Aly Bain

Live Review: Transatlantic Sessions, Royal Festival Hall, London – 6th February 2026

February 17, 2026 Peter Feldon 1

It was with some trepidation that I agreed to review this gig. Transatlantic Sessions is a veritable institution, now in its 31st year of annual performances celebrating the connections between the musical traditions of Scotland, Ireland […]

Live Review: Transatlantic Sessions 2025, Royal Festival Hall, London, Sunday 9th February 2025

February 27, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

Over the last thirty years, growing out of BBC sessions and star spots at Celtic Connections, Transatlantic Sessions have become – to borrow from Chesterton – The Flying Folk Club. And not just as a travelling […]

Transatlantic Sessions announces special guests for 2025 tour dates

November 15, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1

Transatlantic Sessions 2025 celebrates 30 years since the original TV series first aired. An annual focal point of Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow and a highlight of the winter concert calendar, the line-up of Transatlantic Sessions […]

Classic Clips: Hank Wangford, Richard Thompson and Aly Bain “I’m S.A.V.E.D.” Somewhere on UK TV, August 1987

May 27, 2022 Clint West 0

Here on ‘Classic Clips’ we try to bring you the best and the most interesting clips from out there in videoworld. This week we bring you a rather unlikely trio of performers doing their thing on […]

Transatlantic Sessions, Royal Festival Hall, London, 6th February 2020

February 19, 2020 Lyndon Bolton 0

In its 17th year with little change to the formula, how do the Transatlantic Sessions keep packing out some of the larger venues up and down the country? Quite simple; hosts and musical directors, respectively, the […]