Every Saturday and Wednesday afternoon, musicians trickle into Babbity Bowster, the long-standing pub in Blackfriars Street in the Merchant City. They gather around a table near the fireplace, two of them always sitting on a bench dedicated to Mike Berry, a great Glasgow fiddle player, teacher and session stalwart who died in 2008. Someone tweaks fiddle strings, someone else … [Read more...] about Inside the Live Folk Sessions at Babbity Bowster
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Celtic Connections: Robert Plant leads Bert Jansch tribute concert
Celtic Connections reaches a crescendo at the end of the month with a spectacular array of talent coming together to honour the late Glaswegian guitarist, singer and songwriter Bert Jansch. Former Led Zeppelin frontman and bona fide rock god Robert Plant pays tribute to his "enormous and longstanding" musical debt to the Scottish folk player by performing alongside an … [Read more...] about Celtic Connections: Robert Plant leads Bert Jansch tribute concert