CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH GLASGOW

CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH GLASGOW
Stay at the argyll hotel glasgow and do the Charles Rennie Machintosh tour.

A Glimpse of Mackintosh2008 Weekend Mid-Week Breaks Available
Enjoy the freedom of your Mackintosh Trail Ticket and explore, at your leisure, a selection of the most important sites at which to view the work of Mackintosh and his contemporaries, who together are known as the creators of the Glasgow Style. Enjoy an all inclusive short break at the 3 star Argyll Hotel in Glasgow.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Buildings which are highly recommended:· Glasgow School of Art· The Mackintosh House· Queen's Cross Church· House for an Art Lover· The Willow Tea Rooms· The Hill House in Helensburgh
A Glimpse of Mackintosh Short Break in Glasgow includes:· 2 nights Bed and Full Scottish Buffet Breakfast· Dinner on Friday in Sutherlands · Saturday Lunch or Afternoon Tea at the Willow Tearooms · Mackintosh Trail Ticket
£120.00 per person sharing Twin/Double Room En-Suite (£30.00 Single Supplement)
Mackintosh Trail Ticket
The Mackintosh Trail Ticket has been developed to make it even easier for visitors to Glasgow to enjoy all the Mackintosh attractions whilst travelling in a sustainable way.
The one-day Mackintosh Trail Ticket allows visitors unlimited travel on SPT Subway, First bus services and includes entry to all participating Mackintosh attractions.
The Mackintosh Trail Ticket is a passport to attractions such as The Mackintosh House, The Lighthouse, Glasgow School of Art, House for an Art Lover, The Hill House Helensburgh, The Mackintosh Church and Scotland Street School.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect, designer and artist is celebrated around the world as one of the most creative figures of the early 20th century.
Mackintosh's contribution to modern architecture and design is unquestioned. This site allows you to explore his creative genius and takes you on a tour of Glasgow, where most of his surviving work can be found

Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet and Leon Hunt near Argyll Hotel Glasgow

Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet and Leon Hunt near Argyll Hotel Glasgow. Contact hotel for details on 0141 337 3313.

Wednesday 21st January 2009, 7.30pm
ABC

Bluegrass and traditional Chinese music might not seem the most natural of bedfellows, but they and many other styles find perfect harmony in the sublimely gifted hands of Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet. Singer and banjo player Washburn – last seen at Celtic Connections with all-girl string band Uncle Earl will be joined by banjo legend Béla Fleck, fiddle adventurer Casey Driessen and roots/classical cellist Ben Sollee. The Sparrow Quartet not only transcend musical boundaries between Appalachia and China, but draw on influences as diverse as jazz, classical and 60s pop.
Schooled by Béla Fleck, the outstanding British banjo player Leon Hunt, of Daily Planet and Southern Exposure fame, creates a brilliantly fluent fusion of bluegrass, jazz and Celtic influences with special guests.

Nanci Griffith and Support Performing Near Argyll Hotel Glasgow

Nanci Griffith and Support performing near Argyll hotel glasgow.

Dr John with Allen Toussaint Performing Near Argyll Hotel Glasgow

Dr John with Allen Toussaint performing near Argyll Hotel Glasgow.

Contact hotel on 01413373313.

Bringing together two undisputed giants of New Orleans music, this mouth-watering double bill encapsulates over half a century of the Big Easy’s rich cultural history.
Appearing tonight with his longtime band The Lower 911, Dr John recently released what’s been widely greeted as his finest album in 20 years, City That Care Forgot, a brilliantly seething stew of swamp blues, voodoo funk and searing soul, eloquently fuelled by outrage at New Orleans’ continuing post-Katrina plight.
Although better known as a hugely influential hitmaker for other artists – including Lee Dorsey, Otis Redding, Bonnie Raitt and our own Frankie Miller, among umpteen others – Allen Toussaint makes a rare live appearance here singing his own material, accompanied by the peerless piano-playing learned from his legendary mentor, Professor Longhair. With a relationship dating back at least to Dr John’s smash-hit 1973 album In the Right Place, which Toussaint produced, both artists will perform individually as well as teaming up for a few numbers.

Deaf Shepherd and Support Preforming Near Argyll Hotel Glasgow

Deaf Shepherd and Support Performing near Argyll hotel Glasgow

Thursday 22nd January 2009, 7.30pm
ABC

Richard Thompson Celtic Connections Performing Glasgow Near Argyll hotel

Richard Thompson Preforming Near Argyll Hotel Glasgow.

Wednesday 21st January 2009, 7.30pm
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall : Auditorium

When asked by a well-known publication, back in 1999, to nominate his favourite songs of the last millennium, Richard Thompson took this request rather literally. While his list never made it into print, it did inspire this unique, unanimously acclaimed musical history-lesson, originally performed at LA’s Getty Museum in 2000, and subsequently released on CD and DVD.
Thompson’s brilliantly idiosyncratic survey of songcraft leads audiences on a journey from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, taking in medieval ballads, Jacobean opera and Victorian music-hall before sampling modern songwriters as diverse as the Beatles, Squeeze, Prince and Abba.
Spanning the centuries with Thompson’s trademark bone-dry wit and astounding guitar mastery, the show features accompaniment from Judith Owen (vocals, piano) and Debra Dobkin (percussion, vocals).
Only Thompson, surely, could successfully tackle such a daunting, dizzying diversity of songs, simultaneously capturing their individual essence and minting them afresh, all the while making them unmistakably his own. (Sunday Herald)
Please note that there will be no support act for this performance.

Jamaican Burns Night with Sly & Robbie and Edward II Near Argyll Hotel

Jamaican Burns Night with Sly & Robbie and Edward II

Stay At argyll hotel for this concert.

Sunday 25th January 2009, 8.00pm
Old Fruitmarket

Robert Burns never went to Jamaica – but he would have done, if the 1786 Kilmarnock Edition of his poems, published to pay for his one-way passage, hadn’t become a bestseller. In tribute to this turning-point in his career, and the many themes his work shares with Jamaican music, we celebrate this 250th Burns Night with a unique mini-carnival of Scottish and reggae sounds.
Arriving direct from Kingston are Sly & Robbie, the legendary rhythm/production team who’ve presided over Jamaican music since 1975, and their Taxi Gang band. Alongside lovers-rock artist Bitty McLean, whose new album Movin’ On they’ve just produced, the Riddim Twins’ guests include Edwyn Collins and Karine Polwart, performing specially-created versions of classic Burns songs. The night’s musical curator, Sushil K Dade, will host more Celtic/Caribbean crossover with his all-star Future Pilot Dub Orchestra, while newly-reformed folk/reggae pioneers Edward II and the Calypso Steel Band complete the bill, with Jamaican food also included in the ticket price.