Glasgow, Scotland - Saturday at Celtic Connections 2007 the Country Music Association culminates its high-profile UK and Ireland tour in Glasgow, and an Americana legend brings his band over to Glasgow for a gig at the ABC.

Celtic Connections takes place in 12 venues all over Glasgow. The focal point of the festival is The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, where performances take place in every available space, from workshops in the foyers to performances by world-class artists in the Main Auditorium. The City Halls and Old Fruitmarket, ABC, The Tron, The Piping Centre and Glasgow’s newest live venue The Classic Grand will all play host to Celtic Connections events this year over a period of nineteen days in January and February.

Program:

Mark Sheridan: Landscapes
Sat 3 February, 1:00pm
£12.50
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite

Landscapes is a new work by Mark Sheridan for Celtic Camerata, an ensemble with some of the best new talent on the Celtic scene and some of Scotland's best young jazz musicians. They are all alumni of the University of Strathclyde and are well known faces at Celtic Connections.

Anna Massie, guitar; Ruaridh Campbell, fiddle; Rachel Hair, clarsach; Martin O'Neill, bodhran and percussion; Sarah Naylor, fiddle; Duncan Lyall, bass join accomplished saxophonists Konrad Wiszniewski, Bill Fleming and Tom Dalzell in portraying some of Scotland's diverse and inspirational terrain.

Each soloist will create a scene and a personal musical insight into a landscape that has inspired them - against a backdrop created by the sax trio - directed by Sheridan at the piano.

Danny Kyle's Open Stage hosted by Gibb Todd
Sat 3 February, 5:00pm
Free
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Exhibition Hall

The Wailin' Jennys with Bruce Molsky & Mary Ann Kennedy
Sat 3 February, 8:00pm
£12.50
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite

Mick West Band
Sat 3 February, 8:00pm
£10
The National Piping Centre

Mick appears tonight with his regular hand-picked band, comprising Fraser Fifield, Frank McLaughlin and Steve Lawrence.

New Irish Tradition
Sat 3 February, 8:00pm
£12.50
St Andrew's in the Square

A cracking duo double bill featuring four sensational young musicians: Dublin-born fiddler Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh and uilleann piper Mick O'Brien perform tracks from their classic album Kitty Lie Over (described by the Irish Echo as "the best traditional album of 2003") and Leitrim's Andy Morrow is accompanied by Tony O'Connell on concertina, their spell-binding duetting recently described as ”playing of enduring quality, imagination and enjoyment”.

Aberfeldy with Lior
Sat 3 February, 8:00pm
£14
The Garage

The Jerry Douglas Band with Support
Sat 3 February, 8:00pm
£15
ABC

New From Nashville - featuring Jace Everett and Julie Roberts
Sat 3 February, 8:00pm
£12.50
The Classic Grand

The Country Music Association will sponsor the third New from Nashville concert tour in the United Kingdom and Ireland, spotlighting Nashville recording artists Julie Roberts and Jace Everett. This Celtic Connections concert is the final one of the tour, which has already visited Dublin and London.

Unusual Suspects with David Munnelly
Sat 3 February, 9:00pm
£15
Old Fruitmarket

The first Scottish act ever to be awarded a prestigious showcase slot at the WOMEX world music convention, the Unusual Suspects return to their Celtic Connections birthplace to raise the roof once more.

Tonight's line-up numbers more than 22 musicians and singers, representing the cream of Scotland's folk and jazz scenes, performing their unique grand-scale arrangements of traditional-based tunes and songs under the musical directorship of Corrina Hewat and David Milligan.

Celtic Connections Ceilidh with The Scott Harvey Ceilidh Band
Sat 3 February, 10:30pm
£8
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Exhibition Hall

Celtic Connections Festival Club hosted by Gibb Todd
Sat 3 February, 10:30pm
£7.50
Holiday Inn - City West

• Celtic Connections 2007 Launches Tomorrow in Spectacular Fashion with a Torchlit Procession and Opening Concert
• Celtic Connections 2007 Celebrates Gaelic Roots
• Celtic Connections Announce EventScotland Funding
• Celtic and international folk, country and rock music stars on Thursday 18th at Celtic Connections
• Clannad, The Duhks and Bruce Cockburn Highlights of Celtic Connections' Friday 19th Concerts
• Celtic Connections 2007 Youth Concert
• Shooglenifty and Iarla O Lionáird at Celtic Connections 2007 Saturday 20th January
• Maggie MacInnes Presents Her New CD Òran na Mnà – A Woman’s Song at Celtic Connections
• BBC Radio 2 Radio Ballads at Celtic Connections 2007
• Celtic Connections 2007 Features Breton Night Fest, New Galician Folk and Fiddle Legend Frankie Gavin on January 21
• John Cale, Radio Ballads and Music of Scotland at Celtic Connections 2007 on Monday January 22nd
• Songs of Conscience and The McDades at Celtic Connections 2007 on Tuesday, January 23rd
• Master Pipers, Kate Rusby and Bela Fleck at Celtic Connections 2007 on Wednesday 24th January
• Showcase Scotland Concert at Celtic Connections 2007
• Legendary Boys of the Lough at Celtic Connections 2007 on Thursday 25th January
• Scottish Talent, Piper Tribute, Blues and Fiddlin' at Celtic Connections 2007 Friday 26th January
• Celtic Connections 2007 Presents Swedish, Breton and Scottish Acts and Pipe Band Extravaganza on Saturday January 27th
• A successful first week for Celtic Connections 2007
• Catriona Watt Wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award
• Celtic Connections 2007 events for Monday 29th January
• Ballads of the Book at Celtic Connections 2007
• Live Real World Party at Celtic Connections 2007 in Glasgow
• Flutes of the World and Ballads of the Book at Celtic Connections 2007
• Donegal Connections at Celtic Connections 2007
• Cowboy Junkies, Donegal Connections and Real World Artists at Celtic Connections 2007 on Wednesday 31st January

Tickets can be purchased from the Box Office:

In person at: The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
2 Sauchiehall Street
GLASGOW
G2 3NY
Online at: www.celticconnections.com
By phone on: 0141 353 8000