Sep 7, 2010

Sam Baker is an amazing singer who survived a terrorist bombing in Peru and overcame injuries to sing and play again.  Sam is in Glasgow on Thursday 9 September for a gig at Live at the Star, St Andrews in the Square, Glasgow and before than he will be in studio 1 of Celtic Music Radio just after 4.00pm for a set and chat with Bill Morris.

In 1986, at age 32, Baker was traveling in Peru when, as he says “I got in the middle of somebody else’s war.”  A terrorist bomb (the Sendero Luminoso or “Shining Path” Maoist group) blew up the train he and some friends were riding on.  Several passengers died, including a German boy and his parents, who were sitting next to Baker.   Though he nearly bled to death, Sam survived but suffered a constellation of injuries and aftereffects—shrapnel in his leg, renal failure, brain damage, even gangrene.

Sam Baker guests on Homeward Bound, Thursday 9 September, 4.00pm

Sep 6, 2010

Mary K Burke’s guest on Sunday 19 September will be Karen Whitelaw Smith when she will speak about The Butterfly Experience.

Listeners are invited to email, phone-in the studio on 0141 548 4041 or text the studio on 07588 15 1530 during the programme with their questions.

Karen Whitelaw Smith  is one of the leading coaches in personal development and has built her reputation by word of mouth as The Positive Thinking Expert, Inspirational Speaker, Therapist, Personal & Spiritual Development Coach and International Author of The Butterfly Experience — Inspiration For Change. She has a unique talent of helping you connect with your soul. Karen has been featured on television and radio and in the press.

Karen lives in the south side of Glasgow and consults from Glasgow and London. Passionate about positive thinking, she has dedicated her life to transforming, improving and healing the lives of people from many different backgrounds and has spent years researching the secrets of success, and now teaches her own techniques.

Karen’s aim is to impart universal laws, knowledge and spiritual wisdom through to enable people to fulfil their ambitions and lead happy, abundant lives. She has worked with the world’s top mind-body-spirit leaders.

 Through The Butterfly Experience coaching and presentations she teaches others to use their intuition; positive thinking; listen to their own body; how to cope with stress; have an attitude of gratitude; understand how the mind works; visualisation and to attract abundance; self-relaxation techniques; affirmations and how to discipline your life.

Join Mary K Burke and Karen Whitelaw Smith from 7.00pm on Sunday 19 September.

Sep 6, 2010

Fergus Muirhead has tonight, Monday guests Chris Stout and Catriona McKay talking about their new CD release ‘White Nights’ the sparkling new album from harp and fiddle sound duo Catriona McKay and Chris Stout .

Muirhead’s Music – Monday 7.00-8.00pm; Tuesday 12.00-1.00pm

Sep 2, 2010

This Sunday, September 5 on the Stewart Fenwick Country Show there will will a special chat with Liverpool based singer Charlie Landsborough who is currently on tour and will appear in Glasgow on Thursday 21 October at The City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow.

Stewart will be chatting to Charlie on his current tour and his CD release ‘Nothing Lasts Forever.’

Stewart Fenwick Country, Sunday 5 September, 12noon-2.00pm

Aug 24, 2010

Gordon Hotchkiss has broadcast with Celtic Music Radio from its first day at Celtic Connections in 2006.

Gordon now presents Hotchkiss Hotchpotch featuring on Wednesday at 7pm with a wide mixture of mainly Scottish and Irish artists and music.

Join the craic by emailing Gordon in the studio at : studio@celticmusiradio.net or Text 07588 151530

Gordon also hosts the Homeward Bound Show showcasing a wide range of music on Friday from 3pm.

Gordon’s Hotchpotch is repeated at 1am and 1pm on Thursday for all our friends around the world.

Aug 22, 2010

Fergus Muirhead has an exclusive interview with Alan Reid who recently left The Battlefield Band. Listen in from 7pm on Monday and 12 noon on Tuesday.

Alan will be telling Fergus of his musical plans for the future.

Alan Reid joined the Battlefield Band a few months after it’s inception in 1969. The ‘Batties’ have been pre-eminent in Scottish traditional music for over 30 years, have toured all over the world and made almost 30 recordings.

Alan has been at the ‘engine room’ of the band, his keyboards underpinning the bagpipes and the fiddle. He was the first to use keyboards as an integral
part of a traditional folk band and his and Battlefield Band’s influence can be heard in many of today’s younger generation of Celtic musicians.In 1998 his first solo album ‘The Sunlit Eye’ featuring new songs and tunes was released followed by his song and tune book ‘Martyrs, Rogues and Worthies’ in 2001.

Alan’s songs have been a feature of the band’s repertoire since the early 80′sand are noted for their story telling element, lyricism and strong melody.

He has brought out an new album with Rob, “The Rise and Fall o’ Charlie” for which he wrote five songs, and was an Album of the Week on Celtic Music Radio.  He is also currently working on an album with Rob on the life of John Paul Jones the Scots born sailor for which Alan has written all the material. This album will be released in 2011.