Music
Folk royalty returns for Celtic Connections
Scottish folk royalty Christine Kydd will perform her much-anticipated solo album Shift & Change for the very first time at Celtic Connections 2020. Christine will play Drygate Brewery on Saturday, 1 February. An iconic name in Scottish folk song – as a singer, teacher, choir director, folklorist and animateur – and after taking a 20-year…
Read MoreCeltic Connections comes to an end this weekend
Europe’s largest winter music festival, Celtic Connections, comes to an end this weekend. The event closes on Sunday 2 February and has seen over 2,000 musicians from all over the world sharing their love for music at one-off gigs and the unique collaborations the Festival is known for. Closing weekend highlights include – Tradbeats /…
Read MoreFlamenco comes to Scotland with the Art of Believing
An evening of vibrant and authentic Flamenco music and dance is coming to Glasgow next month. The Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company are bringing their production Art of Believing, which recently won the prestigious Herald Angel Award, is bursting with truly stunning Flamenco music, to the city, with the passion and fire of Spain’s Andalucía. Composer…
Read MoreNicola Benedetti to perform at the Grammys Premiere
Scots violinist Nicola Benedetti is to perform at the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony next weekend. Taking place at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, 26 January, from 8.30–11.30pm GMT, the performance will be streamed live internationally via Grammy.com. Preceding the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards telecast, the Premiere Ceremony will be hosted by two-time Grammy…
Read MoreCeltic Connections festival kicks off for 2020
Europe’s largest winter music festival, Celtic Connections 2020, begins today (Thursday 16 January) with 18 days of music on stages across Glasgow set to light up the city. Around 2000 musicians will take part in 300 events in Glasgow venues, showcasing an outstanding array of traditional folk, celtic, roots, Americana, jazz, soul and world music.…
Read MoreScotch whisky recording celebrates emerging talent
Some of the finest young and emerging talent in Scotland’s traditional music scene have been brought together. They are part of a unique CD recording as part of a collaboration between the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Scotch whisky organisation, The Keepers of the Quaich. For the past seven years, The Keepers of the…
Read MoreCeltic Connections gets underway next week
Glasgow’s annual Celtic Connections music festival kicks off next week. Featuring over 2,000 musicians in 300 events across 18 days, Celtic Connections is bound to brighten up the dark, wet January nights with its unique offer of cross-genre and cross-border collaborations, alongside talks, workshops, film screenings, theatre productions, ceilidhs, exhibitions, free events and late-night sessions.…
Read MoreAcclaimed musician coming to the Usher Hall
World-renowned violinist Joshua Bell will play Bach and Piazzolla at the iconic Usher Hall in Edinburgh this month. Passion, precision, spellbinding virtuosity: international violin soloist Joshua Bell is quite simply one of the world’s most accomplished, revered musicians. And with his warm rapport with the players of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields…
Read MoreThe life and times of Runrig’s Donnie Munro
Donnie Munro toured the world with his band Runrig but these days there is nowhere he’d rather be than home on Skye. I was born in Uig on the north-west side of Skye, just like everyone else on the island who happened to be born before 1966. That was when a maternity hospital was built…
Read MoreRelieve festive fatigue with whisky’s calming music
Old Pulteney single malt Scotch whisky has launched the perfect way to relieve festive fatigue this Christmas. A bespoke coastal soundtrack will audibly transport listeners to the Maritime Malt’s calm and quiet hometown of Wick, which is located on Scotland’s most northerly shores. With more than 40% of Brits saying they feel rushed at Christmas…
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