Anna Meredith / Callum Easter
Avant-pop composer and musical polymath makes claim for national treasure status
Gigs
Explosions In The Sky / A.A. Williams
Texans celebrate 20 years of instrumental post-rock splendour with a fan-pleasing set heavy on nostalgia
Anna Meredith / Callum Easter
Avant-pop composer and musical polymath makes claim for national treasure status
Iris DeMent
Americana icon makes a sublime long-awaited return to Celtic Connections
Albums
VASA
Heroics
Joyous riffs and vibrant soundscapes abound in Glasgow post-rockers long-awaited sophomore effort
L-Space
Feed the Engines!
A Celtic tinged dystopia in a technicolour, which paints over a cold robotic society
Arborist
A Northern View
Identity and home examined on lush second album from Northern Ireland’s Arborist
Dan Deacon
Mystic Familiar
Baltimore musician takes the listener on an intense and beautiful musical journey
Smoke Fairies
Darkness Brings The Wonders Home
Sixth album is buffed up and confident, but possibly not dark enough
Classical
BBC SSO: Dvořák Symphonic Variations
Serenades, variations and a birthday tribute which had to be postponed