Day: 11/01/2015

  With less than a week to go until the festival gets underway there are a number of shows that are not to be missed with tickets selling fast. The Campbell Brothers will perform John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’ to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the seminal album release, Coltrane’s most spiritual composition. The Campbell Brothers’ sacred steel […]

As we get nearer Celtic Connections 2015 the festival is delighted to announce that the Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan will be joining the line up for Blood & Roses: The Songs of Ewan MacColl in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Sunday 25th January.  The evening’s entertainment is a tribute to one of the most pivotal figures in Britain’s folk revival, […]

  Celtic Connections 2015 will open with the live world premiere of Martyn Bennett’s final masterpiece Grit, originally released in 2003, and widely recognised as a towering landmark in contemporary Scottish music.   Combining celebration with commemoration the 2015 festival also coincides with the10th anniversary  of Martyn Bennett’s untimely passing This performance –  reconstructed by violinist and […]