Author: celtic music radio
The Heilan’ Coo Boys join Ian Oliphant on this Wednesday’s Lunchtime Selection to chat about their latest album. The duo – Linton Osborne (ex-Nazareth lead singer) and John Ford on lead guitar – have just released Whiskey & Din, their 2nd album. Ian said: “The single from the album ‘Whisky Makes Me Dance’ has […]
Celtic Music Radio will be at the heart of the Glasgow St Patrick’s Day Festival Family Fun Day in the city’s Merchant Square on Saturday with a live, five-hour fund-raising broadcast, starting at noon. The Festival, in conjunction with Tourism Ireland, presents a family celebration with music, song and dance – and our team of […]
REITIR play the songs of Robert Burns translated into the Norwegian dialect from West-Telemark. Their collection includes beloved melodies like Auld Lang Syne, My Love is Like a Red Red Rose, and Ae Fond Kiss plus up-beat songs like Rigs o’ Barley & Tibbie Dunbar, as well as energetic Scottish dance tunes. Aasmund Nordstoga – […]
Jennifer Wrigley, as well as being a former recipient of the BBC Young Tradition Award and the fiddle-playing half of the world-renowned Wrigley Sisters duo, is a composer in her own right. This album is the result of her winning an 18-month Sound and Music composing support award in 2021 and is inspired, […]
GARY KERR Gary Kerr from Paisley-based LNP Promotions is a special guest on Gerry’s Jukebox today. Gary, chair and treasurer of LNP Promotions, will be talking all about exciting news on the Paisley music scene. This includes a move to bring live music to Re:Hope, one of Paisley’s best kept secrets. Gary reckons it […]
This Wednesday’s edition of the Lunchtime Selection with Ian Oliphant sees musician Raymond Weir popping in for a chat and to play some new music. Raymond performs under the name of The Eisenhowers. Their new four-track EP, ‘The Calm Beyond The Storm’ has just been released and Raymond will feature the new single from […]
Ofcom’s Community Radio Fund Panel has awarded Celtic Music Radio a £30,000 grant – the station’s biggest ever public funding boost. The successful application was hailed by chair of Celtic Music Radio’s board of directors, Alex Jenkins, as ‘terrific news for all volunteers and station listeners.’ Alex said: “This major funding boost […]
This is the fifth duo album from The Quiggs and it’s a vibrant mix of old and new songs, a few traditional, a couple of self-penned ones and songs by other songwriters past and present. It’s a collection – recorded at Kevock Digital Studio with Ian McCalman behind the desk – offering strong melodies […]
THE QUIGGS The Nova Scotia Folk Club is generally well-attended. On this occasion it was packed to the gunwales with the normal contingent of members supplemented by other Quiggs fans including a sprinkling of the area’s folk aristocracy. Stephen Quigg has more than paid his dues on the Scottish folk scene. For more than […]
The journey to MotherLand has been a long one that started for Daria Kulesh with her debut album Eternal Child released 10 years ago this month. MotherLand is her first, full-length, solo album since 2019 and it’s a product of surviving lockdowns as a new mum, a visceral reaction to our increasingly unstable and […]
