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Norman Bissell commented on the post, Ainmeil Thar Cheudan: A Centenary Celebration of Sorley MacLean, on the site Northings

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:18:25 +0000

Many thanks, both Margarets. Filming was taking place throughout the event but I’m not sure if that included the concert. John Purser and Margaret Bennett played some music during their talks which should become available on film at some time through UWSS or SMO. The music would make a great CD – we can but […]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Ainmeil Thar Cheudan: A Centenary Celebration of Sorley MacLean, on the site Northings

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:00:22 +0000

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, 15-17 June 2011 FROM start to finish this celebration of the life and work of Sorley MacLean, which was jointly organised by Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and the Scottish Centre for Island Studies at the University of the West of Scotland, was an absolute triumph . From the moment I sat down […]

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Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:25:58 +0000

Norman Bissell commented on the post, Test Trenches, on the site Northings

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:16:43 +0000

Just to add an update that the Isle of Luing Community Trust planning applications to build an Atlantic Islands Centre on Luing were unanimously approved last week by the Argyll & Bute Council planning committee after a full debate in Cullipool Hall.

Norman Bissell commented on the post, The Big Orkney Song Project, on the site Northings

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:33:18 +0000

Hi Frank Passion and joy in life is what it’s all about as far as I’m concerned and Loomashun had it in abundance. Some traditional performances can be fine technically but lack flair and you feel their hearts are not in it. Theirs was, and it made us all feel good, so I hope they’ll […]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, The Big Orkney Song Project, on the site Northings

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:34:07 +0000

St Andrew’s in the Square, Glasgow, 23 January 2011 ORKNEY came to Glasgow with a flourish in this warm-hearted, life-affirming show that had all the finest hallmarks of a community project deeply rooted in its northern archipelago. For more than two years Orkney song enthusiasts have been collecting, cataloguing and recording up to 1000 songs of…[Read more]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Feis Rois Is 25!, on the site Northings

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:22:54 +0000

Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Saturday 22 January 2011 FÈIS ROIS has much to celebrate in this its Silver Jubilee year, and this gigantic gathering of players and Gaelic singers at Celtic Connections proudly showcased the tremendous range and depth of the work it has produced since it began in 1986. Around 50 young people came to that first […]

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Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:41:03 +0000

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Norman Bissell commented on the post, New Maps For Old?, on the site Northings

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:21:04 +0000

I can’t really agree, George, I came away encouraged by the conference, particularly the approaches being taken by Dana and Gwilym to build successful arts centres which do provide work for artists. Community Trusts and arts groups still have access to Lottery and other funds and artists can work with them in their projects. Hi-arts […]

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Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:17:11 +0000

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Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:08:44 +0000

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Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:58:18 +0000

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Celtic Connections - Andy M Stewart / Shona Donaldson, on the site Northings

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:13:25 +0000

Tron Theatre, Glasgow, 30 January 2010 IT’S OFFICIAL. Andy M Stewart still has what it takes. On the strength of this virtuoso performance at a packed Tron Theatre, the former Silly Wizard frontman must be regarded as one of Scotland’s finest singer-songwriters in the folk tradition, and a very funny guy to boot. Not literally you […]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Celtic Connections 2010 - The An Tobar Sessions, on the site Northings

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:37:45 +0000

Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 19 January 2010 IS THERE another arts centre in Scotland which could muster a night of such quality and range of contemporary music as The An Tobar Sessions? I doubt it, but it’s no accident that An Tobar in Tobermory, the only arts centre in Argyll, could do so because […]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, The Flight of the Arctic Tern, on the site Northings

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:21:57 +0000

Caol Community Centre, Caol, 19 October 2009 I FIRST saw The Flight of the Arctic Tern in March this year at the Tall Ship in Glasgow, where it was being recorded on CD, and I wondered how well it would fare in the very different setting of Caol Community Centre on the opening night of its Highland […]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Magnetic North: Walden, on the site Northings

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:00:17 +0000

Cullipool Hall, Isle of Luing, 11 September 2009 SOME PLAYS linger in the mind long after the hall is empty and the company has moved on. Walden is one of those plays. A view which was borne out for me the day after this show by a woman I met on the shore who asked me where […]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Eliza Gilkyson, on the site Northings

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:45:33 +0000

Tartan Heart Festival Fringe, Roy Bridge Memorial Hall, 24 July 2009 SOME THINGS in life are just meant to happen, and unexpectedly meeting one of my all-time favourite singer songwriters in Roy Bridge was certainly one of them. My partner and I were on our way to Skye for the weekend, and we had tried phoning […]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Atlantic Islands Festival, on the site Northings

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:49:08 +0000

A Ground-breaking New Arts Festival NORMAN BISSELL introduces a new festival on the island of Luing ORGANISING a new Arts Festival in Argyll in the middle of the worst recession in years might not seem like the brightest of ideas, but that’s exactly what I’ve been doing since last year. It’s either a bold move or just plain […]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Nàdair Trust Celebration Event, on the site Northings

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:54:59 +0000

Argyllshire Gathering Hall, Oban, 19-20 June 2008 SINCE ITS inception in 2000 Nàdair has successfully kick-started, co-ordinated and guided through the voluntary sector funding maze 70 environmental and heritage projects worth £10m scattered throughout the islands of Argyll. Nàdair’s first Director, Mike Robinson, explained in his talk how Nà…[Read more]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Celtic Connections 2008: The Island Tapes / Comas, on the site Northings

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:47:44 +0000

St Andrew’s in the Square, Glasgow, 27 January 2008 WONDERFULLY grainy archive films of the islands coupled with great guitar work from Ian Melrose and Allan Neave, the expressive Gaelic singing of Alyth McCormack and David Allison’s intricate real-time recording on guitar and percussion made for another memorable Celtic Connections outing for…[Read more]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Celtic Connections 2008:Duncan Chisholm's Kin / Rule Of Three, on the site Northings

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:29:45 +0000

St Andrew’s in the Square, Glasgow, 24 January 2008 THIS PERFECT blend of live music, film, photographs and words took its packed Glasgow audience by storm. A beautifully-crafted, elegiac kind of a storm, right enough, but Kin’s evocative static camerawork and the delightful playing of Duncan Chisholm on fiddle, Marc Clements on guitar and…[Read more]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Celtic Connections 2008: Songs Of Scotland - Songs Of The Sea, on the site Northings

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:13:06 +0000

Universal Folk Club, Glasgow, 22 January 2008 SONGS of fishermen and whalers, sea captains and wronged sailors, of deportation and the Fionn, rowing songs and wauking songs, that was Songs of the Sea, and, as Tom Spiers said, not a sea shanty in sight. Not that there’s anything wrong with sailors’ work chants, but Griogair Labhruidh, Maeve […]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Celtic Connections 2008: Common Ground, on the site Northings

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:48:45 +0000

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 16 January 2008 COMMON GROUND was a belter of an opener which, with its Scottish/Irish/American/English mix of marvellous playing and illustrious songs, really caught the spirit of Celtic Connections in this its fifteenth year. It more than lived up to its billing, in the words of Musical Director John McCusker, as…[Read more]

Norman Bissell wrote a new post, More Than Us Symposium, on the site Northings

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:46:37 +0000

Great Glen House and Town House, Inverness, 29-30 November 2007 A PAIR of mallard feeding contentedly in a pool by the entrance to the headquarters of Scottish Natural Heritage high on a hill above Inverness. That was the auspicious start to the More Than Us event which promised conversations between humanity, the arts and ecology. At […]