We’re joining Celtic Connections online this year! Join us for a Transatlantic Sessions like any other;  while oceans apart we are still managing to come together to celebrate Celtic Connections 2021, and the power of music draws us together even as we are far apart. From Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, long-time comrades and linchpins of the Transatlantic Sessions, Aly Bain, Phil Cunningham, John McCusker, Michael McGoldrick, James Mackintosh and Donald Shaw take the stage with guests Euan Burton, Julie Fowlis & Kris Drever, with remote recording and appearance from Jerry Douglas. Irish guitarist & singer John Doyle leads the Nashville contingent with previous guests and friends of the festival Molly Tuttle, Tim O’Brien, Alison Brown and Stuart Duncan. Taking advantage of this unique setup, Transatlantic Sessions 2021 will also feature special performances from previous Transatlantic Sessions BBC series. We’re looking forward to when we can see you all again but in …

Recording has started at the Lodge On The Loch Hotel, Loch Lomond. A truly inspirational location with stunning views across the loch.…

We have now completed recording on The Transatlantic Sessions Series 6. Recorded at the Lodge On The Loch Hotel whose panoramic views out from the famously bonnie banks of Loch Lomond made it a truly inspirational location where top vocal and instrumental exponents of the Americana and Celtic traditions came together to rehearse and play with no audience except themselves and an all-star house band. As with previous series, music co-directors were Nashville’s Jerry Douglas and Shetland’s Aly Bain.…