🌟 GLASGOW AFRICAN BALAFON ORCHESTRA 🌟 💛Coming to Summerhall on 16th November, The Glasgow African Balafon Orchestra (GABO) is a cocktail of musicians of all different backgrounds, bringing together the distinct flavours of the world through the joy of orchestral music. 💛GABO is a unique blend and fusion of musicians, folklorists and storytellers representing the best musical flavours and stories of our shared humanity. 💛 GABO are focussed on sharing the love of Afrobeat, global jazz, soul,

On Nelson Mandela International Day for Freedom, Justice and Democracy, we celebrate the former South African president's special relationship with the city of Glasgow. | BBC Radio Scotland

Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow, filmed on a baking hot day in July 1990 as the city was in the middle of its year-long run as European Capital of Culture. This was the year of Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavarotti, the Rolling Stones, and The Big Day, the largest free music festival ever to be held in Scotland which drew crowds of 300,000 across its city centre venues. It was also the year of the inaugural Glasgow International Jazz and Folk Festival, the Glasgow's Glasgow exhibition, and the first ev