Songs of Modern Scotland - Celtic Connections BBC Live 3rd Feb 2024

Roddy Hart hosts a concert featuring The Great Scottish Songbook with performances from Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil, Del Amitri's Justin Currie, Eddi Reader and more accompanied by the orchestra from the Royal Conservatoire Scotland. From the magnificent Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, recorded 21st January 2024.
Set List
1 Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire - Tinseltown in the Rain 0.40
2 Simon Neil - Space 7.50
3 Admiral Fallow - Party Fears Two 12.47
4 Emma Pollock - Night Owl 17.30
5 Justin Currie - Be My Downfall 23.15
6 Brownbear - Somewhere In My Heart 27.15
7 Hamish Hawk - Take Me Out 31.36
8 Roddy Woomble & Rod Jones - American English 35.55
9 Eddi Reader - In a Big Country 41.21
10 Admiral Fallow - Sunshine On Leith 46.50
11 Roddy Hart and All Artists - Whole of The Moon 52.45

[@AAA-yy9kx]

At the last song I shed tears. R.I.P. Karl Wallinger, the musical genius. Thanks for sharing. Love & Respect from Japan.

[@jockmazza]

Oh my god i am tears. I watched this . I'm very very scottish blue nile was an early part of my life. I met dela amitri in 86 at paul tyagis house. U have to understand I've just stumbled upon this by a fluke on a friday night. A walk across the rooftops

[@henryfraser2792]

Fallows cover of Party was what made the evening for me!

[@slackerintherye]

Hamish gives his all, gets right in there and shows us how to perform with conviction.

[@LBOYLE18]

A brilliant performance from Hamish !

[@macscott5290]

Stole the show. The character change between “mild mannered central belter” back stage and “complete psycho” as soon as he started singing was amazing. Whole show of him covering scottish band classics (and I’m including donald wheres yer trousers in that 😂) would have done it for me, hope he does the cover in his live act going forwards.

[@elainemackie1431]

Hamish stole this. Absolutely brilliant

[@tonydalton459]

So many great Scotish bands and songs.

[@LBOYLE18]

Some of the music coming out of Scotland in the last 40 odd years has been outstanding.

[@DavidTransformer]

Roaming Roots is a highlight every year. Roddy and the band deserve so much credit. Brilliant

[@LBOYLE18]

Agreed a brilliant show !

[@ursulah7653]

Brilliant concert!

[@briandonnelly8749]

Sounded great on my headphones. Be back for 2nds😘

[@snacklofter]

👍👍

[@brotherjohnno]

I was a bit disappointed with this gig, I felt that if you were going to take the best Scottish pop songs then they needed to be covered in a nothing short of spectacular fashion. I hope Billy and Alan weren't able to look down on this performance of 'Party Fears Two' as it was a road crash. Saving grace for me was Hamish Hawk marching onstage and belting out THE best version of 'Take Me Out' I have ever heard, hats off to Hamish, he was the star of the show. I was really looking forward to this event but it just felt rushed and badly curated. I hope there is another chance to do these songs justice in the future and show the world the best of Scottish music.

[@LBOYLE18]

That's a fair comment

[@jamescarr4662]

Agreed. I always enjoy Justin Currie right enough.

[@wulbury5797]

I totally agree. I thought it was better than the original.Eddi Reader was excellent as well.

[@neilriddell2171]

Each to their own. I agree Hamish was fantastic. Admiral Fallow are one of the best bands Scotland has produced in the past decade, and I thought they did a great job with 'Party Fears Two'.

[@jockmazza]

Did Paul Buchanan not want to do it?

[@LBOYLE18]

It would have been amazing if Paul had done it. I don't know why he didn't.

[@Tower51-z6d]

C'est quoi ca?

[@LBOYLE18]

Hi, it's a collection of cover versions of some classic Scottish tunes over the years