The New Voices commissions at Celtic Connections generally come about in one of two ways: either a musician approaches festival director Donald Shaw with an idea they're hatching, or Shaw picks out an artist he thinks will rise to the challenge.
The New Voices commissions at Celtic Connections generally come about in one of two ways: either a musician approaches festival director Donald Shaw with an idea they're hatching, or Shaw picks out an artist he thinks will rise to the challenge.
Sorren Maclean is the son of Gordon Maclean, director of Mull's An Tobar arts centre, and grew up immersed in a wide range of musical styles
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NEW VOICES Mull musician Sorren Maclean rises to the challenge. By Sue Wilson
The young Mull singer-songwriter and guitarist Sorren Maclean, who closes this year's series next Sunday, falls into the latter category – having had his hands full with plenty of other work over the last couple of years – but now sees Shaw's invitation as highly serendipitous.
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