Artists from Perthshire will take to the stage at Europe’s largest winter music festival - Celtic Connections - that is set to take place in Glasgow between Thursday, January 19 and Sunday, February 5.
Talented multi-instrumentalists Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton, musical family trio Jim, Susie and Beth Malcolm from Perth, and esteemed fiddle player Charlie Stewart will join more than 1000 fellow musicians from across the world taking part in the 18-day showcase of events spanning traditional folk, roots, Americana, jazz, soul and world music.
Europe’s largest winter music festival Celtic Connections will brighten up the dark and gloomy winter nights with hundreds of performances, landmark musical collaborations, talks, workshops, theatre productions, ceilidhs, exhibitions, free events and late-night sessions.
The Perthshire stars will be right at the heart of the action, joining international sensations, rising stars and homegrown talent alike in entertaining loyal audiences flocking to Glasgow for the annual event.
Bridge of Earn’s Ross Ainslie will perform at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on three occasions - in the Celtic Connections 30th Edition Concert on Thursday, January 19, as a special guest of Trio Da Kali on Friday, January 20, and with Brìghde Chaimbeul and Steven Byrnes on Wednesday, January 25.
Ross will also perform with Treacherous Orchestra alongside fellow founding member Ali Hutton on Saturday, January 21 at the Old Fruitmarket, and the pair will team up with Owen Sinclair on Sunday 29th January at St Luke’s.
Ali Hutton, from Methven, will also be performing as part of Jason Wilson’s Ashara at Drygate Brewery on Saturday, January 28, and alongside piping legend Allan MacDonald at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall’s Strathclyde Suite on Wednesday, February 1. Folk singer Beth Malcolm is a 2020 Danny Kyle Open Stage winner, with her vocal and lyrical style having been compared to KT Tunstall and Karine Polwart.
Following two highly-praised EPs, and a number of exciting collaborations, her much anticipated debut album is due in spring 2023. Beth will perform a New Voices session at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall’s Strathclyde Suite on Sunday, January 22, as well as performing a special Burns Night concert with her parents, folk legends Jim and Susie Malcolm, and fiddle player Pete Clark at The National Piping Centre on Wednesday, January 25.
Fiddle and bass player Charlie Stewart from Glenfarg, who won BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 2017, will perform alongside Juliette Lemoine at City Halls’ Recital Room on Saturday, January 21, as well as with John Doyle, Mick McCauley and Tina Jordan Rees at The National Piping Centre on Saturday, January 28.
Tickets and programme line-up for Celtic Connections 2023 are available from www.celticconnections.com
