Celtic Connections Monday 23 January 2006

01/22/2006 10:10PM

Contributed by: WMC_News_Dept.

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
Ł1 - tickets available from the Box Office

Daily 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
Ł1 - 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
Ł18, Ł16 - 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
Ł8.50 - 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
Ł14 - 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
Ł10 - 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
Ł7.50 - 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.