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Saturday 24th January Danny Kyle Open Stage 5-7pm Live from Celtic Connections   Danny Kyle Open Stage In The  Exhibition Hall – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 5 – 7 pm Saturday 24  2015 (Not in running order)       Keith Meisner – Elgin   Singer songwriter, has gigged extensively and had a new CD “ Drink […]

LIVE  FROM THE BUCHANAN SUITE  AT THE  GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL   Live broadcast from the centre of Celtic Connections at The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall at Buchanan Street in the city centre. Dunoon Community Radio Presenters Malcolm Scott and Victor Thomas  joined the broadcasting team of the Celtic Music Radio team to bring listeners up to […]

  LIVE  FROM THE BUCHANAN SUITE  AT THE  GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL   After an incredible start over the weekend with two incredible Danny Kyle Concerts we start the week with another fantastic line up of entertainment, how Liz Clark finds such talent deserves a “Danny” in it’s self. Starting at 5.00pm tonight at The Exhibition Hall […]

Live from the Buchanan Suite at The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall The first live broadcast from the centre of Celtic Connections at The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall at Buchanan Street and Sauchiehall Street in the city centre. Celtic Music Radio presenters who next week will be joined by Dunoon Community Radio presenters will be chatting […]

Celtic Music Radio is all set to broadcast live for the 10th year in a row at Celtic Connections, which gets under way today, 15th  January. The Glasgow-based community radio station, which broadcasts to Glasgow on 95FM, will be on air live from the city’s Royal Concert Hall every day of the Celtic Connections Festival with the […]

  As Celtic Connections gets ready for The Opening Concert tonight Québécois quartet Le Vent du Nord entertained passers by on the steps of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall this morning to mark the opening day. With instrumentation including fiddle, accordion, hurdy-gurdy, mandolin, guitar, bass, foot percussion and jaw harp, the captivating foursome amused revellers with their […]

FIVE ESSENTIAL YEARS OLD– THE ESSENTIAL DANCE SESSION  with DJ DAVIE It’s the ultimate special tonight DJ Davie invites you to join him to help celebrate 5 Years of THE ESSENTIAL DANCE SESSION. This weeks special show will track back to some of the highlights of 5 years of live broadcasting and trace the evolution of DCR’s […]

  With less than a week to go until the festival gets underway there are a number of shows that are not to be missed with tickets selling fast. The Campbell Brothers will perform John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’ to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the seminal album release, Coltrane’s most spiritual composition. The Campbell Brothers’ sacred steel […]

As we get nearer Celtic Connections 2015 the festival is delighted to announce that the Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan will be joining the line up for Blood & Roses: The Songs of Ewan MacColl in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Sunday 25th January.  The evening’s entertainment is a tribute to one of the most pivotal figures in Britain’s folk revival, […]

  Celtic Connections 2015 will open with the live world premiere of Martyn Bennett’s final masterpiece Grit, originally released in 2003, and widely recognised as a towering landmark in contemporary Scottish music.   Combining celebration with commemoration the 2015 festival also coincides with the10th anniversary  of Martyn Bennett’s untimely passing This performance –  reconstructed by violinist and […]