Sleepless nights at dream trad fest
EACH year, Irish musicians travel to Glasgow for Celtic Connections. The 19th festival opens on Thursday and runs for 18 days. Specialising in once-off collaborations between performers, it is renowned for all-night sessions.
Singer Cathy Jordan has played there eight times fronting the trad supergroup, Dervish and The Unwanted. “It’s an incredible event,” says Jordan. “I often wonder what the bank manager said when someone told him they were planning a festival in the month of January that would be three weeks long and all Celtic music.
