World-renowned folk, roots and world music festival Celtic Connections 2024 drew to a triumphant close in Glasgow last night after 18 days of spectacular sold-out concerts, innovative musical sessions and star-studded collaborations. From January 18 to February 4, the city came alive with over 300 incredible events involving 1,200 artists across 25 of […]
A double bill of Mairearad Green & Mike Vass, followed by John Mulhearn performing The Pipe Factory album attracted a large, enthusiastic audience to Drygate at Celtic Connections last night, Friday, February 2. A surprise treat was the addition of Ailis Sutherland who was a second piper for the whole […]
The packed audiences in the Strathclyde suite at Celtic Connections 2024 were treated to the sparkling bagpipes and music of Finlay MacDonald, José Manuel Tejedor and Ali Levack over the weekend of January 27 and 28. The Saturday evening concert began with the captivating sound from the Asturian gaita of […]
The Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton Band played to a large, adoring audience last night, January 20 at Celtic Connections 2024. The performance was a showcase for their prodigious compositional skills and musicianship, but was interspersed with some tunes written by their mentor Gordon Duncan, a song from Connor Markey […]
Finlay MacDonald is Director of Piping at The National Piping Centre and that is a role he manages alongside gigs such as piping with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and rock bands Biffy Clyro and Primal Scream. He was one of the first graduates from the BA Piping […]
If you are out late during Celtic Connections and wish to prolong your evening with drinks, or perhaps find space for a few session tunes, take yourself and your instruments and head to The Pipers’ Tryst, McPhater Street, Glasgow. The Piper’s Tryst bar at The National Piping Centre is open […]
John Mulhearn is Head of Piping Studies on the BMus (Traditional Music – Piping) Degree run by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and delivered by The National Piping Centre, and his day is filled with admin, teaching and lecturing the students on the course. He grew up as a solo […]
The third and final week of piping-related concerts at Celtic Connections are listed below and includes concerts with Carlos Núñez, Kathryn Tickell and Falasgair, Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band, National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, John Mulhearn, Brìghde Chaimbeul, John Dew in the final of the BBC […]
The second weekend of piping-related concerts at Celtic Connections are below and include concerts with Celtic Odyssée and Gnoss, Alana MacInnes Trio, Dàimh, A celebration of music from Lochaber, Finlay MacDonald Band, Jose Manuel Tejedor, Ali Levack, Skerryvore, Leonard Barry and Come and Try the Bagpipe sessions at The National […]
Celtic Connections offers something for every piping taste, whether it be pipe bands, Scots trad music performers and bands playing Highland Pipes and bellows pipes, or performers from across European piping traditions. Twenty one Celtic Connections concerts have been uploaded here on the bagpipe.news event calendar, starting on January 19 […]
