Celtic Connections 2011 to present BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra featuring The Alison Brown Quartet, Michael Marra and Frankie Gavin & De Dannan
This January 15th concert is a classic Celtic Connections bill, featuring a contrasting trio of top roots acts from Scotland, Ireland and the United States…
Sublimely Introspective and Slyly Intricate
Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Ségal Chamber Music (Six Degrees Records 657036117129, 2011) At first glance Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Ségal…
West Virginia Band The Fox Hunt and Irish Act The Henry Girls at Celtic Connections 2011
Peddling a streetwise, subtly subversive mix of vintage Americana and potent original songwriting, West Virginia combo The Fox Hunt will return to Celtic Connections 2011…
Haitian Roots Band RAM to Showcase at globalFEST 2011
Haitian band RAM will be performing at globalFEST 2011 at New York City’s Webster Hall (125 E. 11th St.) on January 9. In an era…
Treacherous Orchestra and Fía na Roca to Perform at Celtic Connections 2011
Scottish band Treacherous Orchestra and Galician band Fía na Roca are scheduled to perform Friday, January 14th at O2 ABC Glasgow. Originally spawned amidst the…
Gordon Duncan Memorial Solo Piping Competition at Celtic Connections 2011
The Gordon Duncan Memorial Solo Piping Competition will take place Sunday, January 16th at 1pm at The National Piping Centre. Perthshire piper Gordon Duncan was…
Skerryvore, Mànran and Calum Iain MacCorquodale & Malcolm Jones at Celtic Connections 2011
Several acts from Scotland, Skerryvore, Mànran and Calum Iain MacCorquodale & Malcolm Jones, will be performing Sunday, January 16th at 7:30pm at O2 ABC Glasgow.…
Green Fields of America with The StepCrew to perform at Celtic Connections 2011
Green Fields of America will perform on Friday, January 14th at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Main Auditorium. Originally formed in 1978 by the Limerick-born musician…
Leo Blanco and Keltic Tales to perform at at Celtic Connections 2011
Leo Blanco and Keltic Tales will be performing Sunday, January 16th at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite. Born amidst the Venezuelan Andes, internationally trained…
Intensely Creative Fiddle Stories
Childsplay Waiting for the Dawn (Childsplay Records 005, 2010) Childsplay is a superb acoustic ensemble that brings together a large number of fiddlers around violin…