Wednesday 12 January 2011

Live: Celtic Connections 2011

It is again the time of year when Glasgow gets a serious dose of Celtic music with the Celtic Connections festival taking place at venues across the city.

There are some 1500 artists and 300 events, ranging from big shows at the Royal Concert Hall to small workshop events for musicians, over a period of 18 days.

As expected, celtic music dominates the programme, but its always a wide and diverse bill, encompassing areas that have been influenced by celtic music such as americana and music with celtic roots from around the world.

Get full details of this year's Celtic Connections from the event's website>

However, for the Vive le Roq purposes the event is a little on the sparse side for French-related celtic music, disappointing when you consider the volume of celtic music from Brittany and how diverse it is.

Previous celtic Connections have seen the likes of Alan Stivell and (if I remember right...) Dan Ar Braz.

But all is not lost, mama Rosin, a Swiss cajun/zydeco act are playing in Glasgow as part of their UK tour

They're playing Glasgow on Jan 22, full details of their tour below the video for their song Le Pistolet





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