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| Blazin Fiddles |
Now another
#ccfest is over for another year. I've walked to the venues, tapped my foot many
times, clapped with enthusiasm and been on warm tides of musical
pleasures!
I reflect
and am sad too now it is over.
While the
core of the festival is around folk traditions it also welcomes and
incorporates world music, indie, country, bluegrass, contemporary and is on an
international scale..
New Scottish
artists – Karine Polwart, Idlewild,
Chvrches, C Duncan, Lau, Braebach, Rura, Rachel Sermanni, Kathryn Joseph.
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| Jerry Douglas at Transatlantic Sessions 2016 |
The festival
reaches out to encourage both collaborations and new talent.
The Danny Kyle Open Stage encourages new talent – Rura,
Rachel Sermanni, Gennessee, Karine Polwart and many others - have been
discovered there; Also the Showcase Scotland which attracts industry people
worldwide. And the Celtic education program brought in school to several
concerts.
**The Danny Kyle Open Stage WINNERS
2016 - Bella and The Bear; Quick; Northern Company; Ross Miller & Charlie
Stewart; Charly Houston; Bella Gaffney.
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| RURA and the Canadian East Pointers |
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| Joe Newberry |
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| Cara Dillon |
My concerts
this year included –
Opening
concert Celebrating 50 years TSMA, Traditional Scottish Music Assoc; Ireland
2016 with The Chieftains; Pilgrimer Re-imagining Joni MItchell's Hejira;
Lucinda Williams; John Grant & Rachel Sermanni; RURA; Blazin Fiddle;
Transatlantic Sessions.
Stand outs
in 2016 were the singers Rhiannon Giddens and Cara Dillon, the young band Rura,
the quality Transatlantic Sessions, the character of Lucinda Williams, the fun at the
Irish concert.
I attend
concerts for the music I hope I will enjoy and for new artists I've not heard
before.
A big thanks
for all at the Press office for all their
kind assistance!
My CELTIC CONNECTIONS 2016 Photos
http://pkimage.co.uk/celticconnections2016
My CELTIC CONNECTIONS 2016 Photos
http://pkimage.co.uk/celticconnections2016
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| RURA |
18 days of concerts, ceilidhs, talks,
art exhibitions, workshops, free events, late night sessions and a host of
special one-off musical collaborations
“Celtic Connections brings
together musicians from across the world for a celebration of musical
traditions, the best of contemporary folk and world music, and the ways in
which different musical cultures interweave and inspire and, always, entertain.
“The expertise and skill that drives Celtic Connections also shines through in a education programme that benefits thousands of children across Glasgow and Scotland. Invaluable opportunities enrich lives and offer chances to learn, to enjoy, to be part of the always unique, always brilliant musical happening which is Celtic Connections.” http://www.celticconnections.com/
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| Blazin Fiddles |
