Album of The Week
The Celtic Music Radio search for our Album of the Year for 2025 is now under way. Once again, we have a terrific list of quality contenders – so the contest is as wide open as ever. All the releases in the poll featured on our hugely popular Album of the Week Show each […]
This marvellous collection features a quality collaboration involving Màiri Morrison, Alasdair Roberts and Canadian bassist/musical arranger Pete Johnston. They have set their musical sights on traditional songs with Scottish roots collected in Canada’s maritime provinces by folklorist Helen Creighton (1899-1989). Recorded in Nova Scotia these far-travelled Scots ballads and Gaelic lyrical songs are delivered […]
In 2021, Robin Adams received the Celtic Music Radio Album of the Year award for his album “One Day”. He’s had a few albums in the meantime. However, the latest, The Beggar, is this week’s Album of The Week. Hailing from a rich Scottish musical heritage, singer-songwriter and guitarist Robin Adams, carries the torch passed on by his […]
She has been rightly described as an inquisitive Finnish songstress, a lover of jazz, improvisation and harmony singing with added storytelling skills – and Outi Karhu‘s debut album confirms this. It plays like lullabies for adults with delicate and thoughtful melodic turns, lyrical piano lines, daring rhythmic experiments and harmonies that cradle you or stir […]
When two of Scotland’s foremost acoustic guitarists get together to make music something special is bound to happen. And it has on this debut album that took the talented duo three years to complete. The eight original compositions of guitar – and occasional banjo – duets showcase perfectly their prowess and dexterity, and their ability […]
Accordionist Magnus Turpie’s debut album features some of his favourite pieces, accompanied by a bunch of musician friends. Lively dance numbers, tender Gaelic waltzes and a few well known songs vie for attention on a record that offers pleasing depth and wide sonic variety. Edinburgh-based Magnus – with core band members Linda Campbell (accordion) […]
Anne is a singer songwriter from Scotland. Her music is a heady mix of genres with nods to indie folk, country americana, blues and jazz, with strong vocal melody lines and a penchant for harmony and open tunings. Anne played at The International Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow in January 2025, released her debut single […]
Long Time Coming is the second Album from the Wakefield Band, The Hunch. They are a five-piece band that play an eclectic blend of folk, rock, Americana, and jazz, along with traditional jigs and reels. It was formed in 2017 by a group of musicians with longstanding musical and personal friendships. Mick Doonan was a founder member […]
Welcome Home My Dearie is the debut duo album from long-time friends and collaborators Donald WG Lindsay and Alasdair Roberts – and it marks the first time they’ve committed their shared repertoire to a full-length recording. The ten tracks range from extended Scots narrative ballads to shorter lyrical songs, both traditional and original, […]
He is folk music royalty and widely regarded as one of Scotland’s leading songwriters with many protest songs featuring in a distinguished career. Dick Gaughan’s limited issue album, Live at the BBC 1972–79, contains ten songs from the box set R/evolution: 1969–83, which is due for release in January. The songs have been drawn […]
