Glasgow, Scotland – Feisty broadcaster Lesley Riddoch is back with a live phone-in at 12noon – on pioneering community station Celtic Music Radio. The former…
Lesley Riddoch on Celtic Music Radio
Category: General News
Celtic Connections 2006 Announces New Concerts and Special Guests
Glasgow, Scotland – Irish singer Mary Black has been confirmed as one of Altan‘s ‘special guests’ helping the band to celebrate 21 years of playing…
Martyn Bennett Day at Celtic Connections
Glasgow, Scotland – The highlight for tomorrow’s concerts is with two performances celebrating Martyn Bennett’s musical legacy. This follows a sold out performance this evening…
Celtic Connections Opening Concert Cancelled
Glasgow, Scotland – Celtic Connections has announced in a press release the cancellation of its opening concert by piper Carlos Núñez tomorrow, January 11th, 2006.…
Picturing the Banjo, an Exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington
Washington (D.C.), USA – Picturing the Banjo will be the first exhibition to underscore the banjo’s symbolism in American art from the eighteenth century through…
Bernd M. Scherer New Director of Berlin’s House of World Cultures
Berlin, Germany – Dr. Bernd M. Scherer is the new Director of the House of World Cultures effective January 1, 2006. Scherer holds a doctoral…
The Samba of Roda and the Ramlila proclaimed Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Paris, France – The Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, proclaimed in November 43 new Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritages of Humanity. Traditional Indian…
Freemuse Appeals to Turkish Government to Drop the Case Against Ferhat Tunç
Copenhagen, Denmark – Freemuse is launching an international campaign requesting the Turkish State to drop its case against singer Ferhat Tunç who is to appear…
Fiddler Alasdair Fraser Introduces New Fiddle Camp
Alasdair Fraser’s Sierra Fiddle Camp will take place just outside Nevada City, California from June 25 – July 1, 2006. Click here to request an…
Iran’s President Bans Western Music
Tehran, Iran – Reports by NPR and AFP claim that Iran’s president, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, has banned the broadcast of western music on radio and TV…