Celtic Connections Monday 23 January 2006

Program:

11.00am Schools Concert with

Kathryn Tickell (Northumberland) and special guests
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium
2 Sauchiehall Street, G2
Tickets free on application from the Box Office

01.00pm Iain Anderson in Conversation
The Piping Centre
30-34 McPhater Street, G4
£1 – tickets available from the Box OfficeDaily talk with BBC Radio Scotland presenter Iain Anderson featuring discussion
with interesting local and national figures and musical interludes from festival
performers. Today’s talk brings together Scottish historian Louise Yeoman,
Scottish singer Elspeth Cowie, and Dr Jim Swire, spokesman for Lockerbie tragedy
charity UK Families Flight 103.

02.30pm Celtic Music Radio Live
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: Exhibition Hall
2 Sauchiehall Street, G2
Free – tickets available from the Box Office

05.00pm Danny Kyle’s Open Stage with
Gibb
Todd
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: Exhibition Hall
2 Sauchiehall Street, G2
Free

Hosted by Danny Kyle’s good friends
Gibb
Todd and Liz Clark, the Open Stage is a chance to see new musical talent as
they try to win a coveted support slot at next year’s festival.

06.00pm Festival Folk featuring

Michael Marra
The Piping Centre
30-34 McPhater Street, G4
£1 – tickets available from the Box Office

Festival personalities talk informally about their life and career in music,
followed by the chance to ask any burning questions.

07.30pm The Rambling Boys
With
Eric Bogle,
J.P.
Cormier,

Archie Fisher,
Dick
Gaughan,
Brian
McNeill,
John
Munro and
Gibb
Todd
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium
2 Sauchiehall Street, G2
£18, £16 – tickets available from the Box Office
on stage: 07.30-08.20pm / 08.50-10.00pm

If you added up the amount of rambling these boys have done between them during
their careers, the resulting mileage would take you round the world several
times over. More than survivors of the great 1960s folk-song revival, coming
together from both sides of the Atlantic, all these artists have become
tradition-bearers and source singers in their turn. As eloquent interpreters of
both old ballads and contemporary material, as writers of enduring individual
compositions, as storytellers and, not least, as gifted and groundbreaking
instrumentalists, they have each left an indelible mark on the recent history of
Scottish and North American music.

07.45pm Songs of Scotland, The Isle of Uist
hosted by Ishbel MacAskill
Universal Folk Club
Sauchiehall Lane, G2
£8.50 – tickets available from the Box Office

A new venue for 2006, the intimate Universal Folk Club brings together the great
tradition bearers of Scottish Song, with each evening throughout the Festival
dedicated to the unique musical characteristics of a region of Scotland.
Representing the Isle of Uist for tonight’s performance are Margaret Callan,
Julie Fowlis, Mairi MacInnes and Gilbert MacMillan.

08.00pm

Frances Black
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite
2 Sauchiehall Street, G2
£14 – tickets available from the Box Office
On stage: 08.00-8.50pm / 09.10 -10.00pm

08.00pm Master and Apprentice

Lauren MacColl with

Catriona MacDonald and
Mike
Vass with
Bruce
MacGregor
The Piping Centre
30-34 McPhater Street, G4
£10 – tickets available from the Box Office

10.00pm Late Night Session
Universal Folk Club
Sauchiehall Lane, G2
Free

Informal music session.

10.30pm Festival Club with
Gibb
Todd
The Holiday Inn – City West
Bothwell St, G2
£7.50 – tickets available from the Box Office

The best late-night club in the city, this is the place to keep the party going
after all the gigs are over. Rub shoulders with world famous artists as they
make special unbilled appearances alongside the best newcomers. And Doris
Rougvie hosts the House of Song in the Cabin Bar.

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