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A blaze that won't go out
28 Jan 2005 - Independent [ comment ]
While bands like Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai and
Travis might have sent ripples of interest beyond
Hadrian's Wall in recent years, it is thanks largely to
the rise and rise of the Mercury-music-prize-winning
Glaswegian flagbearers Franz Ferdinand and, to a
lesser critical extent, their adoptive compatriots
Snow Patrol, that the music-press spotlight has been
upon Scotland's largest.Celtic Connections: Timothy O’Grady – I Could Read the Sky
28 Jan 2005 - ROB ADAMS - Herald [ review ]
A production that includes such elements as
accordionist Mairtin O'Connor, making an all-too-
rare Celtic Connections appearance, and fiddler
Martin Hayes could hardly fail.Falstaff, RSAMD, Glasgow
28 Jan 2005 - CONRAD WILSON - Herald [ review ]
Verdi wanted Falstaff to be treated, not as
spectacle, but as chamber music.A blaze that won't go out
28 Jan 2005 - David Pollock - Guardian [ feature ]
While bands like Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai and Travis might have sent ripples of interest beyond Hadrian's Wall in recent years, it is thanks largely to the rise and rise of the Mercury-music-prize-winning Glaswegian flagbearers Franz Ferdinand and, to a lesser critical extent, their adoptive compatriots Snow Patrol, that the music-press spotlight has been upon Scotland's largest.
STARS KEEP AN EYE ON KT
28 Jan 2005 - Daily Record [ news ]
SEXY Scottish singer/ songwriter KT Tunstall has
landed some heavyweight support.The Boise Foundation Scholarship(s) 2005
27 Jan 2005 - Scottish Music Centre [ news ]
The Committee of the Boise Foundation is pleased to announce that the Boise Scholarship(s) for advanced musical study in Britain or abroad are open for award in 2005.
The Knot Garden, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
27 Jan 2005 - Raymond Monelle - Independent [ review ]
It is fatal to live to a great age if you are an artist.
Scottish Arts Council announces shortlist for 2005 Creative Scotland Awards
26 Jan 2005 - Scottish Music Centre [ news ]
Twenty-three of Scotland’s leading writers, visual
artists, poets, musicians, dance artists and crafts
professionals have been shortlisted for this year’s
prestigious Scottish ArtsCouncilNational Lottery
Creative Scotland Awards.BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2005
25 Jan 2005 - Kenny Mathieson - Scotsman [ news ]
PIPER Stuart Cassells from Falkirk was named BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2005 after another keenly contested final at Celtic Connections.
Celtic Connections: Young Traditional Musician of the Year
25 Jan 2005 - ROB ADAMS - Herald [ review ]
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the
Year 2005, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Every year at Celtic Connections since the year 2000,
there's been a concert that everyone present has
enjoyed immensely – except for seven people, the
judges who have the unenviable task of selecting a
winner from the six young musicians and singers
vying for the Young Traditional Musician of the Year
title.
