May 5, 2012

The May Bank Holiday Monday concert features the Celtic Connections 2012 New Voices piece from Fiona Rutherford.

Fiona began playing harp at the age of 14 learning and at 16 she gained a place at ‘The City of Edinburgh Music School’ where she was exposed to a wide range of musical styles.

She went on to study at Dartington College of Arts in Devon and in 2008, completed a BA in Music Composition with First Class Honours.  Her specialist area of interest is as a composer/performer of new music for the Scottish Harp.

Fiona is gaining increasing recognition for her talents as a film composer and she was the winner of the Clarsach Society’s 2010 Young Composer Award.

Here she premières a new work on the theme of sleep and dreams, performed by a nine-piece vocal and instrumental ensemble, including harps, vocals, strings and piano – and while its topic seems a high-risk one for a festival Sunday lunchtime, Rutherford’s imaginative exploration delves into nightmares and insomnia as well as lullabies.

This is a first broadcast on Celtic Music Radio.  After Fiona there is a recording of Madison Violet at the ABC 02 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections 2012.

May Bank Holiday Monday 7 May at 4.00pm.

May 4, 2012

Singer James Clark Jones came into studio 1 on Friday 4 May to chat to Gordon Hotchkiss on the Homeward Bound programme prior to James’ gigs in Glasgow over the May Holiday weekend.

Go to our Listen Again section to listen to this interesting interview on James’ thoughts on music and his homeland and his live session in studio 1 of Celtic Music Radio.

James Clark Jones moved to the Toronto area of Canada as a child from Airdrie, Lanarkshire but has always been connected to Scotland, often using the tension between finding identity in each place as inspiration for his writing.

In fact, his song “Glasgow” draws on the experience many people who emigrate share of growing up in one country, but being unable to ignore the part of you that originated elsewhere.

May 3, 2012

This weekend sees the first in which is set to be an annual event in Aid of Yorkhill Children’s Foundation organised by The Events for Charities group.

The event is based over the May Holiday weekend of Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 May 2012 and will spread across the Merchant City area of Glasgow.

This year’s event takes in 6 venues featuring over 60+ bands/artists taking in all genres of music from Scotland and across the UK.

Leading radio presenters and DJ’s hosting various stages across the weekend including Jim Gellatly (In:Demand), Fraser Thomson (Real Radio), Tom Russell (Real Radio XS ), Father Ted (Rock Radio), Mary K Burke (Celtic Music Radio) and Cheryl Scott (KA Radio).

See below for details and join Celtic Music Radio at the 13th Note on Sunday evening 6 May with Mary K Burke.

Apr 30, 2012

If you missed the Stewart Fenwick Celtic Country Show on Sunday 29 April then you can listen anytime on our Catch Up section.

Stewart presents the very best in Country music from here in Scotland and from around the world. On Sunday 29 April Lisa McHugh returned to the programme to introduce tracks from her new album Dreams Come To Life which is released on Monday 30 April.

Lisa is from Glasgow and now lives in Donegal, Ireland where she has become one of Ireland’s brightest Country stars.

She has just been announced as one of the artists appearing at the CMA International Showcase in Nashville during the CMA Festival in June.

Also on the 29 April programme, Colm Kirwan is featured album and Colm is also appearing at the CMA International Showcase.

Stewart Fenwick Celtic Country, Sundays at 12 noon and on Catch Up anytime .

Apr 28, 2012

Presenters Sandy Semeonoff of Planet Waves and Gordon Hotchkiss with his Hotchpotch will celebrate May Day this coming week.

Tuesday 1 May is ‘May Day’ and at Celtic Music Radio we will reflect on this by playing a range of protest and workers songs throughout the day.

International Workers’ Day which is also known as May Day, is a celebration of the international labour movement and left-wing movements. It commonly sees organised street demonstrations and marches by working people and their labour unions throughout most of the world.

May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries. It is also celebrated unofficially in many other countries.

May Day is also related to the Celtic festival of Beltane and the Germanic festival of Walpurgis Night.

The May Spring bank holiday is on Monday 7 May.

May Day Specials – Planet Waves with Sandy Semeonoff, Tuesday 1 May 7.00-8.00pm; Hotchkiss Hotchpotch with Gordon Hotchkiss, Wednesday 2 May 7.00-10.00pm.

Apr 28, 2012

Guest ‘castaway’ on the Ciaran Dorris Sunday Session on Sunday 29 April will be the fast-rising star of Irish songwriting, Baz McSherry.

Baz recently released his debut album The Lookin’ Drawer which is getting regular airplay and glowing reviews in Ireland.

He was recently a studio guest on the highly influential Gerry Anderson programme on BBC Radio Ulster.  Ciaran says: “For my money, it is one of the best debut albums in the folk genre in many a long year.”

Baz will be on the telephone which will hopefully enable him to chat with listeners during the show on the Sunday Sesson Facebook page.

Ciaran Dorris Sunday Session, 29 April 5.00-7.00pm.