Public Workshops

Opening Your Voice 2

Sun 27 January, 1:30pm

£6
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Buchanan Suite

This workshop is designed to explore and develop your voice using an array of extraordinary instruments that Harriet Buchan has collected on her international travels. She will teach you methods to improve the quality of your singing voice and enrich your overall sound. Please note that this workshop is not about learning actual songs but it will help you to feel good about singing.

come&try Moothie

Sun 27 January, 1:30pm
£6
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Lomond Foyer

According to the poet, Gerry Cambridge, the moothie remains one of the most perversely annoying and fascinating instruments around. In this workshop, he will take his students on a voyage of discovery on the diatonic harmonica, ideal for playing the blues. If you have your own instrument in the key of D, you will learn the basics of note bending and other moothie delights. Some moothies will be available for sale.

come&try Puirt

Sun 27 January, 1:30pm
£6
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Clyde Foyer

Alpin Stewart will take his students through the multitude of rhythmic Gaelic songs which are ideal for step dancing or just simply showing off. If you're looking for a party piece, this is the workshop for you. Come and learn some simple puirt a'bheul and be the envy of all your friends. No knowledge of Gaelic is necessary and lots of fun guaranteed.

Danny Kyle's Open Stage hosted by Gibb Todd

Sun 27 January, 5pm
Free
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Exhibition Hall

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 - and all absolutely free!

In partnership with the Evening Times

BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Final 2008

Sun 27 January, 5pm
£12.50
City Halls, Grand Hall

For every previous Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year - Gillian Frame, Emily Smith, Anna Massie, James Graham, Stuart Cassells, Shona Mooney and Catriona Watt - winning the competition has been a major springboard to a professional career in music. Tonight's six talented finalists are:

Steven Blake (bagpipes/whistles): Citing Fred Morrison, Martyn Bennett, Finlay MacDonald and Michael McGoldrick among his influences, Steven is a founder member of the new band Flow.

Amy Lord (Scots song): A graduate of the BA Honours in Scottish Music at the RSAMD, Amy won the Women's Traditional Singing cup at the 2006 Auchtermuchty Folk Festival.

James Duncan MacKenzie (bagpipes/flute/whistles): The winner of several junior bagpipe competitons, James has just completed a year's study in traditional music at the University of the Highlands and Islands in Benbecula.

Robert Menzies (accordion/piano): A member of the Danny Award-winning accordion band Koda, Robert recently won a scholarship at to study at the RSAMD, along with the 2007 Highlands and Islands Accordion Masters title.

Ewan Robertson (guitar/song): Having formerly attended the National Centre for Excellence in Traditional Music at Plockton High School, Ewan plays with the Danny Award-winning band Breabach.

Ailie Robertson (clarsach): Ailie's previous accolades include first prize in the London Harp Competition and four Mod Gold Medals. She has studied harp at Limerick University's World Academy of Music and Dance.

Camera Obscura with The Twilight Sad & Shutter

Sun 27 January, 7:30pm
£15
ABC

The last few years have seen Glasgow six-piece Camera Obscura perfecting their own distinctive brand of vintage pop sparkle, offset by darker, moodier undercurrents. The band whose early demos achieved three placings in the late John Peel's Festive Fifty staked their most assertive claim to greatness yet with 2006's Let's Get Out of This Country, hailed by Slant magazine as 'one of the year's best pop albums'.

Formed in 2003, The Twilight Sad began life making extended pieces of music from guitars, bass, drums, theremin, sampled movie clips, old country songs, effects pedals, thumb-pianos and computer games, resulting in majestically atmospheric, multi-layered evocations of heartbreak and longing.

Currently recording their debut album for Fat Cat Records, the band are fast gaining a name for their viscerally intense live shows.

Highland instrumental quartet Shutter, who list Mogwai, Deftones and the Afro Celt Sound System among their influences, build monster riffs into brooding hard-rock soundscapes, laced with soaring melodies.

Le Vent du Nord with Beoga

Sun 27 January, 7:30pm
£12.50
The Classic Grand

In a mere six years since their inception, Quebec quartet Le Vent du Nord have captivated audiences everywhere with their irresistible blend of consummate musicianship - on fiddle, accordion, hurdy-gurdy, piano, mandolin, guitar, bass and vocals - and seemingly boundless joie de vivre. Tonight marks the UK launch of their second album, Dans les Airs.

Forged from a ferocious session at the 2002 All-Ireland Fleadh, Antrim-based five-piece Beoga have been hailed as a dynamic new force in Irish music. Buoyantly blending trad-style tunes with jazz, blues, cajun, ragtime and Latin flavours, they too have a new second album, Mischief, which cemented their snowballing reputation with another sweep of rave reviews.

Bagad Kemper "D'Ecosse en Cornouaille"

Sun 27 January, 8pm
£18, £16
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Main Auditorium

Brittany's leading pipe band, renowned for their innovative large-scale productions, Bagad Kemper have amazed and delighted Celtic Connections audiences on each of their regular visits since 1994. Building on their memorable encounter with the legendary South Uist piper Fred Morrison at Celtic Connections 2005, their latest extravaganza, D'Ecosse En Cornouaille (From Scotland To Brittany), receives its international premiere tonight.

At once an exploration and a celebration of the many links between Breton and Scottish music, the show features some 80 musicians in arrangements of traditional and contemporary material from both countries, led by Morrison's famously fiery, thrillingly adventurous piping, alongside Gaelic singing star Julie Fowlis. Bagad Kemper's massed binioux, bombardes and bagpipes square up to the 40-strong Clan Gregor Society Pipe Band, accompanied by Brittany's Bernard Le Dreau (saxophones) and Erwan Volant (guitars/bass).

Chris Stout Quintet with Emily Smith

Sun 27 January, 8pm
£12.50
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite

A member of Fiddlers' Bid and Salsa Celtica, with a degree in electro-acoustic music and a BBCSSO commission under his belt, Shetland fiddler Chris Stout dislikes pigeonholes. His free-ranging musical vision reaches new heights of expression on his latest album 'Devil's Advocate', featuring tonight's line-up of Fraser Fifield (saxophone), Catriona McKay (clarsach/piano), Malcolm Stitt (guitar) and Neil Harland (double bass).

"Their invention and rhythmic power set the benchmark for the full band sets to come, and the momentum never faltered." (The Scotsman)

The exquisite voice and interpretative gifts that saw Emily Smith named Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2002 are nowadays increasingly aligned with her own award-winning compositions. Accompanied here by her regular band on fiddle, guitar, banjo and bass, she'll be previewing tracks form her upcoming third album.

Opening the show will be 17-year-old Cardross fiddler Ryan Young, winner of a 2007 Danny Kyle Award.

La Banda Europa Pipers

Sun 27 January, 8pm
£12
The National Piping Centre

A feast of international piping featuring seven top exponents from Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Galicia and Asturias, originally brought together by Jim Sutherland's La Banda Europa project.

Maggie MacInnes with Hemallt

Sun 27 January, 8pm
£12.50
The Tron Theatre

Award-winning Gaelic singer and clarsach player Maggie MacInnes returns to the festival with her haunting, expressive songs from the island of Barra and beyond.

With a richly textured, snugly configured sound combining fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, mandola, mandolin, melodeon, guitar and vocals, Swedish trio Hemallt interweave elements from both Nordic and Celtic traditions.

Island Tapes with Comas

Sun 27 January, 8pm
£12.50
St Andrew's in the Square

Premiered at Celtic Connections 2006, The Island Tapes is an unforgettable multi-media experience masterminded by the innovative Scottish guitarist David Allison, marrying vintage films of Scottish island life with potently atmospheric live soundscapes.

Renowned for a unique performance method that incorporates real-time recording, looping and layering, Allison is joined once again by Scotland's leading classical guitarist Allan Neave, fingerstyle virtuoso Ian Melrose and Gaelic songstress Alyth McCormack.

The Irish/Breton/Belgian quartet Comas are hot favourites around the European festival circuit and feature the awesome talents of Sylvain Barou (flutes, pipes), Aidan Burke (fiddle) Philip Masure (guitar) and Jackie Moran (percussion).

Songs of Scotland

From a Woman's Point of View hosted by Ishbel MacAskill

Sun 27 January, 8pm
£8.50
Universal

Over the last two years the Songs of Scotland series has looked at different regions of Scotland and the songs that have emerged from these areas.

For the 2008 festival the series looks at different themes that occur in Scots song, mixing Gaelic and Scots, and how they have inspired songwriters and singers throughout generations.

Each of the ten themes will showcase a selection of songs, so each night will see the audience taken on a journey of discovery through different languages, dialects and stories, all linked with one common theme.

Southern Routes

featuring Dirk Powell Band and Christine Balfa & Balfa Toujours, plus special guests
Sun 27 January, 8pm
£16
Old Fruitmarket

Family connections - between both the performers themselves, and the musical traditions they represent - are the keynote of this very special collaboration, featuring top contemporary Cajun outfit Balfa Toujours and fiddle-led Appalachian specialists the Dirk Powell Band. The most immediate link is that of husband and wife Powell, who doubles as accordionist in Balfa Toujours, and its singer/guitarist Christine Balfa, who founded the group in honour of her father, the legendary fiddler Dewey Balfa, following his death in 1992.

Although Cajun and Appalachian music seem to form two highly distinct strands within the US folk tradition, tonight will explore the extensive historical and cultural overlap between them, exemplified by the fact that some of the most famous Cajun dynasties - including the Balfas - originally arrived in Louisiana as English-speakers from North Carolina and Virginia. Both born out of egalitarian frontier communities, each with a deep historical resistance to English domination, these not-so-distant cousins promise a truly harmonious reunion.

Celtic Connections Festival Club hosted by Gibb Todd

Sun 27 January, 10:30pm
£5
Central Hotel

Get ready for some late night music!

Our late night club ensures there is even more music to enjoy after all the gigs are over. Join local and international artists as they make special unbilled appearances or join in one of many sessions happening in the bars.

With food and drink in plentiful supply you can happily keep going into the early hours of the morning whilst witnessing some of the best musical collaborations of the festival.

Master of ceremonies, Gibb Todd returns to present each act on stage and Doris Rougvie hosts The House of Song in a peaceful oasis away from the main stage.

Iain Anderson In Conversation

Brian Osborne, Ronnie Armstrong & Phil Cunningham
Mon 28 January, 12:30pm
£3.50
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Exhibition Hall

BBC Radio Scotland's Iain Anderson hosts an eclectic mix of local figures as well as musicians performing at the festival for a lunch time blether.

Danny Kyle's Open Stage hosted by Gibb Todd

Mon 28 January, 5pm
Free
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Exhibition Hall

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 - and all absolutely free!

In partnership with the Evening Times

Donnie Munro with GiveWay

Mon 28 January, 7:30pm
£18, £16
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Main Auditorium

Following on from his latest critically-acclaimed album Heart of America (Album of the Year at the 2006 Scots Trad Music Awards), former Runrig frontman Donnie Munro continues to address the themes which have always been close to his heart.

Munro's work, both with Runrig and as a solo artist, has been inspired by the history, culture and contemporary experience of his Highlands and Islands homeland, placing these resonant themes within a modern international context. Drawing on a back catalogue of more than 20 albums, his current show weaves a powerful musical narrative, supplementing his regular live band with a string section, a choir and other special guests.

Fast outgrowing the novelty-factor aspects of their early acclaim, when they first emerged as teenagers, the four Johnson sisters collectively known as GiveWay are now making their name simply as one of Scotland's most accomplished and dynamic young bands, who recently won a host of new fans on their debut US tour

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Dick Gaughan's 60th Birthday

Mon 28 January, 8pm
£12.50
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite

Dick Gaughan's three main Celtic Connections gigs last year, his 'Classic Album' performance of 1981's Handful of Earth, the Songs of Conscience show and the premiere of his first symphonic work, Treaty 300, highlighted several key aspects of this legendary singer and songwriter's 35-year career.

The transcendent calibre of his back catalogue, the undimmed passion of his political commitment and his tireless enthusiasm for fresh creative ventures all underline Gaughan's standing as one of Scotland's most important and best-loved artists. To mark his 60th birthday this year, he'll be joined by an array of musical friends from down the decades for a memorable celebratory session.

Findlay Napier & The Bar Room Mountaineers

Mon 28 January, 8pm
£12
The National Piping Centre

Playing songs written by Back of the Moon star Findlay Napier and traditional Scottish material, Findlay Napier and The Bar Room Mountaineers have a rich, rootsy progressive sound, drawing influences from genres including blues, Americana, folk, funk and country.

Waltz With Me

featuring Annbjorg Lien, Bruce Molsky & Christine Hanson
Mon 28 January, 8pm
£12.50
St Andrew's in the Square

A new project premiered to great acclaim at Norway's Telemark Festival last summer, this strings-based quartet unites the talents of Annbjorg Lien (Norway), Christine Hanson (Canada/Scotland), Mikke Marin (Sweden) and Bruce Molsky (USA).

Songs of Scotland

Immigrants and Exiles hosted by Ishbel MacAskill

Mon 28 January, 8pm
£8.50
Universal

Over the last two years the Songs of Scotland series has looked at different regions of Scotland and the songs that have emerged from these areas.

For the 2008 festival the series looks at different themes that occur in Scots song, mixing Gaelic and Scots, and how they have inspired songwriters and singers throughout generations.

Each of the ten themes will showcase a selection of songs, so each night will see the audience taken on a journey of discovery through different languages, dialects and stories, all linked with one common theme.

Celtic Connections Festival Club hosted by Gibb Todd

Mon 28 January, 10:30pm
£3.50
Central Hotel

Get ready for some late night music!

Our late night club ensures there is even more music to enjoy after all the gigs are over. Join local and international artists as they make special unbilled appearances or join in one of many sessions happening in the bars.

With food and drink in plentiful supply you can happily keep going into the early hours of the morning whilst witnessing some of the best musical collaborations of the festival.

Master of ceremonies, Gibb Todd returns to present each act on stage and Doris Rougvie hosts The House of Song in a peaceful oasis away from the main stage.

Iain Anderson In Conversation

Lesley Riddoch & Roger Hutchinson

Tue 29 January, 12:30pm
£3.50 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Exhibition Hall

BBC Radio Scotland's Iain Anderson hosts an eclectic mix of local figures as well as musicians performing at the festival for a lunch time blether.

Danny Kyle's Open Stage hosted by Gibb Todd

Tue 29 January, 5pm
Free
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Exhibition Hall

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 - and all absolutely free!

In partnership with the Evening Times

k.d. lang with support

Tue 29 January, 7:30pm
£30
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Main Auditorium

As Celtic Connections 2008 celebrates the glories of the human voice, there could be no better artist to embody this theme than multi-Grammy-winner k.d. lang. "My favourite singer," declared Tony Bennett, following their hit duet album A Wonderful World (2002), likening to her to the late great Judy Garland.

In a career now spanning some 25 years, lang has lent her epically sweeping, intensely emotive voice to everything from classic country to Tin Pan Alley standards, smoky ballads to sophisticated pop.

Watershed [Nonesuch Records, January 28, 2008] is the first album of newly written material from the four-time Grammy winner since 2000's Invincible Summer, and her first studio album since 2004's acclaimed Canadian songbook, Hymns Of The 49th Parallel. It is also the first self-produced collection of her celebrated career.

Sponsored by Belhaven Best

Suzy Bogguss with Wingin' It

Tue 29 January, 7:30pm
£15
ABC

As well as calling Suzy Bogguss a 'singers' singer,' Asleep at the Wheel frontman Ray Benson - who produced Bogguss's 2005 album Swing - describes her as 'one of the few singers who connects with audiences in the country, folk, pop, and jazz worlds easily and successfully.' Although bracketed as a country artist throughout most of her multi-platinum-selling career, with Swing and its successor, 2007's Sweet Danger, Bogguss spreads her musical wings to embrace jazz, swing, Latin and sophisticated cabaret-style material, with a mix of standard and originals highlighting a different side to her pure, honey-sweet voice.

Opening the evening's proceedings will be the winners of a Danny Award in 2007, Wingin' It, an exciting new duo performing a wide range of styles.

Brian Finnegan - The Singing Tree with The Rooney Family

Tue 29 January, 8pm
£12.50
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite

Conceived and devised by the brilliant Armagh flute and whistle player Brian Finnegan, co-founder of the legendary Flook, The Singing Tree is a brand new performance in words, music and dance celebrating the rich musical traditions of the north of Ireland, and the social and cultural changes currently taking place there.

Alongside Finnegan, a 13-strong line-up of top talent from the region includes acclaimed singer Cara Dillon, dancer Sibeal Davitt and the multi-award-winning Belfast poet Gearoid Mac Lochlainn, with Jarlath Henderson (uilleann pipes/whistles), Damien O'Kane (banjo/guitar), Trevor Hutchinson (double bass), Meabh O'Hare (fiddle/viola) and Eamon Murray (bodhran).

Winners of a Danny Kyle Award in 2007, the six young Irish siblings making up The Rooney Family display their remarkably seasoned musicianship in a blend of traditional and original material.

Rod Paterson with Ross Kennedy

Tue 29 January, 8pm
£12
The National Piping Centre

A double bill featuring two of Scotland's best loved folk singers. Rod Paterson's repertoire ranges from Burns to vintage swing, while Ross Kennedy is also a superb fingerstyle guitarist.

Songs of Scotland

Songs of the Land hosted by Ishbel MacAskill

Tue 29 January, 8pm
£8.50
Universal

Over the last two years the Songs of Scotland series has looked at different regions of Scotland and the songs that have emerged from these areas.

For the 2008 festival the series looks at different themes that occur in Scots song, mixing Gaelic and Scots, and how they have inspired songwriters and singers throughout generations.

Each of the ten themes will showcase a selection of songs, so each night will see the audience taken on a journey of discovery through different languages, dialects and stories, all linked with one common theme.

BBC Radio Scotland 92-95FM & 810MW Live Radio Broadcasts

Global Gathering
Tue 29 January, 8pm
Free but ticketed
BBC Scotland, Pacific Quay

Mary Ann Kennedy presents the show live from BBC Scotland's new home, featuring a pick of the festival's finest - from home and abroad. Live on BBC Radio Scotland.

Celtic Connections Festival Club hosted by Gibb Todd

Tue 29 January, 10:30pm
£3.50
Central Hotel

Get ready for some late night music!

Our late night club ensures there is even more music to enjoy after all the gigs are over. Join local and international artists as they make special unbilled appearances or join in one of many sessions happening in the bars.

With food and drink in plentiful supply you can happily keep going into the early hours of the morning whilst witnessing some of the best musical collaborations of the festival.

Master of ceremonies, Gibb Todd returns to present each act on stage and Doris Rougvie hosts The House of Song in a peaceful oasis away from the main stage.

Iain Anderson In Conversation

Timothy Neat & Alison MacMorland
Wed 30 January, 12:30pm
£3.50
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Exhibition Hall

BBC Radio Scotland's Iain Anderson hosts an eclectic mix of local figures as well as musicians performing at the festival for a lunch time blether.

Danny Kyle's Open Stage hosted by Gibb Todd

Wed 30 January, 5pm
Free
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Exhibition Hall

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 - and all absolutely free! In partnership with the Evening Times

Shona Kipling with Damien O'Kane

Wed 30 January, 6pm
£10
City Halls, Recital Room

Nominated for the best-newcomer Horizon prize at the 2007 Radio 2 Folk Awards, this young Newcastle-based duo features the unusual pairing of accordion and banjo, together with Damien O'Kane's resonantly expressive vocals.

Classic Album: Andy Irvine & Paul Brady

Wed 30 January, 7:30pm
£24, £22
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Main Auditorium

Continuing the Classic Album strand of concerts launched at Celtic Connections last year, we are proud to revisit a true landmark in Irish music, the self-titled duo recording released by Andy Irvine and Paul Brady in 1976.

More than three decades on, their versions of such songs as 'Loch Erne Shore' and 'Arthur McBride' remain definitive, while Brady's brilliantly innovative guitar work, a pioneering blend of flatpicking and fingerstyle techniques, has spawned legions of imitators. The album showed Andy Irvine as a very powerful artist in his own right, and set the base for a long and impressive solo career.

Besides the choice of material and calibre of musicianship, what sets the album apart is the blend of freshness and sensitivity in its alignment of voices and instrumental textures, which set new benchmarks for interpreting traditional material.

Sponsored by Eskmills

Michelle Shocked with Darrell Scott

Wed 30 January, 7:30pm
£15
ABC

When Mercury Records, back in the early 1990s, refused to release Michelle Shocked's fourth album on the grounds of 'stylistic inconsistency', they paradoxically highlighted what's become the central strength of a famously independent career.

From the folksy Texas Campfire Tapes through the big-band swagger of Captain Swing to her current gospel-based sound, Shocked has made the broad church of US roots music her home, and remains at her best in the live arena, as on her latest CD ToHeavenURide, recorded at the 2003 Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

Besides penning hits for the Dixie Chicks, Patty Loveless and Travis Tritt, the Kentucky-born singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott has meanwhile pursued his own performing career on the rootsier side of the Americana fence.

Combining Appalachian-hued melodies with incisive lyrics, encompassing both poetic reflections on mortality and sharp social satire, Scott's latest solo album The Invisible Man reveals an artist reaching fresh heights of creativity.

June Tabor with Harriet Earis

Wed 30 January, 8pm
£12.50
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite

According to her All Music Guide biographer, June Tabor is 'probably the finest female traditional British folk singer of the late 20th century - if not the best British folk singer of her time, period.' Moving seamlessly between the realms of traditional, jazz and contemporary folk, Tabor imbues every song - from a medieval French ballad to the latest from her favourite lyricist, Les Barker - with a character uniquely her own. Tabor's latest album, 'Apples', was greeted with glowing reviews in 2007.

A veteran of extensive international touring, harpist Harriet Earis won a Danny Kyle Award at Celtic Connections 2007, and recently released her second album 'From the Crooked Tree'.

Skipinnish Showcase

Wed 30 January, 8pm
£12.50
St Andrew's in the Square

A night of fantastic Highland music and song from a selection of acts on the Skipinnish Records label. Joining Skipinnish will be fiddle virtuoso Archie MacAlister, multi-award winning Gaelic singers James Graham, Rachel Walker and Calum Alex MacMillan, and the tremendous, wild, talented and powerful young band - Skerryvore.

Songs of Scotland

The Amorous Scots hosted by Ishbel MacAskill

Wed 30 January, 8pm
£8.50
Universal

Over the last two years the Songs of Scotland series has looked at different regions of Scotland and the songs that have emerged from these areas.

For the 2008 festival the series looks at different themes that occur in Scots song, mixing Gaelic and Scots, and how they have inspired songwriters and singers throughout generations.

Each of the ten themes will showcase a selection of songs, so each night will see the audience taken on a journey of discovery through different languages, dialects and stories, all linked with one common theme.

Bellows and Bows featuring Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

Wed 30 January, 8pm
£16
Old Fruitmarket

Reconvening the line-up of their successful Tune Up tour in 2007, Scotland's foremost fiddle and accordion duo, Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, host a programme highlighting their instruments' kinship across diverse musical traditions.

From Sweden comes the ten-year partnership of fiddler Bjoern Stabi and accordionist Bengan Janson, two of the top exponents in their field, with a repertoire ranging from Viking long dances to contemporary waltzes and polskas.

Completing a trio of cultures who are - according to Bain - at their happiest when they're miserable, Louisiana's Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band comprises Marc Savoy (accordion), Beausoleil's Michael Doucet (fiddle/vocals) and Ann Savoy (guitar/vocals), who've been called 'the closest most of us will ever get to hearing an authentic Cajun bash on a screened-in bayou porch.' Each act will perform individually, before all seven players team up together.

Celtic Connections Festival Club hosted by Gibb Todd

Wed 30 January, 10:30pm
£3.50
Central Hotel

Get ready for some late night music!

Our late night club ensures there is even more music to enjoy after all the gigs are over. Join local and international artists as they make special unbilled appearances or join in one of many sessions happening in the bars.

With food and drink in plentiful supply you can happily keep going into the early hours of the morning whilst witnessing some of the best musical collaborations of the festival.

Master of ceremonies, Gibb Todd returns to present each act on stage and Doris Rougvie hosts The House of Song in a peaceful oasis away from the main stage.