City Hall Glasgow
«With her fourth solo album, 2015’s Urram (‘Respect’), Karen Matheson – beloved worldwide as the transcendent voice of Capercaillie – simultaneously casts her net wider than ever, in finding the commonalities between seemingly disparate musical traditions, and focuses closer than ever to home, in her first all-Gaelic recording. Featuring guest appearances from British-Indian sarod player Soumik Datta and Senegal’s Seckou Keita on kora, it’s another gracefully innovative
Multilingual Breton singer-songwriter Nolwenn Leroy has gracefully bridged the folk and pop realms, winning comparisons to Kate Bush and Tori Amos. Originally classically trained, she has recorded five studio albums and scored two number one singles, Cassé and Nolwenn Ohwo!, on the French charts. In 2012, her album Bretonne was diamond certified for sales exceeding one million copies.»
