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Archive for January, 2010
Oak & Thorn playlist 1/31/10 by Colleen
Posted in Playlists on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Celtic Connections 2010 – Duncan Chisholm and Skaidi
Posted in Reviews on January 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Alas, all good things must end, and this was the last Celtic Connections concert for us. It’s a bittersweet thing. The craic was grand, but we need some sleep and we’re missing our dogs and home something fierce. The last concert, held at our favorite St. Andrews in the Square, was a doozy. Categorizing Skaidi [...]
Celtic Connections 2010 – MacGregor, Brechin and Ó hEadhra with Unni Boksasp Ensemble
Posted in Reviews on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Tron Theater is now one of our favorite venues. The theater seating is pitched so that every seat in the house has a great view of the stage, and the sound engineer is very good. This venue will undoubtedly have a little extra glow in our memories, because this is where we got to [...]
Celtic Connections 2010 – Catriona Macdonald Quartet and Bellevue Rendezvous
Posted in Reviews on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bellevue Rendezvous was the surprise of the evening. With a name like that, I was expecting French cafe music, and I was wrong in the best way possible. Bellevue Rendezvous is comprised of three topnotch musicians, and the sound is very much a world music treat. Fiddler Gavin Marwick alone would be worth the price [...]
Celtic Connections 2010 – Tim and Mollie O’Brien with Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh and Manus Lunny
Posted in Reviews on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I will not even try to pretend that I can be anything but enthusiastic about the opening act. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, probably best known as the vocalist and fiddler for Altan and one of six fantastic fiddlers of the String Sisters, and Manus Lunny, member of the Scottish super group Capercaillie and very busy session [...]
Celtic Connections 2010 – Songs of Scotland – Humorous Songs
Posted in Reviews on January 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This was our second trip to the Universal folk club for the “Songs of Scotland” series, and both have been just about perfect. Small venue, great seats, good sound, fun and focused themes and loads of talent. Almost makes me wish we’d bought tickets for every show they scheduled for this year’s Celtic Connections and [...]
Celtic Connections – Skipinnish 10th Anniversary Concert
Posted in Reviews on January 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Listening to the Skipinnish 10th Anniversary Concert at the O2 ABC was physically painful. During the first half of the show, we had premium seats, second row in the middle, and the sound blaring from the enormous speakers was so terribly mixed (mostly treble and bass) and loud that we plugged our ears. Skipinnish started [...]
Celtic Connection – Ceol ‘s Craic with Griogair Labhruidh et al
Posted in Reviews on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This was the last of the three team efforts between Celtic Connections and Ceol ‘s Craic to offer an evening of Gaelic music and conversation (with occasional translations for those of us who only know a word or two). The first singer of the evening was Noeleen ni Cholla. This petite woman has a “big” [...]
Celtic Connections – Guidewires and Anarkali
Posted in Reviews on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In 2007, going to a show in the Strathclyde Suite used to fill me with dread. The acts were great, but the sound was often terrible. Well, half of that has changed – the sound was excellent. The acts are still great. Opening the show was the 2009 Danny Award winner, Anarkali, an Irish band [...]
Celtic Connections 2010- Ceol ‘s Craic with Grinn and Norrie MacIver
Posted in Reviews on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the two weeks of music brought to you by Celtic Connections, it’s easy to be dazzled by the big names and fancy venues like the Fruitmarket and the Royal Concert Hall. But there are wonderful little gems to enjoy, too, like Ceol ‘s Craic’s three nights of music at the CCA coffee house. Boasting [...]
