Glen Hansard and The Lost Brothers
It’s the last day of Celtic Connections 2013 and the venue is the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow’s Merchant City. Tonight the audience have come to …
Roddy Hart and The Lonesome Fire with Three Blind Wolves
Another night in the O2 ABC this time for Roddy Hart and The Lonesome Fire with Three Blind Wolves courtesy of Celtic Connections. After seeing …
An Interview with Afterlife
Back In October I ran into a bunch of guys in a rock bar called Solid Rock while I was waiting for someone else. One …
Celtic Connections 2013: Aimee Mann, Amelia Curran and Ted Leo
Doors opened at 7am as the damp crowd shuffle in off Sauchiehall Street on another rain laden night in Glasgow to blue ambient lighting and …
Celtic Connections 2013: Roaming Roots Revue with Amy Helm
The Roaming Roots Revue with Amy Helm, Beth Orton & Lau. The idea was to carry on the tradition of Amy’s dad Levon Helm who was …
Pacific Ocean Blue: Remembering Dennis Wilson
So sitting bored trying to figure out what to write, I decide “bugger this” and hit on BBC iPlayer. As I am scrolling along the …
Soundtracks We Love: Movies, Music and Merchandising
When writing this I wanted to not only look at why the soundtrack mattered to us as the viewer but why the Directors/Producers/Actors whatever wanted …
Afterlife: Alpha Dogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAaufj2GAwQ1 Scottish 5 piece rock band Afterlife are Pete McCoy, Al Reilly, Stewart Brown, Steve Reilly and Iain Stratton who formed in early 2011 after …
Quintessentially Local: China, Northern Ireland and New Jersey
So Quintessentially Local? Fun idea when its someone else that’s writing it. You have more time to muse over which ones you would write about. …
Rachel Sermanni: Walking on Eggshells
Rachel Sermanni is a Scottish singer/songwriter who seems to have been very busy in the last two years. After appearing in the “Celtic Connections Festival” …