Jan 28, 2012

Not only is Gordon Hotchkiss a top flight radio presenter, but he also takes a good photo!

You can view a selection of Gordon’s “snaps” via our flickr pages. Just Click here!

Dec 29, 2011

Everyone here at Celtic Music Radio hopes you had a “Happy New Year” with family and friends over the festive holiday season and you have weathered the storm force winds of up to 102mph that hit Scotland on the third day of the New Year.

Celtic Music Radio continued on-air on 1530 AM with many great programmes and features especially for the winter holiday.

And Liz Clark and Gordon Hotchkiss brought in the New Year with a live party in studio 1 and they look forward to bringing you entertaining and informative programmes throughout 2012.

Wherever you are, be it here in Glasgow or around Scotland and to our listeners around the world, may we wish you a peaceful and happy New Year in 2012.

Dec 16, 2011

Snow permitting, The Saw Doctors will visit studio 1 live this afternoon prior to their gig tonight (Friday 16 December) at The Barrowland, Glasgow as part of their winter tour.

Today also sees the Shamtown Records release of the new ‘Downtown’ single by The Saw Doctors featuring veteran singer Petula Clark in Ireland. There will be a limited edition CD of Downtown retailing at  e-99 cent from HMV, Tower Records and Zhivago in Galway, Ireland.  You can also buy Downtown from iTunes Ireland at a cost of e-99 cent.

A big fan of The Saw Doctors is Celtic Music Radio’s Edmund McKay who hopes that Downtown is the No. 1 Christmas hit.

The Saw Doctors live on Homeward Bound with Gordon Hotchkiss, 3.00pm Friday 16 December 2011.

Nov 8, 2011

On Wednesday night, 9 November, Gordon Hotchkiss presented a Hotchpotch special tribute to John Watt who sadly died on 31 October.

If you missed this engaging tribute with guests Rab Noakes and Fraser Spiers, then go our Catch Up anytime section. The programme will be available for up to 30 days after broadcast.

John Watt was a great stalwart of the Scottish folk scene for over 40 years and a notable songwriter with many of his songs known worldwide.

Gordon presented a special tribute programme featuring a rare interview by Jimmy Hutchison at last year’s Fife Singing Weekend.  Gordon was also be joined in the studio by Rab Noakes to reminisce on the contribution that John made over the years to Scottish culture and play tracks from his two albums Shores of the Forth recorded in 1976 with Davey Stewart and the Beggars Mantle Ceilidh Band and his more recent CD Heroes produced by Rab Noakes and released in 2000.

Gordon Hotchkiss with Hotchpotch, Wednesday 9 November at Catch Up anytime.

Oct 31, 2011

Celtic Music Radio has just learned that sadly John Watt died on Sunday 30 October.

He was a great stalwart of the Scottish folkscene for over 40 years and a notable songwriter with many of his songs known worldwide.

Gordon Hotchkiss will present a special trubute programme to John Watt on Wednesday 9 November on Hotchpotch at 7.00pm.

Gordon will play tracks from his first LP release and an interview recorded last year at the Fife Song Weekend by Jimmy Hutchieson.

Celtic Music Radio will reflect on John’s passing with some of his songs, his most famous probably being the ‘Kelty Clippie’.

Sep 27, 2011

On his Homeward Bound show on Friday 30 September, Kirsten Easdale and Gavin Marwick came into the studio to talk about their forthcoming Tune into Autism Concert at St Andrew’s in the Square on Friday 14 October.

At the concert you will hear some great Scottish traditional music from ‘Bellvue Rendezvous’ (Gavin Marwick, Ruth Morris, Cameron Robson); ‘Bring In the Spirit’ (Rod Paterson, Gregor Lowrey, Marc Duff, Kirsten Easdale); Gordeanna McCulloch introduced by BBC Scotland’s financial expert and Celtic Music Radio presenter Fergus Muirhead.

Show your support for autism with this fundraiser concert by purchasing your tickets now at just £12 (£8 concessions) from Ticket Soup on 0844 481898 www.ticketsoup.com and from St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrew’s Square, Glasgow on 0141 559 5902.