Seminal Scottish indie label Chemikal Underground is celebrating its 15th anniversary with an all-star birthday bash at Celtic Connections.
The line-up for the show at the O2 ABC Glasgow on Saturday January 31st features label founders and former members of The Delgados Alun Woodward (aka Lord Cut Glass) and Emma Pollock, as well as Aidan Moffat, Bill Wells, Adrian Crowley, Zoey Van Goey plus some special guests.
The night also sees the first performance by The Unwinding Hours, a sweeping and suitably epic new outfit born from the ashes of the criminally under-rated Glasgow band Aereogramme, featuring Craig B and Iain Cook.
A host of other new acts have been added to the Celtic Connections line-up including Teddy Thompson, Blue Highway, Fyfe Dangerfield and Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, with organisers saying that tickets are being snapped up by festival fans faster than ever before.
The definite winter festival celebrating traditional music as well as a variety of genres far beyond, Celtic Connections 2010 runs from Thursday 14th to Sunday 31st January and is set to feature approximately 300 concerts, ceilidhs, talks, workshops, free events and late night sessions taking place in 14 venues across Glasgow.
Top selling shows so far include The Chieftains with Ry Cooder, Natalie Merchant & Lúnasa and the popular Transatlantic Sessions concerts.
New additions to the programme include acclaimed bluegrass acts Blue Highway and Alecia Nugent celebrating the 40th anniversary of US label Rounder Records in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 19th January.
A string of high-profile names have been added to the bill for Way to Blue – The Songs of Nick Drake with Teddy Thompson, Robyn Hitchcock, Krystle Warren, Lisa Hannigan and Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch joining Danny Thompson, Vashti Bunyan, Green Gartside to pay tribute to the late musical icon.
The frontman of the Mercury-nominated avant-pop outfit Guillemots, Fyfe Dangerfield, also showcases music from his debut solo release Fly Yellow Moon (due out in January) with a gig on 20th January.
Two new shows have been added to the programme at City Halls, with Portuguese band Deolinda taking to the stage on 29th January, and a triple bill featuring Grace, Hewat & Polwart, Diana Jones and Rachel Harrington on 30th January.
The Celtic Connections Opening Concert, which sees Jim Sutherland’s True North Orchestra perform excerpts from the composer’s epic Aisling’s Children, will also feature short taster performances by artists appearing later in the festival, including Maura O’Connell, Kathleen MacInnes, Carlos Núñez, Lau and The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland.
BBC Radio Scotland’s Iain Anderson will be joined by an eclectic mix of local figures for the festival’s series of lunchtime discussions, including Pat Kane and Ricky Ross, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, Jack McConnell and Duncan Bannatyne.
Celtic Connections 2010 tickets are on sale now and can be booked online at www.celticconnections.com
Last updated: 04 November 2009, 14:53
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