January Rhythm & Blues: A Preview Of Celtic Connections 2017…
“January…let us endure this evil month”, to paraphrase the French writer Colette. You may think this overly dramatic, but you know what she’s getting at. For me, a year doesn’t get going properly til Celtic Connections begins. A festival which never fails to deliver, and which continues to grow in terms of number of gigs, breadth of music, and international stature – deep, and wide and tall. As always, we’d like to point you in the direction of lesser known gems which can be