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The Danny Kyle Open Stage (DKOS) gets under way this evening with a sparkling showcase event. At its usual ‘home’ in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall’s Exhibition Hall, this two-hour, free musical extravaganza welcomes back four acts from last year’s DKOS sessions plus a special guest. Producer and presenter, Liz Clark, is looking forward […]
Celtic Music Radio will be once again at the heart of the world-famous Celtic Connections festival that gets under way this week (Thursday, January 16.) The station’s Celtic Connections live coverage – sponsored by Tunnocks, the internationally-renowned Uddingston-based, family-run confectionery business – is extensive. It includes live, daily coverage of the Danny Kyle Open Stage […]
A TOIUCH OF TARTAN, Celtic Music Radio’s special live Hogmanay show from The Braehead Shopping Centre, starts at midday. The line-up includes Martin Stephen Jones – Eriskay Lilt – Diana Schad – Debbie Campbell and Scott Nicol – Gary Blair and Robin Johnston Hyland – Kenneth I. MacKenzie – Bruach – Paul Johnson and […]
Celtic Music Radio is hosting a live, four-hour Hogmanay show from Braehead Shopping Centre with a line-up of top guests who would brighten any gathering. A Touch Of Tartan gets under way at midday on Tuesday, December 31. Our team of excellent presenters, headed by event organiser, Sandy Weir – who presents The Scots Connection […]
Singer-songwriter and harpist CHLOE MATHARU has topped our Album of the Year poll for a second time with her latest album, Sailors And Rolling Stones. It is her second release and the exciting follow-up to Small Voyages her debut album that won our Album of the Year Award in 2022. Based in the West […]
Who has won our 2024 Album of the Year Award? The winner will be revealed in our special, music-packed, four-hour Album of the Year Show that starts today at midday, presented by our glittering, festive quartet – Auntie Liz Clark, Hugh Taylor, Martin Stephen Jones and Ian Oliphant, who will have the honour of revealing […]
People are voting in our poll to find the station’s Album of the Year for 2024. And the winner will be revealed in a special, music-packed, four-hour Album of the Year Show that starts at midday on Boxing Day (Thursday, December 26) presented by Auntie Liz Clark, Hugh Taylor, Martin Stephen Jones and Ian […]
The Celtic Music Radio search for our Album of the Year for 2024 is under way. The list of contenders is terrific and the quality of the music is outstanding – so that makes the contest wide open. Our listeners’ votes are the ones that count and they will lead us to the top […]
School choruses are providing some cracking festive sounds on the station’s programmes between now and December 25. Pupils from more than 20 schools in North and South Lanarkshire, Glasgow, East Renfrewshire – and even one from Liverpool – have recorded sparkling tracks for presenters to play in addition to the more standard songs popular at […]
Snow on the River is a stunning collection of instrumental pieces written after the death of composer Oscar McLennan’s son. The 20-track album was written in close collaboration with Martin Tourish, who also produced and arranged it. Almost 30 musicians and singers from Italy, Ireland and Scotland appear on the album, which features Will McNicol […]
