0:00:10 > 0:00:14NEWSREADER: The decisive blow in an incredible piece of sporting theatre.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31As First Minister, it's my pleasure to invite all golf fans
0:00:31 > 0:00:34to share that feeling and come to the home of golf - Scotland.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Yeah! Let's get her on the phone.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08"Amy, we just got you a million dollars in Scotland!"
0:01:16 > 0:01:18# A' chlach a bha mo sheanmhair
0:01:18 > 0:01:20# 'S mo sheanair oirre seanchas
0:01:20 > 0:01:21# Air tilleadh mar a dh'fhalbh i
0:01:21 > 0:01:23# Mo Ghalghad a' chlach. #
0:01:24 > 0:01:30# Well, you can bury me in some deep valley
0:01:30 > 0:01:35# For many years where I may lay. #
0:01:35 > 0:01:37# Rain on the roof
0:01:37 > 0:01:40# The pitstop paths and rustling stream. #
0:01:44 > 0:01:47CELTIC VIOLIN MUSIC PLAYS
0:01:52 > 0:01:54# Oganaich uir a rinn m' rhagail
0:01:54 > 0:01:56# Hi ri-abh o hiuraibh o ho
0:01:56 > 0:01:58# Hi ri-abh o ro hubhag
0:01:58 > 0:02:00# Hi ri-abh o hiuraibh o ho. #
0:02:00 > 0:02:08# There's no use any more for these cotton mills, it seems. #
0:02:08 > 0:02:10LIVELY FIDDLE MUSIC PLAYS
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Tell them what we want, rather than...
0:02:26 > 0:02:29He might not need that amount of stuff if we won't do
0:02:29 > 0:02:32that amount of stuff, so... OK.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35It's not a sort of total global domination kind of idea,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38it's more just little satellites of what Celtic Connections
0:02:38 > 0:02:41is about in different parts of the world.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43SLIDE GUITAR PLAYS
0:02:43 > 0:02:46It's all about export, import, cultural tourism,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48driving audiences back to Scotland.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Really, we're just looking to achieve a situation where
0:03:04 > 0:03:08audiences have a great time and really connect with the music
0:03:08 > 0:03:11and feel that it's a little bit of Scotland in Chicago.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15BLUES HARMONICA MUSIC PLAYS
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53and welcome to the opening ceilidh of Celtic Connections.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20When they created Celtic Connections,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22there's a beautiful concert hall
0:05:22 > 0:05:24and it's proper marketing, and proper ticket prices.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28That's a major factor, that it's seen as a serious music form.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30CLAPPING
0:05:30 > 0:05:34SONG: "Coisich, a Ruin"
0:05:44 > 0:05:47THEY SING: "Puirt A Beul"
0:06:17 > 0:06:21What we wanted to do was to bring a breadth of musicians which
0:06:21 > 0:06:23covered as much as we possibly could take of Celtic Connections
0:06:23 > 0:06:26and the flavour of Celtic Connections
0:06:26 > 0:06:29so by doing that, we do have a lot of people.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32There's about 42 people travelling now with the party.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Why am I moving chairs around?
0:06:53 > 0:06:58Well, I'm Dan Tyminski. Very, very happy to be here
0:06:58 > 0:07:02getting to...wow, play with some of
0:07:02 > 0:07:06the...best musicians on the planet.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10I've had the pleasure of getting to play with the guys a couple of
0:07:10 > 0:07:12times before, with Transatlantic Sessions,
0:07:12 > 0:07:17and I'm so looking forward to...you know, it's nice to have to do it
0:07:17 > 0:07:19without quite as much travel!
0:07:19 > 0:07:23It's just really exciting being here on their turf for a change
0:07:23 > 0:07:26and with the Ryder Cup, it's obviously going to be
0:07:26 > 0:07:28going out to a big crowd here. We've never played
0:07:28 > 0:07:31on the side of the Atlantic so it's just going to be good fun.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Here we are in a warehouse somewhere. I guess this could be in Glasgow!
0:07:38 > 0:07:40But I think it'll be different when we get out there
0:07:40 > 0:07:41on stage tomorrow night
0:07:41 > 0:07:46cos it's apparently a spectacular venue, open air and...
0:07:46 > 0:07:48It's not the Concert Hall in Glasgow.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51It'll be quite a different sound as well, I think, on stage.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Well, we've been doing this since 1995.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17We've gotten the hang of each other now.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19What's great about it is you have all these great musicians
0:08:19 > 0:08:22and they all have their own ideas.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Just listening to what they come up with is great.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Getting them over there was a great thing, but actually,
0:08:37 > 0:08:39it's lovely to do it over here.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43And it means that we get jetlagged, for a change!
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Now I know what it's like, what they feel when they come over.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51# Gur milis Morag
0:08:51 > 0:08:56# Gur Laghach Morag
0:08:56 > 0:09:00# Gur milis Morag
0:09:00 > 0:09:04# Nighean Eoighainn Oig. #
0:09:22 > 0:09:24You know, there's always an element of danger
0:09:24 > 0:09:28with these events where you don't know anything about the logistics
0:09:28 > 0:09:31but, you know, the good cause of music
0:09:31 > 0:09:34usually wins through in the end.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Transatlantic Sessions itself has a kind of massive awareness
0:09:38 > 0:09:40through the folk and roots community
0:09:40 > 0:09:42so we're pretty confident we'll pull a crowd.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47# Mo mhile marbhaisg
0:09:47 > 0:09:51# Air an Fhrangach
0:09:51 > 0:09:55# Nuair leig e nall thu
0:09:55 > 0:10:00# Chuir anntlachd oirnn
0:10:00 > 0:10:05# Gur milis Morag
0:10:05 > 0:10:10# Gur Laghach Morag
0:10:10 > 0:10:12# Gur milis Morag... #
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I've never met anybody at a soundcheck before
0:11:06 > 0:11:11- that I'm about to perform with.- Bit weird!- It's a new thing.- Bit weird.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12I'll just start singing
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- and we can try a few things. - Yeah, let's try a couple.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18We'll try a few things and see if we like anything and then we'll do that.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Sounds grand.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22SHE HUMS MELODY TO: "Fhir An Leadain Thlath"
0:11:28 > 0:11:31# Fhir chul dualaich chleachdaigh
0:11:31 > 0:11:35# 'S boidhche snuadh ri fhaicinn
0:11:35 > 0:11:38# Tha do ghaol an tasgaich
0:11:38 > 0:11:43# 'N seomar glaist nam fheoil
0:11:43 > 0:11:47# Fhir an leadain thlath
0:11:47 > 0:11:51# Dh'fhag thu mi fo bhron. #
0:11:51 > 0:11:55So why don't I sound check? And once you've heard it a few times -
0:11:55 > 0:11:59- and that was dead easy - then we can figure out another one after.- Sure.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- OK.- Sounds grand.- All right?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03# Fhir an leadain thlath
0:12:03 > 0:12:06# Dh'fhag thu mi fo bhron. #
0:12:24 > 0:12:29# Fhir an leadain thlath
0:12:29 > 0:12:34# Dh'fhag thu mi fo bhron. #
0:12:39 > 0:12:41HE CHUCKLES SHE CONTINUES SINGING
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Having Celtic Connections here is fantastic.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11As ambassadors for Scotland as a group, they're fantastic.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Representative of what's exciting and engaging about Scottish culture.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Particularly this year with it being the year of Creative Scotland,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21it's great to have those guys out in Chicago with us,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24engaging with the American audience, which is massive Scotland.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28So, really, it's a nice fit for them to be here.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- That's grand.- Nice.- Yeah.- That's great.- Let's do that.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10We'll do the same in the last verse.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Tonight, it's the media reception so it's all the media
0:14:14 > 0:14:18that'll be at the Ryder Cup so you're talking worldwide media.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23So this is a brilliant opportunity for us just to be...
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Do you know, I feel really proud, actually. I really do.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31That whole "Scotland's coming", and it's just really exciting, yeah.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage, Rura.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31SINGING IN GAELIC
0:15:38 > 0:15:40SINGING IN GAELIC
0:15:55 > 0:15:59I want to offer each and every one of you a warm welcome tonight.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03It's good to see so many of you turn out to support Scotland,
0:16:03 > 0:16:07whether it's our culture, our international business...
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- Lovely. Could still do a tiny tag at the end.- Yep.- Um...
0:16:25 > 0:16:26So your last line...
0:16:26 > 0:16:30# Dah dun-dun daah
0:16:30 > 0:16:31# Dun dun daah. #
0:16:38 > 0:16:42SINGING IN GAELIC
0:17:23 > 0:17:25APPLAUSE
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Thank you very much for listening.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- Cynthia.- Cynthia?
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Moo!
0:18:26 > 0:18:29# Weave and spin Weave and spin... #
0:18:50 > 0:18:54There haven't been any problems. No, it's run seamlessly(!)
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- All smoke and mirrors. - It's all smoke and mirrors, exactly.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Um...I think with anything like this,
0:19:00 > 0:19:03there'll always be things that you can never, ever plan for
0:19:03 > 0:19:07and I think we've probably come across most of them, actually.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- But it's been cool, hasn't it?- Yes. - Everybody's jumped in.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Everybody here's been so friendly and helpful
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- that it's really helped us out. - Yeah, absolutely.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Nothing's a problem.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Right, Phil, you've been doing this for many, many years.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26Yeah, about 36 years this year. I started when I was...
0:19:26 > 0:19:28I joined a band when I was 16,
0:19:28 > 0:19:32started coming out to America to tour in the early '80s,
0:19:32 > 0:19:351981 and it was just part of our regular life,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38two or three tours of America a year, Chicago loads of times.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42It's lovely to be here on such a lovely day
0:19:42 > 0:19:44playing in this beautiful setting.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47I never saw myself at this age being a musician at all.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52I actually wanted to be a zoologist as a child, and/or a cameraman,
0:19:52 > 0:19:53that was one of my biggest ambitions,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55to get behind the camera rather than...
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I've ended up on the lens side of it nowadays
0:19:57 > 0:20:00but I've always wanted to get behind it.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- I think it'd be a fascinating job. - Give it a go, then.
0:20:03 > 0:20:0520p for a shot on your machine, big man!
0:20:05 > 0:20:10Go on, give us a shot. Oooh!
0:20:10 > 0:20:11THEY CHUCKLE
0:20:12 > 0:20:13I'm liking this.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Dan, I think they've underestimated the size of the couch for us.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- This is mine, right?- This is a two-butt couch!
0:20:29 > 0:20:30All right, Danny?
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Donald? Donald Shaw.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38How would you say it's all going?
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Well, till now, it's been going quite well.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42I'm slightly concerned.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Are you supposed to stay looking at the person you're looking at?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Hold on, this is my first day.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Can you come around to your right, please?
0:20:50 > 0:20:55- There's Aly Bain, Donald Shaw. - Youth training scheme camerawork!
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- You receiving me? - Aly, I was talking to Donald there.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- Well, you WERE.- Cut!
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I think tonight when we see this with the backdrop of Chicago
0:21:04 > 0:21:09and all lit up and everything, it's just going to be stunning.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12# We're bound away for Americay Fall down, Billy O'... #
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Let's do another verse before the break.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18INDISTINCT SINGING
0:21:18 > 0:21:22# ..Fall down, me Billy
0:21:22 > 0:21:24# Fall down, Billy O'Shea
0:21:24 > 0:21:29# Fall down, fall down Fall down, me Billy
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- # We're bound away for Americay - Fall down, Billy O'Shea
0:21:51 > 0:21:54# He sent him up to the top mast yard
0:21:54 > 0:21:55# Fall down, me Billy
0:21:55 > 0:21:57# And when he hit the deck, well, he took it hard
0:21:57 > 0:21:59# Fall down, Billy O'Shea. #
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Here, you have blues, you have country music, jazz,
0:22:02 > 0:22:06all that stuff is going on here in America. The influences...
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- Our music might have influenced in the beginning.- Definitely.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13But your music has come back and influenced us a great deal.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- There's a little ricochet factor there.- Certainly.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21So maybe we should have you over to do Transatlantic Sessions here,
0:22:21 > 0:22:26- maybe even in Nashville.- Yeah, that'd be great...
0:22:26 > 0:22:31That was brilliant(!) Did anybody know we were filming?
0:22:31 > 0:22:32- LAUGHTER - Keep running.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Describe yourselves to the audience that can't see you at home.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37THEY LAUGH
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- He's about eight foot six!- Yeah!
0:22:42 > 0:22:47- The big ears.- And he can fly. - He can fly!
0:22:55 > 0:22:58The essence of this music is very important, that we
0:22:58 > 0:23:02preserve it and look after it and it's fine to move it along
0:23:02 > 0:23:05but always to make sure that that is at its very core.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11I feel very proud to have this music as part of where I come from.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14You can go pretty much anywhere and find yourself having a tune
0:23:14 > 0:23:17with somebody and finding some kind of cultural link with them just
0:23:17 > 0:23:20because the Celts have reached out so far over time.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Final warm-up, Danny?
0:23:41 > 0:23:46Yeah, I get nervous and I used to have a guy with me
0:23:46 > 0:23:49and we really used to get stuck into it
0:23:49 > 0:23:51and he'd go, "Right, you're on now."
0:23:51 > 0:23:56I can forget all about nerves because before I get on, I just...
0:24:00 > 0:24:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:06 > 0:24:09ANNOUNCER: Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Thank you.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42# I bid farewell
0:24:42 > 0:24:45# To old Kentucky
0:24:45 > 0:24:49# The place where I was born and bred
0:24:49 > 0:24:52# The place where he... #
0:25:09 > 0:25:12# For these cotton mills, it seems
0:25:12 > 0:25:20# But the sound of the loom still haunts my dreams
0:25:22 > 0:25:26# Weave and spin
0:25:26 > 0:25:30# Weave and spin
0:25:30 > 0:25:35# Weave and spin
0:25:35 > 0:25:38# Weave and spin. #
0:25:53 > 0:25:55CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Merci, tout le monde.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Now we're going to have Kathleen MacInnes.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12# Gur milis Morag
0:26:12 > 0:26:16# Gur Laghach Morag
0:26:16 > 0:26:20# Gur milis Morag
0:26:20 > 0:26:25# Nighean Eoighainn Oig
0:26:25 > 0:26:30# Gur milis Morag
0:26:30 > 0:26:35# Gur Laghach Morag
0:26:35 > 0:26:38# Gur milis Morag
0:26:38 > 0:26:42# Nighean Eoighainn Oig. #
0:26:42 > 0:26:44APPLAUSE
0:26:44 > 0:26:49CROWD: More! More!
0:26:50 > 0:26:52THEY CHATTER
0:26:54 > 0:26:56We got away with it again!
0:26:56 > 0:27:01- Well, we're on the stage together. - You were playing.- At Balmoral.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09LAUGHTER
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Music is a powerful, powerful instrument
0:27:11 > 0:27:14for bringing peoples and countries together.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18I think it creates a great amount - a fund of goodwill towards Scotland,
0:27:18 > 0:27:25towards Ireland, and goodwill is an important asset to have as well.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28It was great, great meeting the people.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29It was a small but mighty crowd.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- Did you enjoy it?- It was great. Fantastic.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58What's the plural for sofas?
0:28:00 > 0:28:04The idea was always to try and bring the show back here.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07It's almost like a homecoming for the Americans, this show,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10cos it's something that's only existed at Celtic Connections
0:28:10 > 0:28:12as a live event.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48# A cuid acraichean 's a siuil
0:29:48 > 0:29:52# Biody and deoch seo 'n laimh no ruin
0:29:52 > 0:29:56# Deoch slainge le fear an tuir
0:29:56 > 0:30:02# Biodh an deoch seo 'n laigh mo ruin. #
0:30:12 > 0:30:14To the A string.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20And third finger on the D. So you're looking at...
0:30:20 > 0:30:23PLAY SERIES OF NOTES
0:30:24 > 0:30:26THEY REPEAT
0:31:13 > 0:31:17What we thought we might do is have a go at learning this tune by ear
0:31:17 > 0:31:20and try and break it down into phrases.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36- Good.- Yeah. Go again.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- Yeah, that's beautiful.- Better, right? Good.- OK?
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Right, so you've learned that in five minutes
0:32:15 > 0:32:18and it took me about 25 years to learn that tune.
0:32:18 > 0:32:2025 years, that's what it took me to learn
0:32:20 > 0:32:24and you learned it in five minutes. Well done. I hate you!
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Every one of them managed the tune and I was amazed
0:32:37 > 0:32:40because when they told me, "I've been playing for six to eight weeks,"
0:32:40 > 0:32:43I thought, "Oh, this might be hard work!"
0:32:43 > 0:32:46But it was fantastic, and what a nice bunch of people.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25THEY CHUCKLE APPLAUSE
0:33:41 > 0:33:42BLUES PIANO PLAYS
0:34:09 > 0:34:10Yeah, you want it?
0:34:13 > 0:34:15What key are you in?
0:34:21 > 0:34:24I'll try something simple. E's not too bad.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37HARMONICA PLAYS
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Billy, you have an amazing pedigree
0:35:34 > 0:35:38and legacy of playing blues in this area and in the States.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41What is it that makes the Chicago blues?
0:35:41 > 0:35:45How is that different to other blues, if you know what I mean?
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Well, this is...
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Chicago's where the blues really exploded,
0:35:50 > 0:35:53where it really took root.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Of course, most of the greats are from the south
0:35:55 > 0:36:01and the majority of the more well-known ones
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- were from Mississippi.- Sure.
0:36:03 > 0:36:08And because of better opportunities, a lot of the musicians
0:36:08 > 0:36:13ended up here in Chicago with Chess Records being kind of like Motown.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- Yeah.- You know, but in regards to the blues.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19You have a really lyrical kind of tone when you're playing
0:36:19 > 0:36:23and I wondered whether it's like us. A lot of traditional
0:36:23 > 0:36:26music back home in Scotland, where people play the fiddle or the pipes,
0:36:26 > 0:36:31they try and emulate singers so it's like they're being like singers.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Would it be like that for you when you learned to play?
0:36:33 > 0:36:39That's interesting that you noticed that because when I picked up
0:36:39 > 0:36:45the harmonica at about age 11 or so, I didn't know anything about blues.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49When I first started out, I would play melodies, like...
0:36:49 > 0:36:54PLAYS MELODIC TUNE
0:36:54 > 0:36:55You know, or...
0:36:55 > 0:36:57PLAYS: "Pop Goes The Weasel"
0:36:59 > 0:37:01You know, but this, in doing that,
0:37:01 > 0:37:05- that allowed me learn my way around the instrument.- OK.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Basically if I heard something,
0:37:07 > 0:37:09- it was easy for me to know where to go.- Sure
0:37:09 > 0:37:11So then I...
0:37:11 > 0:37:12PLAYS BLUES HARMONICA
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- Something like that.- Yeah, amazing. It's so soulful.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36- It's the soul that counts when you're playing.- Thank you.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40You know, some people have this stereotypical notion that
0:37:40 > 0:37:44the blues brings you down. It's completely the opposite.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48The blues lifts you up, even if it is...
0:37:48 > 0:37:52even if it is singing about sad or bad things.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56It makes you feel better because you've got somebody
0:37:56 > 0:38:00- that you can relate to. - Yeah.- It's an uplifting process.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28- Yeah, man.- Yeah!
0:38:34 > 0:38:37We're going to check out this guy, Ron Kaplan.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40He's a bit of a dude when it comes to booking acts.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44He works for Monterey International, one of the big agents.
0:38:44 > 0:38:49I guess he looks after everyone from kind of Norah Jones to
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Van Morrison internationally so, for me,
0:38:51 > 0:38:55it's interesting because if I'm trying to make connections
0:38:55 > 0:38:58in the States with artists for Celtic Connections,
0:38:58 > 0:39:00he's a good guy to know.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02This was actually taken by Dennis Hopper,
0:39:02 > 0:39:04he was a great photographer
0:39:04 > 0:39:08and this is a shot of Phil Spector with Ike and Tina Turner
0:39:08 > 0:39:12at Gold Star Studios when they recorded River Deep - Mountain High.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Amazing. Who do you reckon that is in the distance?
0:39:25 > 0:39:29This is a shot of Muddy Waters at Chess Studio recording.
0:39:29 > 0:39:34And this was The Bluesbreakers with John Mayall, Clapton, Willie Dixon,
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Big Joe Williams and I forgot who the middle guy is.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Albert Grossman talking about Dylan right after
0:39:39 > 0:39:42he did the electric show at Newport Folk Festival.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Everyone came out of the club.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47That's Phil Guy, his brother, and that is Lefty Dizz.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51The thing that so amazes me just meeting you today,
0:39:51 > 0:39:54I didn't realise the kind of connection we had because a lot
0:39:54 > 0:39:56of European festivals and buyers are not
0:39:56 > 0:39:58- so connected with Americana music. - Yeah.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02You are SO connected with it that it's refreshing to be able to say,
0:40:02 > 0:40:05"Look at our roster," and you go, "I know that,
0:40:05 > 0:40:06"I want that, this and this."
0:40:06 > 0:40:10So we unfortunately couldn't bring Levon Helm last year
0:40:10 > 0:40:12but Amy has a record coming out next year -
0:40:12 > 0:40:16his daughter - and it's a wonderful record and we really feel that
0:40:16 > 0:40:21if we could bring it to Celtic Connections and have her do
0:40:21 > 0:40:25her own show and then maybe do some kind of collaborative event...
0:40:25 > 0:40:29That's ideal in the sense that what we ask artists to do is not...
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Sure, come in and do your own show but as much as possible,
0:40:32 > 0:40:36get together with other people and create unique situations on stage.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39That'd be really appreciated, yeah.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Great, well, now that it's on telly, we'll have to make it happen!
0:40:42 > 0:40:44There you go. THEY LAUGH
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Yeah! Let's get her on the phone.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49"Amy, we just got you a million dollars in Scotland!"
0:41:14 > 0:41:17BBC Alba in Chicago with Kathleen MacInnes.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Doesn't get any better than that.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20MINIMAL DRUM BEAT
0:41:30 > 0:41:32One, two, three. One, two, three.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Wah, wah, let's do it faster.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52FASTER RHYTHM
0:41:52 > 0:41:53All right.
0:41:57 > 0:42:02- And it's...- Oh, come on! You're having a laugh!
0:42:02 > 0:42:03THEY LAUGH
0:42:10 > 0:42:11From the shores of Scotland,
0:42:11 > 0:42:15to the streets of Chicago here at Polk Street,
0:42:15 > 0:42:16we present Rura!
0:42:37 > 0:42:40A minor.
0:43:33 > 0:43:34APPLAUSE
0:43:34 > 0:43:38All right, ladies and gentlemen of the Polk Street Pub,
0:43:38 > 0:43:41they came all the way here from Scotland for you today.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Their name is Rura, give it up!
0:43:43 > 0:43:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:51 > 0:43:56'Live from NBC5, this is the NBC5 News At Noon.'
0:43:56 > 0:43:58PIPES PLAY
0:44:00 > 0:44:03'Ah, the sound of Scotland.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07'Bagpiper Steven Blake is here to give Studio 5 a little taste
0:44:07 > 0:44:11'of Scotland and he'll also be playing at the opening
0:44:11 > 0:44:14'and closing ceremonies of the Ryder Cup.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17'He'll perform tonight as part of the Celtic Connections Festival
0:44:17 > 0:44:19'and is part of the award-winning folk band, Rura.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21'Thank you, Steven. Appreciate it.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23'We'll hear more from him in just a minute.'
0:44:47 > 0:44:50This is just for us, like, I don't know what you guys are doing!
0:44:50 > 0:44:54Don't ask me about today.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57We drove close to Medinah, picked up Julie
0:44:57 > 0:45:01and we then had a two-hour drive down here for the soundcheck here
0:45:01 > 0:45:05and now we're going to have a two-hour drive back to Medinah
0:45:05 > 0:45:08to soundcheck for tomorrow night for the closing ceremony
0:45:08 > 0:45:11of the Ryder Cup and then we've a two-hour journey
0:45:11 > 0:45:15back down to do the gig here after that, so it's all go.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17Alison, is it Chicago World Pipe Bands?
0:45:17 > 0:45:20- Chicago Scots Pipe Bands?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24The lovely Lesley.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26Poor Lesley's been running around
0:45:26 > 0:45:28doing all the behind-the-scenes work,
0:45:28 > 0:45:32while the rest of us all sit in the sun, visit art galleries.
0:45:32 > 0:45:36And a face to the name.
0:45:36 > 0:45:41We've got five performers currently en route to the course right now
0:45:41 > 0:45:43to rehearse and they're are also performing here.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45So we've got Julie Fowlis,
0:45:45 > 0:45:49Eamonn, John Doyle, Duncan Chisholm and Donald Shaw
0:45:49 > 0:45:52currently driving across Chicago at speed to get to do
0:45:52 > 0:45:57the closing ceremony soundcheck and then coming back here,
0:45:57 > 0:46:00hopefully by half eight and then they're on stage.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02It just means...
0:46:02 > 0:46:07- Why don't we start the second - that end bit off with that?- Yeah.
0:46:07 > 0:46:11- Are you singing two songs or one song?- I'm just singing one, I think.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14But we can finish with One For The Road.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17The musical diversity and musical styles that...
0:46:17 > 0:46:20Even though we are playing Scottish tunes, they might be new
0:46:20 > 0:46:22Scottish tunes or old Scottish tunes
0:46:22 > 0:46:24but within the arrangements,
0:46:24 > 0:46:26there's something for just about everybody to latch onto,
0:46:26 > 0:46:31- I would say.- Yeah. - Especially the American audience.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35We're destined for American domination. I mean, we...
0:46:35 > 0:46:38I can see our name on one of those big towers up there.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41- It's amazing what jetlag can do! - The Session A9 Tower.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44- That big!- It'll only be about that big, yeah!
0:47:06 > 0:47:07APPLAUSE BUILDS
0:47:07 > 0:47:08Hello.
0:47:10 > 0:47:14Welcome to the Harris Theater and welcome to Celtic Connections
0:47:14 > 0:47:19in Chicago and we're all here to celebrate the Ryder Cup...
0:47:19 > 0:47:23Well, Ryder Cup celebrations because Scotland will be hosting
0:47:23 > 0:47:27it in a couple of years and we're very proud to be here.
0:47:27 > 0:47:31And we have some lovely music, and singers, and pipers
0:47:31 > 0:47:34and fiddlers for you here tonight, so I hope you enjoy it.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41# I don't mind the winter
0:47:41 > 0:47:45# The cold helps heal my head
0:47:45 > 0:47:48# I don't mind who's kissing
0:47:48 > 0:47:52# When I'm with you in bed. #
0:47:53 > 0:47:54Cheers.
0:47:57 > 0:47:58Tapadh leibh.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06SINGING IN GAELIC
0:48:58 > 0:49:02- So how far away is Donald away? - They're 10 minutes away right now.
0:49:02 > 0:49:08- Likely to make it? - Absolutely, yes.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12So it's good. We just had to change a few things around but it's good.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15# We suffer in silent mothballed fury
0:49:15 > 0:49:18# Trees that have long since shed their rings
0:49:18 > 0:49:23# As if to rub out the ballpoint memory
0:49:23 > 0:49:27# Of a thousand sins
0:49:27 > 0:49:30# Holy Moses and holy cow
0:49:30 > 0:49:34# My varicose roots are coming out
0:49:34 > 0:49:37# And my sinew fingers throw them away
0:49:37 > 0:49:41# A ring passing A ring passing. #
0:49:45 > 0:49:49How was the carnage out there, time-wise?
0:49:49 > 0:49:54Well, we're here, we're in time to play, that's the main thing.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58Never a good thing being in a traffic jam when you're supposed to
0:49:58 > 0:50:01be on stage so it was close to that, but we got it.
0:50:01 > 0:50:02We're here so we're fine.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28# In stony grey soil through hardship and toil
0:50:28 > 0:50:31# Roscommon's rough lands, they own me. #
0:50:41 > 0:50:45SINGING IN GAELIC
0:51:00 > 0:51:06# Ae fond kiss and then we sever
0:51:06 > 0:51:13# Ae fareweel, alas, for ever
0:51:13 > 0:51:20# Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee
0:51:20 > 0:51:28# Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee. #
0:54:06 > 0:54:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:54:18 > 0:54:21GOLF CLUB SWINGS PRE-RECORDED APPLAUSE
0:54:57 > 0:54:59It's been brilliant being here this week
0:54:59 > 0:55:03and just being part of the whole Ryder Cup and taking the festival
0:55:03 > 0:55:05out of Glasgow and bringing it over to the States,
0:55:05 > 0:55:08- it's been pretty amazing.- Yeah.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11I think we've learned so much from it, working with different people.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13It's just all gone really well.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18- Any final words?- Yeah, just looking forward to doing it again.
0:55:18 > 0:55:22- And bringing it up to Scotland in 2014.- Next new adventure.- Yeah.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31- It's been brilliant, hasn't it? - Yeah.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33And lots of good stories we've got to take home with us.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35Just fantastic. Really, really good.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:55:54 > 0:55:58CROWD CHANTS # Ole, ole, ole, ole! #
0:55:58 > 0:56:01- ANNOUNCER:- 'Ladies and gentlemen, please silence all electronic
0:56:01 > 0:56:05'devices as the closing ceremony is about to begin.'
0:56:08 > 0:56:10MARCHING MUSIC PLAYS
0:56:27 > 0:56:31It is with great pleasure to present to you,
0:56:31 > 0:56:34Captain Jose Maria Olazabal, the Ryder Cup.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:37 > 0:56:39CELEBRATORY MUSIC PLAYS
0:56:53 > 0:56:55- ANNOUNCER:- 'This is Scotland.'
0:56:56 > 0:56:57CELTIC MUSIC PLAYS
0:57:01 > 0:57:04SINGS IN GAELIC: "Puirt A Beul"
0:57:40 > 0:57:43INSTRUMENTAL BREAK AUDIENCE WHOOP AND CLAP
0:58:48 > 0:58:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:58:52 > 0:58:54Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd