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Caithness Country Music Festival On BBC ALBA

16th September 2011

Photograph of Caithness Country Music Festival On BBC ALBA

COUNTRY MUSIC RETURNS TO BBC ALBA WITH EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE FROM THE CAITHNESS COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL

Country music fans will be able to tune in to performances from acclaimed music artists, as BBC ALBA brings viewers the best of the action from this year's Northern Nashville Caithness Country Music Festival.

BBC ALBA is delighted to cover the fourth annual Caithness Country Music Festival as part of its Ceòl Country series which has been produced for the channel by mneTV.

Ceòl Country from Caithness will commence on Tuesday 20 September at 9pm with weekly hour long programmes being broadcast every Tuesday over the subsequent three weeks, with repeats each following Sunday at 9pm.

The festival continued to gained world-wide support this year due to the range of national and international country music stars that performed over the Easter weekend in Halkirk.

Programme presenter, Anne Morrison will bring viewers musical highlights from this year's performances throughout the three dedicated Caithness Music Festival programmes in the Ceòl Country series.

Among the artists showcased are local Caithness band Slange Ava, award winning Highland band The Jacks, Irish Country Music performer Dominic Kirwan, performer Sharon Nixon from Derry, plus many international acts including Gene Watson from Texas, American country band Highway 101, Gail Davies and Ron Williams both from Nashville Tennessee and Canadian band South Mountain.

In addition to the live music coverage, Anne Morrison travels to Texas to gain first-hand experience about the traditional country music scene that exists there, as well as joining record producer Justin Trevino in the studio. Anne is also treated to an exclusive acoustic performance from Landon Dodd, one of the rising stars in the Texas dancehall scene and spends time with veteran performer Tony Booth.

BBC ALBA's Ceòl Country series will also feature three dedicated programmes covering the Kelso Country and Western Music Festival being broadcast at 9pm on Tuesday 11 and 25 October and 1 November, with repeats also being shown each following Sunday at 9pm.

Photo
Irish Country Music performer Dominic Kirwan.

BBC ALBA is available on the following platforms:
· Freeview 8
· Virgin Media 188
· Sky 168
· Freesat 110
· Live on BBC iPlayer
· 10 hours of content per week is also available to view on demand via the BBC PC iPlayer and the BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media

FIOS-NAIDHEACHD
(Foillsichte às leth BBC ALBA)

CEÒL DÙTHCHAIL A' TILLEADH GU BBC ALBA A-MHÀIN
BHO FHÈIS CEÒL DÙTHCHAIL GHALLAIBH
Bidh luchd-leanmhainn ceòl dùthchail comasach luchd-seinn ainmeil a chluinntinn is BBC ALBA a' tabhann do luchd-amhairc blasad de fhèis na bliadhna seo bho Fhèis Nashville a' Chinn a Tuath ann an Gallaibh.

Tha BBC ALBA air leth toilichte Fèis Ceòl Dùthchail Ghallaibh a chraoladh mar phàirt den t-sreath Ceòl Dùthchail a chaidh a riochdachadh dhan t-seanail le mneTV.

Tòisichidh Ceòl Dùthchail à Gallaibh Dimàirt 20 Sultain aig 9f agus bidh prògram uair a thìde a dh'fhaid air a chraoladh gach Dimàirt thar nan trì seachdainean a leanas, agus thèid an ath-chraoladh gach feasgar Sàbaid an dèidh sin aig 9f.

Lean an fhèis oirre a' faighinn taic bho air feadh an t-saoghail mar thoradh air na rionnagan ceòl dùthchail, nàiseanta agus eadar-nàiseanta a ghabh pàirt innte thar deireadh sheachdain na Càisge ann an Hacraig.

Bheir Anna Mhoireasdan, neach-aithris a' phrògraim, taghadh de na nithean as fheàrr bho fhèis na bliadhna seo do luchd-amhairc sna trì prògraman bho Fhèis Ciùil Ghallaibh san t-sreath Ceòl Dùthchail.

Am measg an luchd-ciùil a chithear, bidh Slange Ava còmhlan a bhuineas do Ghallaibh, an còmhlan Gàidhealach The Jacks a tha air duaisean a chosnadh, an seinneadair ceòl dùthchail à Èirinn Dominic Kirwan, Sharon Nixon à Doire, agus mòran eile de luchd-com-pàirt eadar-nàiseanta leithid Gene Watson à Texas, an còmhlan ceòl dùthchail à Aimearagaidh Highway 101, Gail Davies agus Ron Williams a tha le chèile bho Nashville Tennessee agus an còmhlan Canàidianach South Mountain.

A thuilleadh air a' cheòl bhon fhèis, tha Anna Mhoireasdan a' dol gu Texas gus am faigh i eòlas air suidheachadh a' chiùil dùthchail traidiseanta ann an sin, cho math ri greis a chur seachad san stiùideo còmhla ris an riochdaire clàir Justin Trevino. Tha Anna cuideachd a' faighinn blas dhi fhèin den cheòl acustaig aig Landon Dodd, aon de na rionnagan ùra sna tallachan-dannsa ann an Texas agus tha i a' cur seachad beagan ùine còmhla ri Tony Booth a tha air a bhith na fhear-cluiche o chionn fhada.

Anns an t-sreath de Cheòl Dùthchail chithear cuideachd trì prògraman a tha a' dèiligeadh gu sònraichte ri Fèis Ceòl Dùthchail Chealsach a bhios air a chraoladh aig 9f air Dimàirt 11 agus 25 Dàmhair agus 1 Samhain, agus air ath-chraoladh gach Sàbaid an dèidh sin aig 9f.
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Dealbh: Seinneadair Eirinneach Dominic Kirwan

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