As I left the safety of Edinburgh on a warm summers evening to head west and enter the beast that is Glasgow the only thing holding my Edinburgh trepidation at bay was the prospect of a fantastic line up including Lori Watson (pictured), Archie Fisher, Dick Gaughan and a host more of the great and the good of folk music and the promise of a celebration of all that is, and has been, best about the Danny Kyle Open Stage.

The Open Stage is now ten years old and has over those years carried on the work of the great man who created it and his original intention of promoting traditional music and up and coming artist. Over it's time the stage has seen a plethora of acts from Maeve McKinnon to Garden Sessions own Frank Burkitt and “the Danny” has been awarded to names like Lori Watson and David Ferrard, just two of the acts invited back along with friends and former colleagues of the great man to including Dick Gaughan and Brian McNeil to perform in a concert honouring the invaluable contribution the Open Stage has made to Folk in Scotland.

The evening began with what was to my mine an astonishing first set from Brian McNeil a man who has written a wealth of songs many of which you have to include in your repertoire if you want to call yourself a folk singer. It's a rare thing to see a performer who has been so heavily involved in the folk scene and this was only the first of many highlights of the night.

From the classic folk to the new blood and as always a thoroughly enjoyable and customarily accomplished performance from Lori Watson and The Rule Of Three entertaining the crowd with some of the best of their first album as well as a sneaky track from what sounds like a very anticipated new album that we have been promised soon.

As the night rolled on the standard refused to drop and I sat enthralled in a world of classic, and future classic, folk music with many a notable performance. Unfortunately it would be impossible to list all the high points of the night but special note has to go to what was a moment that many of the people who introduced me to Folk have never witnessed. I am sorry to sound in anyway star struck but, I saw Dick Gaughan and Brian McNeil on stage together playing “No Gods And Precious Few Heroes, ” Oh yes, it was very special and I know for a fact that certain members of the Garden Sessions team are a bit jealous of me and rightly so.

The concert was a great success and one the likes of which may not be seen for another 10 years. The only thing the unfortunately sticks in the mind as a draw back was the arrangement of the audience. The evening was fully seated, it's a small point to mention but for me a celebration, particularly a Folk celebration needs to be more of an upbeat raucous affair and tables with seating tends to make people sit not dance. Though I found at points the atmosphere was a little stale the music made up for it and though, in my opinion, the music isn't all Folk is about it's the most important part and the performers on display at the Danny Kyle Open Stage 10th Anniversary were the best group of artist I have ever seen in one place.