Celtic Connections Celebrates Robert Burns
Glasgow, Scotland – January 25th is Burns Day. To celebrate, the festival has programmed Margaret Bennett’s “For Auld Lang Syne” concert on Saturday 28th January.…
Jamaican Sounds Aged to Perfection
(Trojan/Sanctuary 06076-80548-2, 2005) Lyn Taitt & the Jets – Hold Me Tight: Anthology 65-73 (Trojan/Sanctuary 06076-80543-2, 2005) The evolution of Jamaican popular music from ska…
Geetha Navale travels to France to celebrate Pietro della Valle
India – Veena virtuoso Geetha Navale, has been invited to France in Janury 2006 for a recording project retracing the footprints of the European music…
Folk Britannia Series at Barbican in London
London, UK – This February the Barbican hosts Folk Britannia, a festival focusing on the rich and compelling history of traditional music of the UK.…
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…
BBC Young Traditional Musician Award Announced
Glasgow, Scotland -The BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year was announced tonight. The winner is fiddler Shona Mooney from Lauder. Shona is originally from…
Existentialist Tides: Marta Topferova
Marta Topferova La Marea [The Tide] (World Village 468040, 2005) I had never heard of Marta Topferova until recently when I received an e-mail about…
Nigeria’s De Indispensables Release their First UK Single
They are already a well-established name back home in Nigeria but De Indispensables will also be known in the UK before long. The duo, who…
Portuguese Cape Verdean Star Returns to Chicago’s HotHouse
Chicago (Ilinois), USA – Lura stole the show at the 2005 Chicago World Music Festival and she returns to Chicago for an encore performance. The…
Susana Seivane, The Dubliners and Donald Shaw, Highlights of Celtic Connections Sunday January 22
Glasgow, Scotland – The cream of international Celtic music keeps appearing at the Celtic connections festival. Sunday’s edition features Spanish bagpipe diva Susana Seivane, accordion…