Billy Kelly, the visionary behind Glasgow's Mayfest (a precursor to Celtic Connections) is being honoured by Scotland's new Song Writing Awards as they pay tribute to his contribution to the Scottish Music industry.
Date: Thurs 15th October
Venue: The Venue, Oran Mor, Glasgow
Time: 8pm
Guest List: 0845 838 0268 - chris@genuinepr.com or fiona@genuinepr.comBilly
Kelly, the visionary behind Glasgow's Mayfest (a precursor to Celtic Connections) is being honoured by a new Song Writing Award in his honour as former colleagues pay tribute to his contribution to the Scottish Music industry.
The Awards are the brainchild of Oran Mor owner Colin Beattie, who was a great friend and business associate of Kelly's. Beattie worked with Kelly for many years on Mayfest and then more recently on Kelly’s Big Big World Programme.In December 2008, following multiple heats, quarter and semi finals, a top panel (Peter McDougall, Frankie Miller, Ken McCluskey, Donald Shaw, Bobby Bluebell and John McLaughlin) convened to judge the finalists at a live gig with contenders including Tommy Reilly winner of Orange Unsigned, Martin Jones, Joe Gallagher, and The Tracks. Robin Adams emerged ahead of the talented entrants.
Colin Beattie commented, “The Mantra for the Billy Kelly Award is simple: it’s not a competition it’s an Award. "All of the finalist’s are winners in their own right, however the Award was given to the Songwriter who the Judges thought had the strongest selection of songs based on their performance on the night."
Adams received the first prize, which included £5000 worth of support, promotion, production and recording time including studio time with Glasvegas producer John McLaughlin to create his debut solo album "Down to Reverie". He will be performing live tracks from the album at the gig to coincide with the albums official released on Monday (19th October) on Eye Dog Eye Records.
Hope to see you there.
All the best,
The G Team
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