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
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
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
Bonnie Scots	Northern Lights of Aberdeen	Laugh and Cry	02:02
Beòlach	Three Mile Bridge	ST	05:10
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Ryan's Fancy	Dark Island	Dark Island	03:59
Fleur Mainville	Back Up the Bow	It's About Time	04:30
Enter the Haggis	Can’t Trust the News	The Modest Revolution	03:53
Whitehorse	The Answer to 21 - Years	The Ship That Never Returned	03:17
Whitehorse	Father	The Ship That Never Returned	03:28
Celtic Connection	Brennan on the Moor - The Bullet Jig	Calvert's Dream	02:46
Ryan's Fancy	Twenty One Years	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:49
Figgy Duff	The Ten Comandments	After the Tempest	02:38
Ryan's Fancy	The Chieftain's Welcome	Looking Back	01:34
Drumlin	Annabel Lee	Paper Flowers	03:36
Fleur Mainville	Les Amis	It's About Time	03:31
O'Kannagan	South Australia	The Leaving	03:13
Bill Livingstone	Lucy's Frolics - Aussie Stevie	Northern Man	03:38
Ryan's Fancy	Galway City	Looking Back	02:56
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
Ryan's Fancy	The Rocky Road To Dublin	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:10
Carol Brothers	Ireland I Love You, Acushla Macree	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:31
Whitehorse	French Jig	The Ship That Never Returned	02:11
Fleur Mainville	River Johnnies	Finding Treasures	04:19
Ryan's Fancy	By The Bright Silvery Light of the Moon	Dark Island	02:22
Drumlin	My Dearie	Paper Flowers	03:19
Figgy Duff	Auntie Mary - Brother's Jig	After the Tempest	02:42
Ryan's Fancy	Fare Thee Well Enniskillen	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:47
Drumlin	Cries	Paper Flowers	03:38
Figgy Duff	Geese in the Bog	ST	02:48
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
Brenda Stubbert	March Strathspey and Reels in A	Endless Memories	05:06
Carol Brothers	A Mother's Love is a Blessing	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:33
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
Figgy Duff	Heel and Toe Polka - Paddy's Jig	After the Tempest	02:03
Ryan's Fancy	Intro	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	00:22
O'Kannagan	Carolyn's Reel	The Leaving	02:32
Peter Purvis	Steam Train to Mallaig	A New Tradition	03:34
Kimberley Fraser	Tamerack 'er Down	Heart Behind the Bow	07:25
Ryan's Fancy	The Beginning	Dark Island	02:13
Olivia Korkola	Reel à Joseph - Éolie - Saint-Antoine	Playing in Traffic	04:40
Hugh MacDonald A.	Starlight Waltz	Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz	02:55
Celtic Connection	Last Shanty	Calvert's Dream	03:01
Wonderful Grand Band	Home on the Island	ST	03:18
Shannon Quinn	Jigs	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:27
Ryan's Fancy	Looking Back	Looking Back	02:53
Wonderful Grand Band	The Jig is Up	ST	01:58
Celtic Connection	McRory	Calvert's Dream	04:32
Fleur Mainville	Aldune's Set	Finding Treasures	03:14
Peter Purvis	Roaring Ray	A New Tradition	02:51
Anna Ludlow	Weeping Willow Tree	Reel to Reel	03:25
Teresa Doyle	The Seven Rejoices of the Virgin Mary	Orrachan - The Divine Feminine in Gaelic Song	03:34
Fine Crowd	Stubborn Man	Sucker For Good Company	03:11
Mary Lamond Jane	Seinn O	Suas E!	02:54
Ryan's Fancy	Road To the Isles & The Beggarman	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:10
Kimberley Fraser	The Mortgage Burn	Falling on New Ground	08:56
Figgy Duff	Honour, Riches (song from The Tempest)-Breakwater Boys Breakdown	After the Tempest	04:34
Bill Livingstone	Northern Man	Northern Man	05:28
Whitehorse	The Convict Song	The Ship That Never Returned	03:50
Mary Lamond Jane	Fàill Ìll Ò Ro	Làn Dùil	03:54
Carol Brothers	The Green Glens of Antrim	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:38
Chetticamp Connection	Strathspeys and Reels Immortalized by Angus Chisolm and Winston Fitzgerald	ST	04:41
Celtic Connection	Leavin’ London	Calvert's Dream	03:08
Drumlin	Try For Me	Paper Flowers	03:11
Colin Grant	Les tounes acadiennes	ST	04:20
Ryan's Fancy	Manchester Rambler	Dark Island	03:47
Fleur Mainville	Amazing Grace	It's About Time	02:28
Dan Campbell J.	Mrs' Dingwall of Brockley's - Mist Over Cape Mabou - Carnie's Canter	Mrs' Dingwall of Brockley's/ Mist Over Cape Mabou/ Carnie's Canter // The Road to St. Rose/ Song of the Water-Mill	03:09
Ryan's Fancy	Delaney's Donkey	Looking Back	02:48
Fleur Mainville	Orange Blossom Special (Dave's Tune)	Finding Treasures	02:20
Troy Macgillivray	Jig Detour	Live at the Music Room	03:19
Fleur Mainville	Down Home	It's About Time	02:41
Ryan's Fancy	Finnegan's Wake	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:41
Ryan's Fancy	Love Song	Looking Back	02:00
Olivia Korkola	My Mind Will Never be Aisy - G- Jig - Gabe’s Hospitality (feat. Brenda Stubbert)	Playing in Traffic	03:34
Fine Crowd	The Sun Song	Sucker For Good Company	02:54
Celtic Connection	Calvert’s Dream	Calvert's Dream	04:57
Emile Benoit	Michael T. Wall Breakdown	Emile's Dream	01:29
Ryan's Fancy	Ryans And The Pittmans	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	03:30
Beòlach	Norman's	Variations	03:37
Carol Brothers	October Winds	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:09
Wonderful Grand Band	The Budgell's Jigs	ST	02:43
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Carol Brothers	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:45
Willie Kennedy	Kitchener's Army (march); Devil in the Kitchen - Miss Drummond of Perth (strathspeys); Muileann Dubh - Locheil's Awa' to France - MacKinnon's Rant (reels)	Cape Breton Violin	05:43
Teresa Doyle	Cradle on the Waves	Cradle on the Waves	03:20
Fine Crowd	Cod Liver Oil	Poverty's Arse	03:00
Troy Macgillivray	Welcome Blast	Live at the Music Room	10:45
Douglas Cameron	Some Mabou Tunes Plus	ST	04:58
Celtic Connection	Ordinary Man	Calvert's Dream	06:10
Carl Peterson	I Once Loved a Lass	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:38
Bonnie Scots	Lonely Prison Cell	Laugh and Cry	02:36
Figgy Duff	Tinker Behind the Door	ST	02:14
Olivia Korkola	Black and White Rag	Playing in Traffic	02:16
Fleur Mainville	Homemade	It's About Time	02:59
Emile Benoit	Arriving To St. John's - Emile's Dream	Emile's Dream	02:22
Fine Crowd	When I Fury	Sucker For Good Company	03:56
Teresa Doyle	Lukey's Boat	Dance to your Daddy	02:09
Drumlin	Paper Flowers	Paper Flowers	03:06
Fleur Mainville	Northern Cajun Man	It's About Time	03:36

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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