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22 Oct 08 - 05:35 AM (#2472553) Subject: Celtic Connections 2009 From: GUEST, Sminky This is the provisional line-up for the 2009 event in Glasgow. Some major acts are still to be announced (Dick Gaughan and Archie Fisher, for instance, usually turn up somewhere). There is a rumour (and I emphasise rumour) that a certain Bob Dylan, big fan of Robert Burns, may be appearing. ============================================================ Thursday 15th January 2009 Grand Opening Concert: The Cape Breton Connection Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Friday 16th January 2009 Breabach, Mary Jane Lamond Oran Mor Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba with Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko Old Fruitmarket Kathleen MacInnes & Support St. Andrews In the Square The Wilders & The Hot Seats Strathclyde Suite Drever, McCusker & Woomble: "The Burns Unit" ABC Sharon Shannon Big Band with Cara Dillon Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Saturday 17th January 2009 Damien Helliwell with Stereocanto Classic Grand BBC Scottish Symphone Orchestra: "Conflict & Resolution" City Halls Seaquins with Lo Cor de la Plana Old Fruitmarket Jerry Holland & Friends St. Andrews In the Square Malinky: "10th Anniversary Celebration" Strathclyde Suite Shoeshine Showcase: Attic Lights, Norman Blake, BMX Bandits ABC Bela Fleck: "Throw Down Your Heart" Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Sunday 18th January 2009 "Hallaig": Sorley MacLean Celebration. City Halls Eric Bibb with Ruthie Foster Old Fruitmarket "Banjaxed": Edna Scahill, Marcus Maloney, Angelina Carberry & Leon Hunt. St. Andrews In the Square Homebound & Support Strathclyde Suite Lo Cor de la Plana & Guests Oran Mor Mairtin O'Connor, Cathal Hayden & Seamie O'Dowd with The Karan Casey Band ABC Eddi Reader: "Songs of Burns" Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Monday 19th January 2009 Dr.John & Allen Tousaint Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Michael Marra & Kim Edgar Strathclyde Suite Tuesday 20th January 2009 Show of Hands & Support Strathclyde Suite Mariza & Na Seoid Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Wednesday 21st January 2009 Richard Thompson: "1000 Years of Popular Music" Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Abigail Washburn & Sparrow Quartet with Leon Hunt ABC Brian McNeill & Support Strathclyde Suite Lunasa with Lua Old Fruitmarket Thursday 22nd January 2009 "Flight of the Artic Tern" with Iain Anderson The Tall Ship Nick Harper & Support Classic Grand "Asturian Night": Llan de Cubel & Anabel Santiago. Old Fruitmarket Emily Smith with Bella Hardy St. Andrews In the Square Heartstring Sessions: McGlynn, Casey, Strathclyde Suite Deaf Shepherd ABC Friday 23rd January 2009 The Hot Seats The Tall Ship Tift Merritt & Support Classic Grand Shooglenifty with Ensemble Kabul & Baskery Old Fruitmarket "New Irish Tradition": Pigeon Top & Lorcan MacMathuna St. Andrews In the Square Nu-Nordic Night Strathclyde Suite Slide & Support Oran Mor Edwin Collins & The Bluebells ABC Youssou N'Dour with Old Blind Dogs Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Saturday 24th January 2009 Kathy Mattea & Dean Owens City Halls Baskery & The Bevvy Sisters Classic Grand Gurf Morlaix & The Lost Brothers The Tall Ship The Tailor of Inverness Tron Theatre Salsa Celtica with The Long Notes Old Fruitmarket "The Highland Fiddler": Bruce MacGregor, Duncan Chisholm & Ian McFarlane St. Andrews In the Square The Broken Family & Support Oran Mor "Classic Album": The Battlefield Band "Home Is Where the Van Is" ABC "Auld Lang Syne": Dougie MacLean/Karen Matheson/Michael Marra & more with Odetta Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Sunday 25th January 2009 The Deighton Family Reunion The Tall Ship "Jamaican Burns Night": Sly & Robbie with Edward ll Old Fruitmarket "Uist House Cellidh": Gillebride MacIllemhaoil St. Andrews In the Square Dervish & Support Strathclyde Suite Cerys Matthews & Harem Scarem ABC "Homecoming Scotland": RSNO with Branford Marsalis & more Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Monday 26th January 2009 "Dhachaigh": A Celebration of Murdo Macfarlane Strathclyde Suite Michael Nyman & James Ross Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Tuesday 27th January 2009 Kate Rusby Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Rodney Crowell & Justin Townes Earle ABC Strung & Support Strathclyde Suite "Kist o' Riches": Sheena Wellington, Steve Byrne & Margaret Stewart St. Andrews In the Square Wednesday 28th January 2009 Christine Tobin & Support Tron Theatre Nanci Griffith & Support City Halls Tim O'Brien with Crooked Still Old Fruitmarket Aye: An Affirmation of Martyn Bennett Strathclyde Suite Thursday 29th January 2009 Mary Gauthier & Carrie Rodriguez Tron Theatre Judy Collins with Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller City Halls "Showcase Scotland": Fiddlers Bid, Bodega & Corrina Hewat Old Fruitmarket Mick West Band & Lori Watson Three Strathclyde Suite James Grant & Friends ABC La Bottine Souriante with Julie Fowlis Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Friday 30th January 2009 The MacCollective & Rachel Hair Tron Theatre Bar Venue Mountaineers & Paul McKenna Band Classic Grand Blazin Fiddles with Galant, tu perds ton temps. Old Fruitmarket Fiona MacKenzie & Support St. Andrews In the Square Millish, Box Club & Catriona Watt Trio Strathclyde Suite Ruarri Joseph & Support Oran Mor Le Vent du Nord, Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson ABC Transatlantic Sessions "Bringing It All Back Home" Nanci Griffith, Kathy Mattea & more Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Saturday 31st January 2009 "Classic Album": Catriona McKay "Starfish" and Les Chauffeurs A Pieds Tron Theatre Sorren MacLean Band & Blue Rose Code Classic Grand Karine Polwart with Rachel Unthank & The Winterset City Halls Jerry Douglas Band & Cherryholmes Old Fruitmarket Moonlighting & Daimh Strathclyde Suite Genticorum & Liadan Oran Mor The Treacherous Orchestra, 6 Day Riot ABC Sunday 1st February 2009 Transatlantic Sessions "Bringing It All Back Home" Nanci Griffith, Kathy Mattea & more Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Yves Lambert, The Bebert Orch. & The Martin Green Machine ABC James McMurtry & David Olney Oran Mor Danny Kyle Open Stage Final Strathclyde Suite Little Feat & Grainne Duffy Old Fruitmarket BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Final City Halls ============================================================ Richard Thompson and Brian McNeill on the same night - Dammit! |
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22 Oct 08 - 06:46 AM (#2472578) Subject: RE: Celtic Connections 2009 From: GUEST,kenny "Llan de Cubel" back together again - not to be missed ! Thanks for posting this. |
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22 Oct 08 - 07:23 AM (#2472604) Subject: RE: Celtic Connections 2009 From: Joe G Mariza & Show of Hands same night - shucks. If only they had been on two nights running it would have been very tempting - mind you may go to see Mariza anyway as it is my partner's birthday and she would love to see her. |
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22 Oct 08 - 08:57 AM (#2472653) Subject: RE: Celtic Connections 2009 From: GUEST, Sminky Just been having a nosey on the Celtic Connections website. The Auld Lang Syne event on 24th January at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, to mark 250 years since Robert Burns's birth, features: Eddi Reader, Dick Gaughan, Karen Matheson, Michael Marra, Dougie MacLean, John McCusker, Phil Cunningham, Odetta and some "very special visitors from the worlds of rock and pop" hmmmm.....who can they mean? Surely not Mr Zimmerman the Burns fan (it's only a rumour, remember). |
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11 Nov 08 - 05:15 AM (#2490563) Subject: RE: Celtic Connections 2009 From: GUEST, Sminky More gigs added since the provisional listing. Both on the same night, same time of course: Wednesday 28th January 2009, 7.30pm Rambling Boys Reunion featuring Arlo Guthrie Enoch Kent Dick Gaughan Brian McNeill Archie Fisher Glasgow Royal Concert Hall : Auditorium _____________________________________________ Wednesday 28th January 2009, 7.30pm Guitar Summit Russ Barenberg Ian Carr John Doyle Tim Edey John Goldie Anna Massie Tony McManus ABC |