Scotland and Spain are overseas lands with distinct cultures, histories and music. Yet both have been home for David Russell. A pronounced brogue surfaces as soon as the Grammy-winning classical ...
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Formed in the spring of 2000, SGQ have toured extensively throughout the UK and Ireland and will be embarking upon their first foray into Germany in the autumn of 2005. Inspired by Celtic, Modern, ...
We feature guitarist David Russell playing a reel called "The Bucks of Oranmore" and a double jig called "The Pipe on the Hob." Both come from his CD "Message of the Sea, Celtic Music for Guitar." ...
Two years ago, Scottish guitarist Tony Romaine spent seven months in hospital recovering from a stroke that struck him out of the blue, leaving him unable to move or even cry for help – let alone ...
For some area residents, St. Patrick’s Day’s means a time to wear green, eat green dyed food and drink green beer. But at Appalachian Bluegrass on Frederick Road, the time for Celtic music is not ...
ON A street of soot-stained sandstone, tucked behind Scotland’s National Museum, a door is thrown open and then pulled shut against the cold. A snatch of sound—chatter, strings and the strum of a ...
Tomaìseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas brings to life the warm, festive community feeling of Christmas in a small village in 1940s and ’50s Ireland, complete with an array of musicians, dancers and ...
It has been another grim week for the music retail sector as Scottish guitar store chain Kenny’s Music has closed its doors for good, with its managing director offering a bleak outlook for the sector ...
The Scottish Guitar Quartet will be performing at the Wakefield Jazz Club on the 24th of March. They draw on celtic, modern, classical and jazz genres, with strong influences from world music, and ...