NORMAN BISSELL admires the fusion of film and music in the popular Island Tapes project.
31 January 2008

FIONA MACKENZIE hails the young talent in this year’s final, and welcomes a worthy winner.
30 January 2008

GEORGINA COBURN hopes for an enlightened arts policy that will help foster greater development of arts and crafts work in the region beyond the Year of Culture.
30 January 2008

JENNIE MACFIE hails the man in black and blue.
30 January 2008

BARRY GORDON finds Shetland fiddle maestro Chris Stout in full-on mode.
29 January 2008

FIONA MACKENZIE checks out the next generation of Scottish traditional music talent.
29 January 2008

SUE WILSON hears a rich selection of songs reflecting the experiences of women.
29 January 2008

BARRY GORDON is impressed with harper Catriona McKay’s New Voices commission.
29 January 2008

SUE WILSON enjoys the work of two major Scottish musicians, but finds that while two is company, three is a crowd.
29 January 2008

BARRY GORDON enjoys a entertaining double bill from Sweden and Shetland.
29 January 2008

FIONA MACKENZIE slips into world music mode with a sparkling double bill of genre-crossing bands from Scotland and Sweden.
29 January 2008

CATRIONA ROSS yields to the temptation to cram in all the goodies available at Celtic Connections.
29 January 2008

SUE WILSON finds three well known Scottish women singers in harmony.
29 January 2008

NORMAN BISSELL hails Duncan Chisholm’s multimedia creation in its Glasgow debut.
29 January 2008

SUE WILSON checks out a mix of old and new in the Showcase Scotland special.
29 January 2008

FIONA MACKENZIE enjoys a satisfying Gaelic experience – in Irish as well as Scottish variants – away from the big stages.
29 January 2008

NORMAN BISSELL takes in a bracing evening of sea air(s).
29 January 2008

CATRIONA ROSS finds plenty to enjoy from the Balkan visitors, without quite achieving full lift off.
29 January 2008

JENNIE MACFIE checks out the latest incarnation of the Scottish folk juggernaut – and Alyth McCormack’s new first-name-only guise.
24 January 2008

GEORGINA COBURN finds depth as well as glitter in Scottish Ballet’s new take on an old classic.
24 January 2008

CATRIONA ROSS checks out the demonic half of this year’s Harp Heaven / Accordion Hell pairing
24 January 2008

FIONA MACKENZIE delivers a Gaelic viewpoint on Ronald Stevenson’s long-awaited orchestral work.
23 January 2008

SUE WILSON enjoys a double bill of old favourites from the USA and strong new contenders from Orkney.
22 January 2008

SUE WILSON hears a successful outing for a classic orchestral-folk crossover.
22 January 2008

SUE WILSON hears the landmark premiere of Ronald Stevenson’s Praise of Ben Dorian.
22 January 2008

JENNIE MACFIE catches an ambitious new suite and admires the up-and-coming support band.
22 January 2008

BARRY GORDON salutes the work of fiddler Gavin Marwick in the first of this year’s New Voices commissions.
22 January 2008

BARRY GORDON enjoys an inspirational evening with a stellar collection of angelic – and not so angelic - harpists.
22 January 2008

FIONA MACKENZIE samples the distinctive Galician strand of Celtic music.
22 January 2008

NORMAN BISSELL celebrates the opening night of this year’s Celtic extravaganza.
22 January 2008

GEORGINA COBURN considers the latest joint venture in The Other Side of Air project.
22 January 2008

GEORGINA COBURN finds the fireworks let down by inadequate supporting events as Highland 2007 draws to a close.
15 January 2008

GEORGINA COBURN finds Eòghann MacColl’s work curiously bereft of the human dimension in its exploration of identity, place and continuity of culture
14 January 2008