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The best of the best that are different from the rest! This hour, our top picks from our monthly World Beat Top 30. Follow the chart at Pinterest and play along. While you're there peruse our gallery of Album Covers Of The Week. Happy Holidays! calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat...
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The best of the best that are different from the rest! This hour, our top picks from our monthly World Beat Top 30. Follow the chart at Pinterest and play along. While you're there peruse our gallery ...
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celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... Patricia Fraser presents a Celtic love letter starting with a Celtic Glitch two-fer, Quebectronix from Melisande and MAZ, Celt Punk from The Go Set and Brogeal plus pub fare from Budapest and Prague and a real Valentine from Jim Moray to you.
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... Join us for a distraction from all the distractions covering up distractions! Sick psych from Yin Yin and Altin Gun, a deep dive into afrofuturism with new Afrotronix and Lamisi. Grammy-winner Justin Gray tags this week's World Beat Canada!
February 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... ​Patricia introduces Firkin's album of pub songs in Hungarian, a sublime pairing of harp and fiddle fr. Adrianna Ciccone & Ellen Gibling, Haggix X-1's 3rd single,& our winter visit from The MicroOrganism. Rest and drink plenty of fluids. Celt In A Twist!
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... ​Back home after two weeks to a backed up inbox, stuffed with fresh releases; the first in 6 years from Mexican sibs, Sotomayor, Tinariwen celebrate 45 years. And, we introduce Sophie Lukacs & Noel Mpiaza. Moving to the beat of the world w/ World Beat Canada!
January 29, 2026 at 9:30 PM
tinyurl.com/3ueesan7 Cool Celtic from Canada and its Nordic neighbor this hour. Bruce Coughlan, College Trad and The Fretless join Denmark's Jansberg and Baltic Crossing in the mix. We debut the title track from Tuesday Paper Club & commiserate with The Rumjacks "They Kick You When You're Down".
January 8, 2026 at 10:52 PM
tinyurl.com/yss489bc Never stick anything but your elbow in your ears, and only the finest musical ingredients. We launch the hour with Turkish psych phenoms, Altin Gun's forthcoming 6th album, Garip. Plus, new Yalla Miku & Vancity's own Ezra Kwizera with a debut from Conqueror.
January 8, 2026 at 10:50 PM
tinyurl.com/yw7t7cef Patricia Fraser kicks off the New Year with the emphasis on diversity. Celtic music picks up influences wherever it travels and then comes home to Celt In A Twist where we sift through it and weave it into a colourful, cohesive mix.
January 1, 2026 at 10:51 PM
tinyurl.com/25uydkj9 This year, discover a whole world of new musical possibilities. Fresh for 2026: Dunklebunt dance mix, more Indole from Alex Cuba, Grammy-nom Justin Gray, and some Balkan bangers! What music radio sounds like.
January 1, 2026 at 10:50 PM
tinyurl.com/r9t6s59z It's a look and listen back to our favorite picks of 2025! Join Patricia Fraser for a reprise of the best in contemporary Celtic music counted down in chronological order. Happy New Year (Bliadhna Mhath Ur) from Celt In A Twist!
December 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
tinyurl.com/47xj73z3 Simply the best. This hour, we present choice cuts from our favorite global albums of 2025, as culled from our monthly top 30 charts. Get our calendar by subscribing to our weekly e-blast at worldbeatinternational.com and play along! Happy New Year from World Beat Canada Radio!
December 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
tinyurl.com/fjkuysz7 Nollaig Shona Duit! Happy Christmas to you from Celt In A Twist. Join Patricia Fraser for a festive hour of contemporary Celtic for the holidays. Share it when you get together with family friends. A little gift of music from your friends at Celt In A Twist.
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
tinyurl.com/y7aa7sb8 Whether you're circling the lot or parking it on the couch, spend an hour w/ the best music in the world. Fresh spins to round out 2025 from Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions, more new Balkin Taskim from Bucharest, and Altin Gun tease 2026 with a brand new single. Park it here.
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Thanks to the music labels who promote this amazing music. Thanks to our subscribing radio stations for presenting it through our programming, and joy to the world music makers everywhere!
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December 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
tinyurl.com/5and8na9 Turn off and tune in Celt In A Twist for a one of a kind mix​. Patric​ia Fraser drops the 3rd single from the new ETH spinoff Haggis X-1, Billy Brag​g, joins the Murphs from For The People and we bookend some Celtic dub to coax some Christmas sunshine. Join the fun!
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
tinyurl.com/36pv5um5 Housekeeping this hour so the music library is spick and span for the holidays. Plus fresh tracks fr. Budapest's Balkan Taksim, dub en francais fr. Luiza & Bleu Soliel, a gorg duet fr. Alex Cuba w/ Cyrille Aimee and the sublime from Peppermoth's latest, Albedo. Join us!
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
tinyurl.com/yee888mu A palette cleanser for Christmas tune-weary ears! Reworking classic Celtic like The Rocky Road To Dublin, Raggle Taggle Gypsy and Sweet Bonnie Lass From Belfast, a rockin' remake by The Paperboys, CeltPunk Grrrls, Toxic Frogs and Celtronica from Tartan Amoebas.
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
tinyurl.com/bdfhzf27 The evolving, ever-changing world of music stands to be counted. We skim off the top of our monthy Top 30 chart, including Afro-Colombians Nuevos Rios, Haitian-Canadian Wesli and a breath of fresh air from Peppermoth, Andrew McPherson's sublime new album of ambient, Albedo!
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
tinyurl.com/44ft7vts Don't catch a chill. Celt In A Twist heats up some inside tracks for a toasty hour of blended Celtic spirits. Overlooked spins from Eloise & Co, The Langan Band, Natalie MacMaster and more. Join Patricia Fraser for good crack, curiosities and cool Celtic from Celt In A Twist!
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
tinyurl.com/59933e5n When November gives you a dark and stormy night at 12 noon, do what Senor Coconut does and give it a merengue beat! That's on deck this hour along with a remix from Galician sound designer, Baiuca, brand new Polyrhythmics,Tunisian rhythms from Didon and Haitian kongo from Wesli.
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
tinyurl.com/2su3bppc Coming in hot! Celt In A Twist presents 3 debuts off the top from Brogeal, Basco and Haggis X-1, launching an hour to stir the heart, feed the soul and soothe your conscience. Discover music with meat on the bone from Celt In A Twist!
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
tinyurl.com/4wamcpx4 The Surfrajettes turn up the reverb and drop the puck on The True North's second anthem, Hockey Night In Canada! Plus, new Afro-Colombian from Nuevos Rios, & a Ghanian song of empowerment for girls, "No Orgasm In Heaven". Ponder life's little mysteries with World Beat Canada!
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
tinyurl.com/mrbtw7px It shor​e ain't grandpappy's playlist. It's the Contemporary Celtic Countdown, your chance to catch up with today's Celtic taste-makers, innovators and fusionists - 10 of our top tracks from our latest chart, plus a debut or two. Keep it fresh, Canada! Celt In A Twist!
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
tinyurl.com/mrbtw7px Happy 25th birthday to the iPod! It's probably hiding in the back of the junk drawer. You'll want to download this show which is loaded with new spins, like Yalla Miku's Eritrean/Swiss post-punk, Venezuelan rhythms updated by Venezonix, & a debut from Alex Cuba's Indole!
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
tinyurl.com/4ke7ydzb It's on the house! A round of favorites for our favorite listeners; epic jams from our past, chart toppers from our present and, as always we peer into the future of contemporary Celtic. Spend an hour with our favorites, just because. Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser!
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
tinyurl.com/5bzdeujf Sending our radio signal into space, a cosmic ambassador of human diversity and culture. New music fr. Pernambuco in North Eastern Brazil, rockin' Kurdish spike fiddle fr. Tehran, another debut fr. Tunisian Canadian project, Didon and Welsh meets Latin fr. Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM