Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

HebCelt 20 is coming

Post Thumbnail

A band that can boast to having had Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant and Sinéad O’Connor in their line-up will be one of the main attractions at this summer’s 20th-anniversary Hebridean Celtic Festival. The Grammy-nominated Afro Celt Sound System, who are also marking their 20th year in 2015, are one of the first acts to confirm they will be playing the island festival in July.

Musician, composer and producer of the band James McNally said: “Afro Celt Sound System are delighted to be heading back to Lewis to perform at HebCelt 20. It is one of our favourite festivals on the planet. We know that 2015 is a very special year for the festival, with it being the 20th anniversary, and the main reason we wanted to celebrate with you all is that it’s our own 20th anniversary, too. Let’s just say it’s going to be one hell of a party.”

Other performers revealed to be appearing include Glasgow-based Treacherous Orchestra, who were nominated in the Best Group section in the 2013 Radio 2 Folk Awards, and Highland outfit The Elephant Sessions, named as Up and Coming Artists of the Year at last year’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards.

The Treacherous Orchestra, who release a new album, Grind, next month, February are an 11-piece “super collective” of mostly Scots talented musicians including one of Scotland’s top pipers, Ross Ainslie, outstanding fiddler Adam Sutherland, from the village of Errogie on Loch Ness-side, and bodhran player Martin O’Neill, who has played with Stevie Wonder.

The Elephant Sessions made a name for themselves on the live circuit before the release of their debut album, The Elusive Highland Beauty, and their recent success in the Trad Awards.

The line-up includes drummer Greg Barry, from Dingwall, fiddle player Euan Smillie, from Kilmuir, Alasdair Taylor, from Inverness on mandolin, guitarist Mark Bruce, from Edderton, and the one non-Highlander, Seth Tinsley, from Hexham in Northumberland, on double bass.

The HebCelt Festival, takes place at Stornoway on Lewis from July 15-18. See www.hebceltfest.com for more information.