Zul Bhatia1
Salsa Celtica, Glasgow
Those of us who live in / near Glasgow in Scotland are treated to the largest annual winter music festival of its kind in the world – Celtic Connections. It is also the UK's premier celebration of Celtic music. This year (2014) there were over 2,000 artists at 300 events across 20 venues.
I myself went to three excellent events this year and as always, wish I had gone to more. I decided not to take my camera, partly because I don’t think photography is officially allowed and I knew I would have a hassle with ‘professional’ equipment. I also am desperately trying to organise thousands of existing photos and did not want to add to the pile! I did sneak a compact digital to the AR Rahman concert a few days ago, but I haven’t seen the images on my PC yet.
This photo is from a Salsa Celtica concert a few years ago. They play a fusion of Afro Latin Salsa with Scottish/Irish traditional music! This has seen them and their music rapturously received all over the world from Scottish village halls to some of most significant international music festivals and concert halls. We met one of the percussion players at a small festival in Lochwinnoch village (where we live). He gave an impromptu workshop one night in our house (after the pub) and left our names on the guest lists at venues a couple of times afterwards too.
Salsa Celtica, Glasgow
Those of us who live in / near Glasgow in Scotland are treated to the largest annual winter music festival of its kind in the world – Celtic Connections. It is also the UK's premier celebration of Celtic music. This year (2014) there were over 2,000 artists at 300 events across 20 venues.
I myself went to three excellent events this year and as always, wish I had gone to more. I decided not to take my camera, partly because I don’t think photography is officially allowed and I knew I would have a hassle with ‘professional’ equipment. I also am desperately trying to organise thousands of existing photos and did not want to add to the pile! I did sneak a compact digital to the AR Rahman concert a few days ago, but I haven’t seen the images on my PC yet.
This photo is from a Salsa Celtica concert a few years ago. They play a fusion of Afro Latin Salsa with Scottish/Irish traditional music! This has seen them and their music rapturously received all over the world from Scottish village halls to some of most significant international music festivals and concert halls. We met one of the percussion players at a small festival in Lochwinnoch village (where we live). He gave an impromptu workshop one night in our house (after the pub) and left our names on the guest lists at venues a couple of times afterwards too.