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Glasgow Royal Concert Hall : Main Auditorium

Following the sellout success of A Scottish Songbook at Celtic Connections 2010, this year it’s Ireland’s turn. A glittering array of artists perform a sumptuous set of classic and lesser-known songs, across diverse genres, with origins in Irish tradition. The cast includes two veteran colossi of Irish folk, singer and uilleann piper Finbar Furey, and singer/accordionist Séamus Begley, the latter joined by his daughter Méabh. Cara Dillon and Luka Bloom will each cast their distinctive but equally compelling spell, and Eleanor McEvoy, who penned the title track on the landmark 1992 album A Woman’s Heart, brings her eloquent folk-pop sensibility to the mix. Singer Julie Feeney, winner of the Choice Music Prize for ‘Irish Album of the Year’, will also be demonstrating her one-of- kind sound tonight. Flying in especially from Nashville will be Celtic Connections favourite, American singer/songwriter Mindy Smith. Dick Gaughan – being half-Irish – represents the long, close kinship between Ireland and Scotland, while Irish-American supergroup Solas, in the role of house band, feature as ambassadors for the wider diaspora and extend their line-up to include Natalie Haas (cello) and Dirk Powell (banjo) also showing their Irish roots.

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