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Celtic Connections, celebrating its 30th anniversary, gets under way in Glasgow this week (Thursday, January 19.) And one of its main attractions is the Danny Kyle Open Stage where 160 new musical talents get the chance to shine each night of the festival in the Exhibition Hall at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The six […]
It’s Double Donation Week on easyfundraising – and we were wondering if you could further help Celtic Music Radio during the campaign. There are double donations available on selected brands and that means you can raise TWICE as much for the station…..and that would be really appreciated and welcome. M&S, Boden, Currys, Groupon, Bokking.com, TUI and New […]
Glasgow Islay Gaelic Choir members will be guests on Celtic Music Radio today (Wednesday, January 25) from our outside broadcast desk at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall. It’s part of our extensive schedule of programmes for Celtic Connections this year and Martin Stephen Jones will be ready and raring to meet them. Established in 1944, the […]
Firelight Trio, who play inventive and endlessly exciting folk music, release their self-titled album at Celtic Connections this week (January 25.) Ruth Morris, Gavin Marwick and Phil Alexander will join Liz Clark – Auntie Liz – for a chat on the show this evening (January 24.) The trio, with driving fiddle and gorgeous nyckelharpa meeting […]
Celtic Connections On Campus is back live for its seventh year, hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) in association with Celtic Music Radio and TRADtv. GCU’s Glasgow campus is hosting five free lunchtime concerts from Monday 23rd to Friday 27th January, starting at 12:30 and they will be broadcast live on on Celtic Music Radio. Here […]
One of Shetland’s finest and most accomplished modern-day fiddlers, Jenna Reid, is set to release, One Day, her sixth album. And it will be launched on January 25 in The Recital Rooms of The City Halls, Glasgow during Celtic Connections 2023. This evening (Tuesday, January 17, 2023) she will be in conversation with Liz Clark […]
Celtic Connections On Campus is back live for its seventh year, hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) in association with Celtic Music Radio and TRADtv. GCU’s Glasgow campus is staging five free lunchtime concerts from Monday 23rd to Friday 27th January, starting at 12:30. These are sparkling showcase events featuring some of the brightest up-and-coming talent […]
Inverness fiddler and composer Graham Mackenzie will launch his second studio album The Dawning this month.And tonight (January 10) he will be discussing it with Liz Clark on Travels With Auntie Liz. This is his second record – it is released on January 27 – and it’s been inspired by the beauty of the Scottish […]
Singer/songwriter Kim Edgar has been involved in an inspiring project, co-writing with a dozen songwriters she admires. And the unique partnerships can now be heard on her album, Consequences, which will be launched at Saint Luke’s in Glasgow on February 3. Tonight (January 3, 2022) Kim will be discussing the Mattie Foulds-produced record, the collaborations […]
A last day-of-the-year diary reminder…………. Our special live, four-hour Hogmanay broadcast at Braehead Shopping Centre gets under way at midday tomorrow (December 31). There’s live music from internationally renowned accordionist, Gary Blair; emerging talent, singer/songwriter, Thomas Smitheram; the widely acclaimed singer/songwriter and recording artist, Christine Sparks plus The Wherries, rated by many as Clydeside’s favourite […]
