Mike Vass. Super String Theory, New Voices Look out for Nairn boy Mike Vass at Celtic Connections. This well known face from Edinburgh Sessions will be performing his New Voices commission on Sunday Jan 24th 2010, at 1pm in the Strathclyde suite of the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow.'A current favourite among scientists in search of an all- encompassing hypothesis is super string theory, according to which elementary particles are likened to the notes sounded by a violin string under varying tension. Acclaimed young fiddler Mike Vass co-opts this concept with poetic licence for his New Voices premiere, which seeks to unite the...

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Mairi Kidd

It says a lot for the Julie Fowlis effect that a google search for her previous two albums throws up reviews not only from the big UK papers – not normally renowned for their coverage of things Gaelic – but also from sources as diverse as the Pittsburgh City Paper and the Boston Globe. And if they liked ‘Cuilidh’ and ‘Mar a tha mo chridhe’, they’re bound to love her newest effort, ‘Uam’.‘Uam’ is the Gaelic for ‘from me’, and Julie explains that the idea of the passing of songs from...

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Beth Frieden

Tha a’ bheatha ciùil agam air a dhol sìos gu mòr on a thòisich mi an cùrsa seo - ’S e an rud as cruthachaile a rinn mi o chionn ghoirid clàradh gòrach de “Na Trì Rìghrean” a rinn mise is mo bràthair is mo phiuthar air coimpiutair nuair a bha sinn còmhla aig an taigh air saor-làithean. Fhuair mi an cothrom, ge-tà, ri dol gu aig a’ char as lugha aon chuirm gu ruige seo aig Celtic Connections (ged a b’ fheàrr leam trì seachdainean air fad a chur seachad...

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We round off 2009 with a selection of favourite tracks, plus a couple of festive songs thrown in for good measure. A Happy Hogmanay to all our listeners - we'll catch up with you next year.  

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Air a’ mhìos seo tha sinn a’ toirt sgrìob tro cuid dhe na stuthan ann an tasglann Sgoil Eòlais na h-Alba, a bhios rim faighinn air-loidhne a dh’aithghearr tron phròiseact ‘Tobar an Dualchais’. Tha agallamh againn le Mairead Dhòmhnallach, stiùiriche a’ phròiseict, agus cuideachd òrain bho chuid dhe na seinneadairean a th’ air stuth a thogail às an Sgoil iad fhèin agus air ionnsachadh - no air a chleachdadh ann an dòighean ùra. This month’s programme takes a wee tour through some of the materials from the sound archive of the School...

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