Team Members

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						Tony Mack					
				
			I’ve always loved music and radio. It’s a great pleasure to be part of the amazing team at Celtic Music Radio.		

						Mike Dillon					
				
						Edmund McKay					
				
						Paddy Callaghan					
				
						Evin Downey					
				
Togadh Evin Downey in Áth Cliath ach tá sé ina chónaí  i nGlaschú le níos mó ná 11 bliain anois, meallta anseo as a ghrá don bhia domhainfhriochta.
Tar éis do a dhéanamh  roinnt iarrachtaí  i Nua-Eabhrac & i Londain, thainig sé ar ais don Ghaeilge in Glaschú  trí ranganna ag Conradh na Gaeilge Glaschú (an áit ina oibríonn sé anois mar Oifigeach Forbartha) agus ag cúrsaí samhraidh ag Oideas Gael i nGaeltacht Dhún na nGall.
Beidh béim ina sheó, Cluas Oscailte, ar amhráin i Gaeilge , de gach saghas, ach fósta beidh le cloisteáil ceol ó áit ar bith agus de chineál ar bith.
Agus táthar ag súil go mbeidh aoi nó beirt sa stiúideo ó am go ham fa choinne ceol beo !!
Is é aidhm an seó na go mbeidh sé taitneamhach do dhuine ar bith  cíbe leibhéal Gaeilge atá acu.
Evin Downey is from Dublin but now living in Glasgow for more than 11 years, enticed here by a love of deep-fried foods.
After some aborted attempts in New York & London, since moving to Glasgow he has reconnected with Irish through classes at Conradh na Gaeilge Glaschú (where he now works as a Development Officer) and summer courses at Oideas Gael in the Donegal Gaeltacht.
His show,  Cluas Oscailte (An Open Ear), will have an emphasis on Irish language songs of all genres but also feature music from anywhere and of any type.
And hopefully there’ll also be the odd  guest in studio for a bit of live music !!
This is a show that aims to be enjoyable to those with any level of Irish, or none.
Bigí liom / Come join me!

						Gerry Maguire					
				
			When I retired I worked for Inverclyde Radio. I joined Celtic Music Radio about two and a half years ago and have loved doing my Wednesday “Jukebox” since then.		

						Iain Copeland					
				
						Liz Clark					
				
						Fiona McNeill					
				
			Fiona McNeill is certainly no stranger to Celtic and folk madness, being the guitarist and front woman in folk rock band Reely Jiggered since 2011. So, of course, it is only natural that she offers a completely fresh and unique take on the Celtic/folk genre. Fiona celebrated seven years of Celtic & Folk Fusions in […]		

						Sandy Semeonoff					
				
			Sandy Semeonoff worked for BBC Scotland for many years as a music librarian.  He has produced country, folk, and world music programmes for BBC Radio Scotland.

He grew up in a house full of classical 78s and LPs, but his passion for seeking out new and exciting styles of traditional music really began when he heard Finbar Furey playing the Irish uillean pipes in Edinburgh folk clubs in the 1960s.

Sandy is also a performer and for several years could be found singing and playing the Cajun music of SW Louisiana in Glasgow pubs.

Sandy presents and produces an eclectic choice of international, mainly acoustic music in his monthly Planet Waves programme on the last Tuesday of the month from 6.00-8.00pm.		

						Hamish Douglas Burgess					
				
			Hamish Burgess’ weekly show based in Maui, Hawaii, plays 2 hours of the best Celtic music from around the planet.

Hamish travels to many countries interviewing musicians for the program and often has interview clips with the top traditional Celtic musicians and folk singers, such as the late Liam Clancy, George Millar of The Irish Rovers, Paddy Moloney, Carlos Nunez, and many more.		

						Gavin Paterson					
				
			Gavin Paterson has been in training to be a radio presenter since he used to entertain his family by selecting 7” singles from the family collection – before he could even read.

As a performing musician he went through piano lessons and recitals, playing as a backing musician in “the clubs” while in his mid-teens, leading a 1977 punk band and playing with the first Glasgow punk band to issue an independent single. Many, varied instruments were half-learned along the way; he became an on-call side man, to a huge range of bands and artists.

A career in the Glesga Polis “forced” a move into amateur theatre for a while but in 1985 he became a founder member of 21 Red who, until they finally stopped in 2020, were the longest standing wedding/club band in all Scotland.

Other band work included Musical Director for Crescent City Soul and Dexys Bootleg Runners – two 10-piece bands who played all over the UK.
His folk song was given in outlet in “Off The Beat” a pun-based collection of Polis & Pals and in Whappit Ben, a mixing of various musical styles.

Long an admirer of Liam Clancy and the extended Clancy/Makem families, Gavin has been involved in every Clancy Brothers Festival since it started in 2008, as musician and on-call historian to the Clancy Family. This close connection lead to a rather unique recording project. After making a very simple album of Clancy/Makem songs to sell at his festival gigs, Gavin decided to use his instrumental skills and went back to the studio where he spent weeks overdubbing everything from drums to Hammond Organ. The album was self-issued at the end of 2016.

To promote his “CMR Album Of The Week”, he came into the studio to be interviewed by both Gordon Hotchkiss and Ross McFadyen. It didn’t take long to realise that his encyclopedic musical knowledge and absolutely massive record collection had found a natural home at CMR. He started broadcasting Ballads & Balladeers in March 2017 and as a reward for the success of that show, a few months later, was given a Sunday night spot where he could play “Whatever” he liked.

Gavin curates four hours of radio for CMR every week. Both are in-depth, knowledgable and very opinionated shows and that’s the way he likes it.

“Ballads and Balladeers” focusses on what he calls “the first generation of vinyl folkies” (roughly 1960 to 1990) while “Whatever” is a theme-based show that changes every week and is aimed at the listener with more than just a casual love for music. You have to tune in to find out what the theme is, and hopefully stick around.