May 15, 2012

In the studio on Tuesday night 15 May with Liz Clark is Celtic Music Radio’s own Moira Kerr.

Listen in to find out a bit more of one of Scotland’s national treasures.  Liz will only be able to give a snipit of this lovley lady’s time singing and performing on the folk and Scottish music scene.

Email any questions to: liz@celticmusicradio.net

Liz looks forward to hearing from you.

Travels With My Auntie Liz with Liz Clark, Tuesday 15 May 8-10.00pm. Repeat Wednesday 16 May 1.00-3.00pm and Catch Up anytime.

Apr 22, 2012

Festival Fling Extra today, Sunday 22 April between 2-3.00pm is introduced by Liz Clark and features the fantastic Glenfarg Folk Feast 2012 with The Sunday Songwriting Competition recorded last Sunday 15 April.

All original songs which makes it a fantastic event with some magicly funny songs and a great criac was had by all!

Festival Fling Extra, Sunday 22 April 2.00-3.00pm.

Apr 21, 2012

Today’s Festival Fling features the Girvan Traditional Festival Festival 4th  to 6th May 2012 with a couple of 2011 artists including Lurach www.myspace.com/lurachas and also Tom McConville and David  Newey www.tommcconville.co.uk/ will provide a taster of the excellent music and song we will be hearing  at this year’s festival  http://www.girvanfolkfestival.co.uk/ where you can hear the Barbara Dymock Band, Sara Grey & Kieron Means, Mikie Smith & Eamonn Costello, The Adam McCulloch Trio, The Sanna, Marie Chiffmine, Alaistair Ogilvy, Lucy Pringle, Tommy McCarthy, Phyllis Martin, Mike Hancock, The Tattiehowkers Ceilidh Band and Finbar Magee not to mention the Session and Workshops, Storytelling and family fun! See you there.

Also from Moniaive Folk Festival  11th– 13th May 2012 www.moniaivefolkfestival.co.uk/ From last year’s 2011 festival Kilultah and where you can hears this years artists Andy Irvine, Outside Track, Rory Macleod Band, Bellevue Rendezvous, Diego Laverde Rojas, Siobhan Miller also family entertainment and children’s entertainment plus piping competitions and sessions.

Apr 3, 2012

On Travels With My Auntie Liz with Liz Clark on Tuesday 3 April will be her guest Tomás Lynch, the Dublin born singer who has resided in Scotland for many years.

Tomás has been having a spell away from performing and is coming back in affray  with the release of his new CD.  The singer songwriter and renowned uillean piper as well as guitar and whistle player is a stout believer in traditional music and song which brings his love of the music to the fore and his humour  is never far away.

Having played ‘all over the place’ including Paisley, Tomás also appeared on Danny Kyles ‘Heroes and Soft Targets’ CD. He has also played along side most of the Old Troubadours. Tomás is joined in the studio by Graham Flemming .

One thing is for sure, it will not be a dull interview!

Travels with my Aunie Liz, Tuesday 3 April 8.00-10pm. Repeat Wednesday 4 April 1.00-3.00pm.

Mar 27, 2012

On this week’s Travels With My Auntie Liz on Tuesday 27 March from 8-10.00pm (repeated Wednesday 28 March 1.00-3.00pm) features Derroll Adams (1925 -2000) the American banjo player, painter, singer-songwriter and poet who lived in Antwerp for more than 30 years.

He left a legacy behind him that will be celebrated in music song and his peotry and paintings in“Derroll’s Dream” concert on Thursday 29 March 2012 in a beautiful old theatre in Antwerp “De Roma” will be present on 29 March 2012 as an orchestral arrangement based on Derroll Adams music. You will recognize his own songs, some traditionals and also a great song ‘Oregon’ written for him by his friend Tucker Zimmerman, song poet and composer. It is a project put together by Wiet Van De Leest (RUM), fiddler, composer, arranger and ”chef d’orchestre” who was inspired by Derroll songs and brought his dream to reality. Seven women singers of great talent and various backgrounds (from jazz to folk) are accompanied by a baroque string orchestra (De Rode Pomp). Most of the musicians had never heard of Derroll’s songs. Three old friends of Derroll are part of the band: Vera Coomans (voice), Maggie Holland (banjo and voice) and Roland Van Campenhout (guitar).

I will play some of his songs that I have loved for years – hopefully bringing them to a ‘new’ audience of listners . I wish I could be with Danny – Derrolls wife – and other pals who will be attending the concert on Thursday – hope to bring you some music from the event at a later date!