DKOS Artist 20^th January 2026  – Matthew Gibb – Bado Réti and Romy Wymer – Katie Lindsay – Meallan – Crawford & Howlin Radio…….

Matthew Gibb is a singer hailing from Glasgow, Scotland. A hard-working musician, Matthew has helped many Scottish artists to the stage to perform in front of crowds of friends and ex-strangers. His debut album “All The Words I Made For You”, was released in April 2023 and comprises of songs written during Matthew’s late teens and early twenties that share stories of life experience in formative times. after some time away from releasing music, 2026 is shaping up to bring the release of a number of new songs with new experience and a fresh mindset.

BARDO RETI AND ROMY WYMER

Bado Réti is a multi-instrumentalist and composer writing, performing and recording in diverse musical styles on electric bass and double bass, the Arabic oud and various percussion instruments. He has composed the original live-score for theater productions: Arthropoda, Egg, and the soundtrack of A Wire Apart (Paper Doll Militia). He’s regularly performing with Tiptrick, Ewan McIntyre Band and the Bado Réti Group and continues to work in theater and live art.
Romy Wymer is a Glasgow-based clàrsach player and composer originally from the Netherlands. Her compositions, which draw from traditional folk music, jazz and minimalism, are autobiographical in nature and seek to capture the joy of mundanity in life. She plays with the Willow Trio, and has appeared in the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year, at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival, and has won second place and the audience award in the World Harp Competition.
The duo have been playing together since 2022, but recently have started a new harp and double bass project, collaboratively writing original music blending their backgrounds and influences. 

KATIE LINDSAY

Katie Lindsay is an obsessively prolific artist based in Glasgow. Her music is “outrageously intimate”, blending together romantic vocal ballads with shoegaze instrumentals in her band live shows, and performing intricately crafted and hauntingly intimate guitar and piano pieces with strikingly vulnerable lyricism in solo settings. She is a gifted vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer, lending her talents to many originals projects.
Lindsay studied at the Academy of Music and Sound from 2021-23, receiving tutelage on her performance and composition from Glasgow’s own beloved Declan Welsh. After graduating with a HND in Music & Songwriting, she moved onto study piano and keyboard at the University of Highlands and Islands, working with world-renowned trad-jazz pianist Dave Milligan, and the Red Hot Chilli Piper’s own Chris Pugh, and is due to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts after presenting her final songwriting folio at Ann Lantair in April 2026. 
In 2025, Lindsay has at long last began recording and releasing her extensive catalogue of music. Her first single “hard thing” , recorded at home and released in June, is a heartbreaking bedroom lament, crackling with layers of wistful vocals and warm guitars. In July Lindsay released her piano collection “minim”, a curious and spacious exploration into the timbral possibilities of the piano. Lindsay’s duo project Two-Headed Calf released their first EP “Seek” in late June, bedroom-built songs about finding your place in the world, and delivered it to a sold-out crowd in an intimate DIY acoustic show. Lindsay’s EP “Believe”, a collection of 4 shoegazey piano-filled ballads, that has been in the works for almost 2 years, is expected in summer 2026, with more bedroom collections and studio singles to be released in the meantime. 

MEALLAN

Meallan are a fresh, dynamic folk group fusing fiddle, clàrsach, accordion, guitar, keyboard, and Gaelic song into a rich, modern-traditional sound. Formed on the road during the Fèis Rois’ 2024 Ceilidh Trail, the six-piece is comprised of BBC Young Trad 2024 semi-finalist, Eòin Cumming (Laide), alongside Fiddlers Kirsty Harrison (Orkney) and Ruby Smith (Newcastle), Clàrsach player Catriona Kane (Dunblane), Guitarist Anja Maclennan (Dingwall), and Keyboardist Matthew Duncan (Glasgow).
With a passion for both composition and collaboration, the band blends contemporary edge with deep traditional roots, shaped by their diverse backgrounds and a shared love for the landscapes they’ve travelled. Off the back of an exciting debut summer of gigs, at festivals such as Orkney Folk Festival, Moniaive Folk Festival, Piping Live, and Eden Court Under Canvas, Meallan are now currently developing their debut EP. Fresh on the scene and already making waves, Meallan brings a confident new voice to contemporary folk.

CRAWFORD & HOWLIN RADIO

Rural Renfrewshire Rockers, Howlin’ Radio hail from Lochwinnoch. Laid back like John Martyn but ready to rock like the Rolling Stones

Please remember the DKOS hosted at Celtic Connections is held in the Exhibition Hall at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is still free but is now ticketed>
You can obtain tickets online from 12pm on the day of performance LINK