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The Celtic Connections website currently carries videos from 33 festival artists, have a look at the Artist A-Z.

An hour-long TV special presented by Mary Ann Kennedy airs on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two Scotland and iPlayer on Sunday night, featuring highlights from all the gigs the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ has filmed at this year's festival.

But, that's only an hour...a very packed hour, but a mere 60 minutes nonetheless.

On the Celtic Connections website, we've no such time restrictions. We can put up as much footage as our vast production team (that's both of us) can manage to process.

This means lots of exclusive bonus videos that you can only watch on the website.

Lots still to come - watch out next week for:

• more from Dervish
• video of the Young Trad Musician Award
• more Beth Nielsen Chapman
• more Vasen
• the highly entertaining Delinda
• The Low Anthem

and still more...keep on checking!

Sunday may be the last day of the festival, but it's also the biggest for six of Scotland's best young musicians. Listen to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2010 live from 1705.

You'll also be able to watch video highlights from the competition on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Celtic Connections website.

The finalists are:

Paddy Callaghan - accordion, harp (Glasgow)
Mairi Chaimbeul - harp (Sleate)
Lorne MacDougall - pipes (Carradale)
Hannah Phillips - harp (Glasgow)
Daniel Thorpe - fiddle (Glasgow)
Kyle Warren - pipes (Helensburgh)

More details about the competition can be found at .

You can still watch video from last year's final if you want to witness the high standard of playing this competition attracts.

Another week, another missive from our intrepid mystery reporter, delving ever deeper into the relentless gigging of Celtic Connections week two.

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took to the streets of Glasgow this afternoon to promote their Celtic Connections gig tomorrow night.. but there was nothing conventional about their mode of transport.

An open-top tour bus carried them from the City Halls to George Square, on to Byres Road, and down to the Concert Hall, and they were determined to attract as much attention as possible!

Banners adorned the bus and the guys (10 of the 13-strong band) played their hearts and lungs out. With the volume cranked up on tunes like 'Sausages', heads were turning all over town.

Passers-by seemed to like the randomness of the travelling gig but I don't think anyone enjoyed themselves as much as The Treacherous Orchestra themselves! It was a far cry from the schools concert they'd performed earlier in the day but I can't wait to see if they exude the same boundless energy tomorrow night at the Old Fruitmarket. Nobody can fail to be caught up in their enthusiasm!

celebrated its 40th birthday at Celtic Connections in fine style with a night at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Tuesday 19th January.

Karen Miller was there and writes:

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In the first of three reports from Celtic Connections , our Undercover Celt comments on the first week of activity at this year's festival.

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On Saturday 16th January, a group of musicians gathered in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall to celebrate Scottish song from 1910 to the present day. Artists included McIntosh Ross, Emma Pollock and Kris Drever with Session A9 as house band. ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland were there to film the event and you can watch highlights tonight on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two Scotland at 21:00.

You can also watch the footage online along with several exclusive web clips from the event on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Celtic Connections site.

The set list ranged from modern pop classics to folk standards and Gaelic ballads.

Are there any glaring ommissions? A song you think should have been included? Tell us in the blog comments below.

Coverage of this concert represents the first salvo in ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland's mission to make 2010 the Year Of Song.

As part of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland's Year of Song and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland's Motivation season, Classics Unwrapped presenter Jamie McDougall presents five videos offering a short and snappy guide to singing.

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This year's Celtic Connections festival got underway this afternoon with 130 torch-bearers braving the snow and ice. Led by the Scottish Power Pipe Band and the city's provost, the procession walked from Glasgow's George Square to the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

View our gallery from the Torchlight Parade

Events kick off this evening at the opening concert with a line up of fifty performers including , Carlos Núñez, Lau, Catriona McKay and Chris Stout.

On Monday we will be updating our Celtic Connections site with photos from the opening weekend's concerts and don't forget you can catch the Jewels Of The Ocean concert live from The Old Fruitmarket on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Nan Gaidheal on Sunday (17th Jan) evening at 20:00 and also highlights from A Scottish Songbook at the Concert Hall on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two Scotland on Monday (18th Jan) evening at 21:00. There'll also be exclusive extended footage from A Scottish Songbook available on our Celtic Connections site from Monday.

We'll also be publishing the first of our weekly blog posts from The Undercover Celt on Tuesday 18th January. A respected folk music journalist will be donning their spy cap to bring us news from the previous week's festival events.

As this year's Celtic Connections is just around the corner, we asked some of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland's presenters if they'd pick something out of the extensive schedule that they'd like to recommend. From folk to indie rock and country there's something for most tastes at this year's festival.

Vic Galloway, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 1 & Radio Scotland
As Celtic Connections continues to grow and diversify with consistently good line-ups every year, I'm delighted to see that they've coincided this year with 15th Anniversary. The now legendary Scottish independent record label, set up by The Delgados, has given us artists such as Mogwai, Arab Strap, Aereogramme, De Rosa and over the years, and never falters in providing exciting new Scottish talent a break-through platform through which to release their music. Sunday January 31st sees the label take control of Glasgow's ABC with a stunning bill of current stars on the roster. Headlined by The Phantom Band, who provided me with my favourite LP of 2009, and able supported by Emma Pollock, , and Zoey Van Goey, it looks like a real treat for music fans. Celtic Connections have struck gold with a night that will mix Indie, Folk, Krautrock and quality song-writing. Happy Birthday Chemikal Undergorund - here's to another 15 years!

Ricky Ross, Another Country on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland
The evening I highly recommend is on Monday 25th January at The Concert Hall with Beth Nielsen Chapman and & The Hula Valley Orchestra. The first tentative series of Another Country featured a live 'round' with these two artistes and they've become firm friends since. Both women are top-drawer song writers and I would imagine the evening will be a delight.

Archie Fisher, Travelling Folk on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland
Regretfully, I will miss half of this year's CC Festival as I head out for the US on January 22nd and the concert I'll miss most is the Tim and Molly O'Brien date in St. Andrews in the Square on Wednesday 27th January. A rare chance to hear these talented siblings, sadly I'll be on a Celtic Cruise ship in the Caribbean ... it's a hard life!

Mary Ann Kennedy, Global Gathering on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland
If I don't manage to see Bobby McFerrin in concert, I shall go and hide in a small, dark corner and sulk until CC 2011. He is quite simply one of the greatest musicians on the planet, whether he's playing with a symphony orchestra or symphonising with no more than his own voice and imagination. No-one sings Blackbird like he does. Bring it on Bobby!

Bryan Burnett, Get It On on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland
I've already got my tickets for Raul Malo at the Classic Grand on Sunday 24th. He's the former front man of The Mavericks and is a class act. His powerful Orbison-esque voice lends itself as easily to tender country ballads as it does to the Latin influenced stompers he has tackled in the past. One of the great voices in this year's programme.

Vic took some time out from his ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland and Radio 1 shows to tell us who he's tipped for the top in 2010.

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Tommy Smith and were at ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland's Pacific Quay to record a special edition of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3's Jazz Line Up - broadcast Saturday 3rd January 2009.

We caught up with Tommy before their performance to find out more about the orchestra and the jazz scene in Scotland.