Largs based singing sensation Brown Bear has been added to the list for a special Celtic Connections event in Glasgow in January which will see him take the stage with other leading lights in the Scottish musical industry.

Brown Bear singer Matt Hickman is thrilled to be appearing in the line-up, which includes some very familiar names.

He said: "I’ve been asked by Roddy Hart to be one of the guest artists for Roaming Roots Revue: Songs of Modern Scotland show for Celtic Connections at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow on 21st January.

"I am over the moon to be joining the likes of Roddy, Kathryn Joseph, Justin Currie and Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil.

Largs and Millport Weekly News: Matt Hickman: 'Over the moon' to be appearing in big Celtic Connections show

"This year the RCS Orchestra will be helping Roddy and The Lonesome Fire to perform for the first time in its history, 'the Great Scottish-Songbook'.

"This will be an unforgettable of music, do not miss it."

The show promotion reads: "Now in its 12th year, Roddy Hart’s ever popular festival staple Roaming Roots Revue returns with an epic concert celebrating - for the first time in its history - the great Scottish Songbook.

"With the exciting addition of the RCS Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Logan, modern classics will be revisited and reinvented as a who’s who of Scottish talent gather to perform.

"Joining the bill: Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil, Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble and Rod Jones, Del Amitri’s Justin Currie, Kathryn Joseph, Emma Pollock, Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell, Hamish Hawk, Admiral Fallow’s Sarah Hayes and Louis Abbott, Brownbear and more surprise guests to be confirmed.

"Curated and hosted as ever by Roddy Hart and The Lonesome Fire, it promises to be an unforgettable show honouring the most phenomenal modern music - and musicians - our country has ever produced."

Tickets are now on sale for the big show.

For more details, go here.