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!

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!

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.

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.

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! Here are the Best World Beat Releases Of The Year:

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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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.

tinyurl.com/42cayja6 While we fall back, Celt In A Twist springs forward, with contemporary Celts who embrace tradition​ and fling it into the future. Break new ground with Brogeal, Frigg, Peatbog Faeries, Willos, and Irish Moutarde. Let Patricia Fraser guide you to getting your Celt In A Twist.

tinyurl.com/3h5v72c7 As the world unravels around us, we hold tight to the ties that bind, music in particular; healing dub reggae for Jamaica from SunDub Meets Scientist, a sibling reunion from Sotomayor, Tunisia & electronics by Didon, even some care-free disco from Estonians RETI.

tinyurl.com/maujj3t5 Chimey, rhymey Brogeal fr. Falkirk Scotland are among several debuts this hour. East Pointers from PEI celebrate an 'Anniversary'. Eloise & Co. introduce us to the Bal folk of France​, & the Murphs belt out a tribute to Shane McGowan. worldbeatinternational.com.

tinyurl.com/3vwtb98k We present so much new music, you get a playlist every week and a chart each month to catch up! Sign up at worldbeatinternational.com. This hour it's the top of the global pops. Ten essential tracks. Join us for the latest sounds around. World Beat Canada Radio!

tinyurl.com/4279utef Welcome to a world without A​​I artists & algorithms, in a community as diverse as the planet itself. Fresh tracks from Geneva's Yalla Miku, Kurdish spike fiddle from Mehnram Rastegari, mbalax from innovator Cheikh Lo and Elisapie's remix of Fleetwood Mac's Dreams in Inuktitut.

tinyurl.com/4p2sp7zd Summoning Sahmain! Celt In A Twist dredges dark tales from the deep. Tiller's Folly debut Dancing With The Dead, The Mahones conjure the Ghost Of The Whiskey Devil, it's Terror Time for Old Blind Dogs, plus fresh spins from Brogeal, Thunderor and Socks In The Frying Pan

tinyurl.com/bp4vm4y3 Music from the Celtic crossroads between acoustic and electric, organic & electronic. Explore nu-traditions from Quebec and the Maritimes, Finland & Sweden, Scotland, even Australia. Songs about resistance existence and just plain nonsense. Celt In A Twist w/ Patricia Fraser!

tinyurl.com/ms8xr6sa World Beat Canada welcomes Gen Zs who've abandoned algorithms & AI, turning to campus & community radio in greater numbers for hand-curated new music. We deliver this hour with fresh spins from Da Lata, Manika Kaur remixed, global soul from Qais Essar & Sonny Singh + Antibalas.

tinyurl.com/ycx5x5hu Celt In A Twist presents Brogeal,a 5 piece from Falkirk, Scotland. Their new album Tuesday Paper Club is a revelation of contemporary Celtic stomp with punk attitude. Equally adventurous, comes Woodlands Backfall, fusing Swedish midsummer with the spirit of an Irish pub.

tinyurl.com/ydb7yr3j It's our Top 10 with a twist, including some new tracks from the albums that brought us our favorite tunes of the month. Plus, some new finds from Mauritanian, Noura Mint Seymali, Adham Shaikh, Afrodream and Venezonix. Breaking new beats for today's world, join us this week.

celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... Enjoy an hour of Celtic rejuvenation and innovation. Vent your rage with the Dropkick Murphys and The Go Set, slip on a smile w/ heartwarming Logical Fleadh and Mary Jane Lamond, finally slide into a blissful trance w/ Valtos and Shooglenifty. Celt In A Twist

calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... Be among the very first to hear new Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra (at The Pearl in Vancouver December 12th), a remix from TEKE::TEKE, and Jacuma + The Overture from Tommy - A Bluegrass Opry. The Song Is Over but we're just getting started on World Beat Canada!

celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... Introducing Pressgang Mutiny, a Toronto-based vocal quartet captures the raw spirit of sea shanties, a supersonic pass from Haggis X-1 and The Jerry Cans from Canada's 3rd coast in Nunavut. Ever-expanding the boundaries of Celtic, you got yer Celt In A Twist!

calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... Seasonal shifts and departed friends. Abebayehosh is a song Ethiopian girls sing to their New Year. L'amour a la Folie (Love Is Mad) is the final album by Amadou & Mariam. We debut the title track.Plus a Sonova remix, Yugoslav dub & nocturnal Brazilian soul.

celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... Back to the future of Celtic. We spotlight a couple of the first Celtic tracks we ever played over a quarter century a go. And, new spins from Welsh harpist Cerys Hafana, Sweden's Woodlands Backafall and Spoket i Koket from Denmark. Celt In A Twist.

calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... We help Bongo Joe celebrate 10 yrs of uncovering the unconventional with two outside tracks from their new compilation. Plus, a debut from the final release by Amadou & Mariam, Arc de Soliel (Commodore, Vancouver Sept.17) & ginchy Mexican bachelor pad music..

celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... While Enter The Haggis are on hiatus, we debut a flyby​ fr. H​aggis X-1, and Pat Chessell revels in his latest, This Is The Life! Throw in covers of The Clash by Barleyjuice and The Devil Went Down to Georgia fr. Grumpy O Sheep& you've got a Celtic full pull.

calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... Buckle up, buttercup! We take the road less travelled this hour with stops in Er​etria, Turkmenistan, Japan and Finland. Plus, new music from BC sound designer Adham Shaikh, and more Dolby Atmos from Jordan Gray. It's the twists and turns that make this ride!

celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... Locking in and locking down the reel&roll. Join Patricia Fraser and expand your expectations for Celtic music. Rejigging jigs, unravelling reels and breathing fresh air into time-honoured airs, melding them with punk and funk, strings and brass, even salsa.

calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... We present the Top 10 tracks from our monthly World Beat chart! Count them down with us and then find some headphones, or stick your ears between the speakers for an immersive example of Dolby Atmos 360 degree sound from Canadian Justin Gray.

celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... It's our Top Ten fr. our latest chart! Join Patricia Fraser as she counts down the cream of the crop. Subscribe to our e-blast for our charts, playlists, album covers of the week, straight to your inbox at worldbeatinternational.com, home to Celt In A Twist!

calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... Shima balances Japanese tradition and futurism in the tale of a magic mushroom & we're tripping through the next hour, w/ Karma from Eljuri, on the Road To Nowhere in a Talking Heads tribute, and a ditty for Delilah by Making Movies (Aug.24 @ The Rickshaw).

celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... Passing around some Celtic hor d'ouevres. 15 delicious bites; some spicy, some sweet, different from the usual Celtic fare,with ingredients fr. Galicia, Britanny, Budapest and Brazil. Served w/ your favorite flavours, like fiddles, pipes and strings & things.

calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... A celebration of culture. Coast Salish culture, queer culture, surf culture but mainly, diversity of culture. New spins for Peruvian DJ/producer Sofia Kourtesis, Arabic vibes from Joburg, South Africa, West Coast Latin psych & Sergio Mendez in a melodic way.

celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... Celtic characters aplenty this hour, from the Sweet Bonnie Lass From Belfast, a tribute to Shane fr. the Dropkicks, Neil Ewart Of Ardnamuchan, Rakish Paddy and Willie Reilly. Don't worry, Patricia Fraser takes care of the introductions on Celt In A Twist.

calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... Groovy global gives summer vibes this hour: reflections on modern life from Brazil w/ Pedro Bienemann and Curumin, Columbia's Balthvs remixed, nordictronics from Sorten Muld, tribal from Papua, New Guinea and a heavy tribute to Ozzy from Brownout.

celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... Dropkick Murphys lay the boots to tyranny with the blistering new album, For The People. Grumpy O Sheep return with In Sheep We Trust, think Rodrigo y Gabriela but Irish. Stick around for CDN Celtpunk from The Mahones and The Real McKenzies.

calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... This year's hottest trend in global is Anatolian Psych. BaBa Zula have been doing it for 30 years. Making Movies take The Rickshaw stage in August 24th. We have the title of their latest rock en espanol! Like SPF for your sensitive ears, World Beat Canada!

calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... Patricia Fraser returns from a road trip around beautiful BC with the perfect mix to take on yours, featuring debuts from Dropkick Murphys (as seen on Meidas Touch), France's Grumpy O' Sheep and BC homegrown from Collage Trad.

calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... This week we're all over the Vancouver Folk Festl at World Beat Canada Radio! Hear main stage performers Zawose Queens, Haram and Bab l'Bluz with a touch of the familiar from Elisapie. And, we introduce future-forward South Asian vibes from Anvaya & Tian Qiyi.

celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... Firkin, The Murphs and The Mahones get things off to a Celtpunk start, then we ease into instrumental goodness from Mary Frances and Talisk, explore Nordic flavours with Gangar and Basco and finish with the ethereal from The Gloaming and The Afro Celts.

calc0pyr1te.podbean.com/e/world-beat... We have a shiny new chart to share, so let's take it out for a spin. Join us for a ride on the global side with bangin' African tracks from The Cavemen, Femi Kuti, Cheikh Ibra Fam, Siraba, Ammar 808 and another debut from Witch! World Beat Canada Radio!

celtinatwist.podbean.com/e/celt-in-a-... We have a couple of more imports direct from Scotland to share this hour, along with nu-Irish from The Scratch and Tau & The Drones Of Praise, Nordic fiddle music from New Zealand and plenty of home-spun Celtivity. Your host is Patricia Fraser.