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
Olivia Korkola	Reel de Maillette - St. Anne’s Reel - Philip’s Reel	Playing in Traffic	04:00
Ryan's Fancy	Dark Island	Dark Island	03:59
Figgy Duff	The Ten Comandments	After the Tempest	02:38
Carl Peterson	Sunshine	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:02
JP Cormier	Another Morning	Another Morning	03:50
Colin Grant	Les tounes acadiennes	ST	04:20
Whitehorse	No Momma on Mother's Day	The Ship That Never Returned	02:31
Fine Crowd	Cunla	Sucker For Good Company	03:18
Carol Brothers	Acushla Mine	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:31
Hugh MacDonald A.	Favourite Polka	Favourite Polka // Starlight Waltz	02:53
Celtic Connection	Ordinary Man	Calvert's Dream	06:10
Teresa Doyle	A Lullabye	Cradle on the Waves	03:45
Teresa Doyle	The Maid of Coolmore	Cradle on the Waves	03:46
Whitehorse	Flowers in Edinburgh	The Ship That Never Returned	01:50
Olivia Korkola	Reel à Joseph - Éolie - Saint-Antoine	Playing in Traffic	04:40
Ryan's Fancy	The Peat Bog Soldiers	Dark Island	03:19
Figgy Duff	Quand j'etais fille a l'age quinze ans	ST	02:18
Drumlin	Annabel Lee	Paper Flowers	03:36
Fine Crowd	By Peter Kerrivan	Poverty's Arse	04:41
Whitehorse	Father	The Ship That Never Returned	03:28
Carol Brothers	A Mother's Love is a Blessing	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:33
Ryan's Fancy	By The Bright Silvery Light of the Moon	Dark Island	02:22
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
Fleur Mainville	Les Amis	It's About Time	03:31
Douglas Cameron	Some Mabou Tunes Plus	ST	04:58
Figgy Duff	The Fisher who Died in his Bed	ST	03:37
Bonnie Scots	Lizzie Lindsay	Laugh and Cry	03:33
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
Carol Brothers	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	02:45
Whitehorse	The Ship That Never Returned	The Ship That Never Returned	03:23
Bonnie Scots	Lonely Prison Cell	Laugh and Cry	02:36
Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald	McNab's Hornpipe	McNab's Hornpipe/ Farmer's Daughter Reel // Mrs. C. Sutherland Strathspey/ Charles Sutherland Reel	03:01
Emile Benoit	Emile's Reel	Emile's Dream	03:12
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
Emile Benoit	Lightkeeper's Jig - Long Point Reel	Emile's Dream	02:34
Celtic Connection	Last Shanty	Calvert's Dream	03:01
Olivia Korkola	Clare Jig - Buttermilk Mary - Carmen’s Amber	Playing in Traffic	03:27
Carol Brothers	October Winds	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:09
Celtic Connection	McRory	Calvert's Dream	04:32
Ryan's Fancy	The Star Of Logy Bay	Looking Back	03:17
Wonderful Grand Band	Sonny's Dream	ST	03:15
Figgy Duff	The Greenland Disaster (Sealing Song)	ST	04:43
Fleur Mainville	Carole & John Melody	Finding Treasures	02:54
Whitehorse	French Jig	The Ship That Never Returned	02:11
JP Cormier	Hell Freezin' Over	Another Morning	03:45
Peter Purvis	Roaring Ray	A New Tradition	02:51
Figgy Duff	Rosy Banks of Green	ST	04:41
Ryan's Fancy	Carrick Fergus	Looking Back	03:22
Ryan's Fancy	Home Boys Home	Looking Back	03:05
Ryan's Fancy	The Beginning	Dark Island	02:13
Ryan's Fancy	Banks Of Sicily	Looking Back	02:30
Figgy Duff	Geese in the Bog	ST	02:48
Fine Crowd	Chanty	Sucker For Good Company	02:53
Mary Lamond Jane	Seinn O	Suas E!	02:54
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Carl Peterson	I'm a Rover	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:18
Celtic Connection	Shores of Newfoundland - Traveler’s Reel	Calvert's Dream	03:15
Figgy Duff	Tinker Behind the Door	ST	02:14
Karen Mackenzie	Small Town Blues	Wind Don't Blow	02:39
Whitehorse	The Convict Song	The Ship That Never Returned	03:50
Ryan's Fancy	The Night That Paddy Murphy Died	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	01:38
Fleur Mainville	Aldune's Set	Finding Treasures	03:14
Karen Mackenzie	Givin' In	Wind Don't Blow	02:28
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
Wonderful Grand Band	The Budgell's Jigs	ST	02:43
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
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
Beòlach	Superfly	ST	04:58
Beòlach	Belle Lane	Variations	05:47
Colin Grant	Drive ‘er like ya stole ‘er!	ST	04:46
Celtic Connection	Brennan on the Moor - The Bullet Jig	Calvert's Dream	02:46
Teresa Doyle	Crazy Man Michael	Prince Edward Island, Adieu	03:25
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	Manchester Rambler	Dark Island	03:47
Ryan's Fancy	Cape Breton Lullaby	Looking Back	03:22
Teresa Doyle	A Chuachag Nam Beann	Cradle on the Waves	04:39
Teresa Doyle	La Nourrice du Roi	Cradle on the Waves	05:37
Carol Brothers	The Green Glens of Antrim	When Irish Eyes are Smiling	03:38
Figgy Duff	Rabbits in a basket	ST	02:58
Ryan's Fancy	The Rocky Road To Dublin	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	02:10
Angus Gillis Allan	Don Side - Lady Georgina Campbell	Don Side/ Lady Georgina Campbell // Johnnie Cope	03:04
Fleur Mainville	5 For 4	Finding Treasures	03:04
Shannon Quinn	Maids of Mitchelstown	The Irwin Lake Sessions	03:28
Mary Lamond Jane	Fàill Ìll Ò Ro	Làn Dùil	03:54
Olivia Korkola	The Bonnie Lass o’Bon Accord - The Hurricane (feat. Ashley MacIsaac)	Playing in Traffic	03:58
Carl Peterson	I've Gotta Gift	A Man With a Song in His Heart	01:53
Fine Crowd	Always on the Go	Sucker For Good Company	02:59
Fine Crowd	Kelly's Lament and the Happy Happy Reels	Sucker For Good Company	04:02
Teresa Doyle	Lukey's Boat	Dance to your Daddy	02:09
Carl Peterson	Ballad of Sam Hill	A Man With a Song in His Heart	03:31
Bonnie Scots	This Land Is Your Land	Laugh and Cry	02:56
Enter the Haggis	Down the Line	The Modest Revolution	03:17
Teresa Doyle	Sleep Song	Cradle on the Waves	04:08
Fine Crowd	The Richman	Sucker For Good Company	03:38
Fleur Mainville	The Big Rock Candy Mountain	It's About Time	02:40
Carl Peterson	A Man with a Song in His Heart	A Man With a Song in His Heart	04:12
Figgy Duff	Auntie Mary - Brother's Jig	After the Tempest	02:42

Celtic traditional

Tracks

JP Cormier - Another Morning

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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

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