A tribute to Martyn Bennett, described as "one of Scotland's great musical visionaries", is among the highlights of the nation's most popular roots and traditional music festival next year.
Bennett, who died ten years ago from cancer aged 33, will be celebrated in the opening concert of Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival, which will feature an orchestrated version of his most praised album, Grit.
Bennett with his key albums Bothy Culture, Hardland and, most notably, Grit, mixed Gaelic and traditional music with thumping club beats, will be honoured at the concert entitled, Nae Regrets, on January 15.
The tribute lines up alongside an eclectic programme which also features appearances by Craig Armstrong, Eddi Reader, Jeff Tweedy, King Creosote, Fairport Convention and American rock band Lambchop.
The festival will also, for the first time, be teaming up with the Edinburgh International Festival for an event that will both be part of the January festival and the summer festival in the nation's capital, with more details to be announced in the coming weeks.
Greg Lawson, a classically trained violinist, has orchestrated Bennett's acclaimed album for between 70 and 80 musicians for the concert.
The first half of the concert will feature singers who Bennett sampled on the album, as well as piping, while the second half will be a full orchestrated version of the work.
Lawson said: "It is an incredibly special work.
"It has iconic status, but it is almost one of the albums that people are aware of but have never actually heard, they know of Grit but have not heard it.
"It has become symbolic and cultural - but taking that stuff away, the first time I heard it it blew me away. He was working on a totally different level from everyone else.
"Like Bartok and Greig in classical music, who took folk music and allowed it to retain its character... Martin was someone who understood enough to take an old thing, the essence of tradition and frame it in a way that no one had done before."
The Glasgow festival will run from January 15 to February 1 and feature 2,000 musicians in 300 shows.
The programme features many key strands from previous years, including historically-themed shows, shows in memory of signature artists, Americana, indie music and many one-off collaborations, as well as a new theme that highlights the story of hand-made instruments from around the world.
There will be a tribute night, curated by his sons Calum and Neill, to poet and political activist Ewan MacColl (1915-1989).
MacColl established the country's first folk club and started BBC radio's ground breaking Radio Ballads series. Another concert, Band of Friends, will be a celebration of the life and music of the late Irish blues guitarist Rory Gallagher.
The hand made instruments theme will feature The Fiddletree, a show inspired by a book of the same name which was written by violin maker Otis Thomas.
The award winning Glaswegian composer Craig Armstrong will also be part of the festival.
Other bands appearing include Skerryvore, Nathaniel Rateliff, Manran, King Creosote, Dick Gaughan, Calexico, Fairport Convention and Carlos Nunez.
Tickets for the festival are now on sale.
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