Music CELTIC CONNECTIONS
■ Grant Lee Buffalo and Support The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9.30pm. £18. CANCELLED. ■ The Celtic Connections Festival Club The Art School, Renfrew Street, 353 4690. 10pm. £8. Get ready for some seriously late bedtimes - the now legendary Celtic Connections Festival Club is the place to be for spontaneous appearances, one-off collaborations, and jam sessions at the House of Song. Hosted by the sparkly Kevin Macleod, the party goes on into the wee small hours every Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the festival. ■ Celtic Connections Late Night Sessions Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10pm. £5. Not ready to go home yet? Join this informal session with a drink in hand and perhaps you’ll catch a unique meeting of styles as various festival performers collaborate.
Saturday 15 Glasgow ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Harmony Singing for Beginners Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am. £7. Maximum results in a minimal amount of time are promised at this lively and fun come-and-try singing workshop led by Corrina Hewat. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Kids Percussion Workshop for Wee Ones Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am. £4. Helping 4–7-year- olds find their groove, this workshop introduces them to a big and bashy selection of percussion instruments. Accompanying adults go free. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Learn the Small Pipes in a Day Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am. £35. Dave Shaw covers the use of bellows, blowing and fingering techniques and the tuning of drones. You will learn to play at least one tune in a day, he promises. For over 14s and complete beginners only. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Come&Try Fiddle Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am. £7. Tutors from Glasgow Fiddle Workshop are here to dispel the idea that the fiddle is a difficult instrument - by the end of this workshop they’ll have you playing a wee tune. Instruments supplied, no experience required. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Kids Percussion Workshop Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. Noon. £4. A workshop for 8–12-year- olds introducing them to some fun and simple rhythms on various samba percussion instruments. Accompanying adults go free. ■ Celtic Connections Annual Piping Concert Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 12.30pm. £12.50. The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland is made up of skilled musicians aged 10–25 who chose, arrange and sometimes compose the music for their performances themselves. See some of the best of Scotland’s young piping talent perform alongside special guests and the Fife Constabulary Pipe Band. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Already Harmony Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30pm. £7. A lively singing workshop led by Corrina Hewat, beginning with more simple harmonies before progressing on to some complex songs in several parts, which will hopefully produce some impressive results. Better still, there’s no need to be able to read music. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Beginner Fiddle Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30pm.
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£7. Build up confidence and learn a few new tunes on your fiddle with the tutors from Glasgow Fiddle Workshop at this welcoming workshop. Designed for those who have studied the fiddle for at least six months. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Family Percussion Workshop Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30pm. £7 (under 16s £4; family £15 for 2 adults and 2 children). Workshop aimed at adults and older children exploring samba drumming techniques. ■ The Future of Our Past Goes Large! Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 2pm. £10.50. Folk and Traditional music students from Newcastle University perform under the guidance of Phil Cunningham and Catriona Macdonald. FREE Danny Kyle’s Open Stage Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 5pm. See Fri 14. ■ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at Celtic Connections City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £18.50. The orchestra provides the big sonic guns backing a trio of Scottish folk artists – The Alison Brown Quartet, Michael Marra and a new version of Irish trad band Frankie Gavin & De Dannan. ■ Fiddlers’ Bid with The Quebe Sisters Band Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £18–£23. Stalwart Shetland fiddle supremos team up with Texan three-part harmony singers The Quebe Sisters Band and other special guests including Japanese folk/pop combo Humbert Humbert. ■ Mabon and Lorne MacDougall Òran Mór, Great Western Road, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12.50. Welsh sextet Mabon plays music with a distinctive mixture of global influences including Breton, Basque, Galician and Basque as well as Celtic. They are joined by young Argyllshire piper and musician (and former Red Hot Chilli) Lorne MacDougall performing material from his debut album, Hello World. ■ Tim Eriksen: Shape Note Singing St Andrews in the Square, St Andrews Square, 353 8000. 7.30pm.
£12.50. Tim Eriksen – singing tutor to Nicole Kidman and Jude Law on Cold Mountain – displays the basics of this unusual and beautiful form of pre-gospel harmony also known as Sacred Harp singing. ■ Alex Hodgson and Ian Smith City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. The Prestonpan’s lad and former Burnsong finalist performs material from his new album Jeelie Jars ‘n’ Coalie Backies, with support from Ian Smith. FREE Ceilidhs at Laurie’s Laurie’s Bar, King Street, 552 7123. 8pm. See Sat 8. ■ Elizabeth Cook and AJ Roach Tron Theatre, Trongate, 353 8000. 8pm. £12.50. The veteran of over 300 Grand Ole Opry appearances, Cook sings traditional folk with a punk flavour alongside the impeccably country- pedigreed moonshiner’s grandson AJ Roach. Part of Celtic Connections ■ School of Scottish Studies: A Celebration of 60 Years Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £12.50. A concert celebrating the diamond jubilee of Edinburgh University’s School of Scottish Studies, featuring a cross- generational line-up including Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis, Scots traveller/ singer Sheila Stewart, pianist James Ross, fiddler Duncan Chisholm, Gaelic singer/piper Allan MacDonald and bothy ballad master Jock Duncan. ■ Cheikh Lô and OqueStrada The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8.30pm. £16. Senegalese songwriter mixes maverick mercurial mbalax in a melting pot of music from Cuba to the Congo. Playing alongside him is Portuguese six-piece OqueStrada, whose influences range from ska and flamenco to traditional fado. ■ The Celtic Connections Festival Club The Art School, Renfrew Street, 353 4690. 10pm. £8. See Fri 14. ■ Celtic Connections Late Night Sessions Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10pm. £5. See Fri 14.
Sunday 16 Glasgow ■ Celtic Connections Various
Venues, 353 8000. Times vary. Prices vary. See Thu 13. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Kids Percussion Workshop for Wee Ones Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am. £4. See Sat 15. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Learn the Irish Pipes in a Day Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am. £35. North Durham piper and pipe-maker Dave Shaw leads a workshop for complete beginners, with pipes provided. Over 14s only. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Come&Try Bodhran Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am. £7. Got a sense of rhythm? Always fancied trying the bodhran? Come along to this workshop to have a go and learn some cracking basic beats. Instruments provided; no experience required. ■ Tim Eriksen: Shape Note Singing Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am. £7. See Sat 15. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Kids Percussion Workshop Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. Noon. £4. See Sat 15. ■ New Voices: Innes Watson Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1pm. £10.50. The Borders instrumentalist joins forces with fellow string smiths Ali Hutton, Mike Bryan and Barry Reid for a series of collaboratively developed electric and acoustic guitar compositions. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Beginner Bodhran Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30pm. £7. For beginners who have had some experience and are now looking to build confidence and acquire skill on the bodhran, this course led by Andy May offers the perfect starting point. Please bring your own instrument. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Percussion for Women Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30pm. £7. Samba drumming workshop session with Big Groove. Beginners welcome.
Celtic Connections Late Night Sessions
Held in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall’s Exhibition Hall, the Late Night Sessions showcase the more intimate side of the Celtic Connections experience. The gigs take place every night from 10pm, cost £5, and are hosted by Scots nu-folkie Findlay Napier. The line-up for these sessions is still being kept under wraps, but chances are, if you enjoy good music, a few drinks and a slightly special late night vibe, you won’t be disappointed. ■ Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, nightly from Fri 14 Jan-Sun 30 Jan.