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Posted By: GUEST,henryp
26-Jan-25 - 03:50 AM
Thread Name: BBC Radio This week 2025
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
BBC Radio Scotland
15:30 Monday 20 January The Arts Mix Len Pennie and Michelle McManus with a Celtic Connections special 25 days left to listen
A special extended edition of The Arts Mix, co-hosted by Len Pennie and Michelle McManus, broadcast in front of an audience from the Pacific Quay foyer, and featuring live music from artists performing at Celtic Connections. Len and Michelle are joined by singer Beth Malcolm, whose album Folkmosis weaves together music and spoken word. Jazz singer Georgia Cecile performs live. And composer and violinist Catriona Price talks about working with musicians from Argentina, Mexico and Chile for her musical cultural exchange project Routes to Roots ahead of a Celtic Connections gig next week.

15:30 Wednesday 22 January The Arts Mix A Celtic Connections special with Kim Carnie and Rhona Macfarlane 26 days left to listen
Continuing The Arts Mix specials for Celtic Connections, recorded at the BBC in Glasgow with a live audience. Len has music from Rhona Macfarlane, showcasing her debut album, As the Chaos Unfolds. And singer Kim Carnie tells Len about her documentary, Kim Carnie Out Loud, exploring the challenges faced by people hiding their sexuality, including her own experience of hiding a same-sex relationship for six years.

15:30 Thursday 23 January The Arts Mix Celtic Connections with Ainsley Hamill and Gary West 27 days left to listen
In the last of The Arts Mix specials to celebrate Celtic Connections, Len Pennie is joined by singer Ainsley Hamill, who performs music from her new album Fable; and piper Gary West, who has written Brave New Music: The Martyn Bennett Story, tracing the life of the pioneering folk musician.