News Glasgow
ANNE GAIR Singer/songwriter, guitarist and dulcimer player, Anne Gair is a special guest on today’s edition of the Sparks & Burns show at 6 pm. Her music is a heady mix of genres with nods to contemporary folk, country, blues and jazz, with strong vocal melody lines and a penchant for harmony and open tunings. […]
Roo Geddes brings together music from five generations of his family on this solo album, which was recorded live on his great-great-grandfather’s violin. Named after the Glaswegian tenement ‘closes’ where he grew up, the album stays close to home, featuring performances alongside his mum, gran, and auntie, as well as three never-before recorded compositions […]
This fourth album from Tide Lines is a deeply personal tribute to the city that has shaped the band’s journey. Its twelve tracks capture Glasgow’s people, places and spirit through evocative storytelling and anthemic indie-folk melodies. Glasgow is very close to the band’s heart. From their first casual meet up in a West End […]
Celtic Music Radio has two tickets for JJ Gilmour’s gig at the Re-Hope Church in Paisley on Friday, June 27th. All listeners have to do to win them is answer one question – what’s the name of JJ Gilmour’s first solo album? Please send your answer to competition@celticmusicradio.net Please include your name, email address […]
The 500th edition of the award-winning Mike Ritchie On Sunday Show is broadcast live today from 4 to 6 pm. It’s a special playlist that’s on offer, packed with sparkling tracks suggested by listeners. Mike’s first Sunday broadcast was back in August 2014 and he has twice in three years topped the influential Americana UK website’s […]
This excellent two-disc collection is the solo song debut of Scottish musician and musical instrument inventor/builder, Donald WG Lindsay. The fourteen live-in-the-studio recordings, made during December last year at Watercolour Music in Ardgour in the Scottish Highlands, vividly demonstrate Donald’s musical skills. He sings, plays guitar and plays on his own “Lindsay System” Scottish […]
Scottish folk singer Campbell Gunn’s On Ashton Lane is his first release since 2012 but it is a clear testament to his strength and undoubted ability as a musician. The former political journalist-turned-government-adviser has delivered fourteen, self-composed tracks that flow with assurance, poise and elegance. Campbell, who is a recipient of a Scottish Press […]
The title of this quite glorious collection really does say it all. And hats off to this legendary band – international ambassadors of Irish music – for being able to select 17 songs to represent their output and enduring appeal over the decades. Dubbed The Kings Of Celtic they have made fans happy all […]
Celtic Music Radio, regretfully, is no longer able to stream directly any programmes to the USA due to sound recording copyright and digital performance royalty issues that have been brought to our attention. Our Music Licence covers us for radio broadcasting in our designated areas: Glasgow on FM and DAB to Glasgow, Edinburgh and […]
Four-piece band Oran Ra are this week’s guests on the Lunchtime Selection, hosted by Ian Oliphant (midday, Monday, May 26.) They will be discussing their music and focusing on their album ‘The Travellers’, which they started a decade ago but recently re-recorded. Oran Ra – Michael Marra, Daniel Marra, Cameron Hamilton and Nathan Coats […]
