Day One of this years Danny Kyle Open Stage broadcast live by Celtic Music Radio 5-7 pm and on Catch Up
Hosted by Celtic Connections in the Exhibition Hall at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall   

 

 

 

Bella Gaffney – Leeds  – Listen Again 
Bella Gaffney is a young singer songwriter who first started playing folk music at the Topic Folk Club in Bradford.
She has gone on to write her own songs as well as arrangements of traditional tracks and is giging around the
smaller festival in England and support slots for established artists

 

 

Turadh  – The Highlands  – Listen Again 
Formed last year, are a duo of fiddle and clarsach currently based up in the Highlands near Inverness. Emma a graduate of Edinburgh University, violinist both in a classical and scottish traditional style a full time musician both teaching and performing. Isbel, graduate from Strathclyde University BA applied music, on clarsach , a performer and compose  as well as being a secondary school music teacher. They are both passionate  about their musical heritage and strive to push the boundaries
Emma Donald / Isbel Pendlebury

Causeway Trio – The Islands – The Highlands – London  – Listen Again
Formed in 2012 when three young music students combined their joint interests in contemporary classical, jazz and world folk to create a new take on Scottish traditional music. With an EP under their belt have been and touring the Highlands and Islands of Scotland with their music culminating in a performance as part of Alexander McCall Smith’s book talk at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Pàdruig Morrison (accordion), Peter Thornton (guitar); David Swan (piano/cajón)

 

Jemima Thewes – Pathhead – Listen Again
A singer songwriter from the highlands draw her music from the atmospheric landscape of her youth. She launched her debut EP ‘Bright Shadows’ last year and it has been greatly received. She brings you her unique innovative sound in collaboration with her follow musicians is creating an interest from all who hear it
Jemima Thewes ukulele/shruti; Tim Lane/ tongue drum; David Boyter –guitar/mandolin; Susan Appelbe  – cello ; Kate Young- fiddle 

 

The Precious Penny Pluckers – Edinburgh – Listen Again 
 Nicola and Corry have been performing together for a few years under different musical outfits from bluegrass to soul and gypsy swing. Our original material draws from an eclectic pool of influence, many songs written with a different style or genre in mind. Describes as as a rhythmic body, but also offer an engaging, lyrical story through which a tale of remorse or revenge, tragedy and strange lands can be explored and brought to life. Released an EP ‘Yonder approaches the great machine’
Corry Fleming and Nicola Cockburn

 

If you require any information regarding The Danny Kyle Open Stage at Celtic Connections contact
Liz Clark Producer , presenter and co-ordinator of  The DKOS at dkos.info@yahoo.com  
The Danny Kyle Open Stage is delighted to once again be media partners with Celtic Music Radio