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Janice Forsyth presents a special programme live from the CCA in Glasgow, celebrating the start of Celtic Connections.

Artistic Director Donald Shaw gives a preview of this year's festival, and violinist and composer Greg Lawson speaks about the previous night's opening concert "Nae Regrets" - turning the late Martyn Bennett's studio-based album Grit into an orchestral live event featuring over 80 musicians and singers.

Karine Polwart talks about her festival experiences and performs live with the Karine Polwart Trio.

Fiona Ritchie and Phil Cunningham tell Janice about Wayfaring Strangers, a collaborative concert from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Boston's Berklee College, exploring their musical traditions. The show is inspired by Fiona's book of the same name, tracing the movement of songs from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia.

There's live music from Tennessee-born singer Chastity Brown, who has been called a 21st century Nina Simone; and from Leith's finest, Dean Owens & The Whisky Hearts.

Fiddle player Sam Sweeney tells the extraordinary story he uncovered when he bought his violin - which was made by a soldier who died in Flanders during the First World War.

Irish company Fidget Feet talk about The Second Coming, an acrobatic fusion of music and dance inspired by the work of WB Yeats.

And Blue Rose Code, aka songwriter Ross Wilson, reveals the first fruits of his project to set poems from the Scottish Literary Renaissance to music.