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FOLK Mary Coughlan Alyth McCormack Old Blind Dogs COMEDY Steve Hughes
Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow
A WELCOME return for Irish diva Coughlan, who has become something of a beloved fixture at Celtic Connections. Her rough diamond of a voice is ideally suited to the reflective Irish ballads and jazz standards which make up her atmospheric set. Having had a full life (to put it euphemistically) before she took up singing, she has many an entertaining anecdote to tell, peppered with her strong but wittily expressed opinions on the Catholic church and the...