island	03:23
Carl Peterson	Ballad of Sam Hill	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:31
Carl Peterson	Sunshine	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:02
O'Kannagan	South Australia	The Leaving	03:13
Fine Crowd	Clean Up After The Time	Poverty's Arse	03:31
Fleur Mainville	Jig-O-Low	Finding Treasures	03:45
Ryan's Fancy	Manchester Rambler	Dark Island	03:47
O'Kannagan	Watlz For Sarah	The Leaving	03:11
Fine Crowd	Donald MacGillavry	Sucker For Good Company	02:39
Fine Crowd	Kelly's Lament and the Happy Happy Reels	Sucker For Good Company	04:02
Wonderful Grand Band	Sonny's Dream	ST	03:15
Fine Crowd	By Peter Kerrivan	Poverty's Arse	04:41
Carol Brothers	If I Were a Blackbird	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:22
Kimberley Fraser	Tamerack 'er Down	Heart Behind the Bow	07:25
Drumlin	My Dearie	Paper Flowers	03:19
Fine Crowd	Jolly Tinker - Kerry Polka - Julia Delaney - The Banshee	Poverty's Arse	03:56
Figgy Duff	Geese in the Bog	ST	02:48
Teresa Doyle	Sleep Song	Cradle on the Waves	04:08
Carol Brothers	Galway Bay	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:09
Olivia Korkola	St. Joseph Island Jig - Peter Gray - Kiley’s Reel	Playing in Traffic	03:11
Ryan's Fancy	Carrick Fergus	Looking Back	03:22
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
Karen Mackenzie	Small Town Blues	Wind Don't Blow	02:39
Ryan's Fancy	I'm a Rover	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:34
Teresa Doyle	A Lullabye	Cradle on the Waves	03:45
Celtic Connection	Ordinary Man	Calvert's Dream	06:10
Anna Ludlow	Anna & Hector's Set	Reel to Reel	05:54
Beòlach	Norman's	Variations	03:37
Carl Peterson	I'd Rather be Gone	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:26
Figgy Duff	The Gypsy	After the Tempest	03:12
Douglas Cameron	Some Mabou Tunes Plus	ST	04:58
Chetticamp Connection	Strathspeys and Reels Immortalized by Angus Chisolm and Winston Fitzgerald	ST	04:41
Ryan's Fancy	Streets Of London	Looking Back	03:24
O'Kannagan	Mari's Wedding	The Leaving	02:36
Teresa Doyle	Lukey's Boat	Dance to your Daddy	02:09
Ryan's Fancy	Twenty One Years	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:49
Angus Gillis Allan	Don Side - Lady Georgina Campbell	Don Side/ Lady Georgina Campbell // Johnnie Cope	03:04

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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