Four-time Grammy award winner Olivia Newton John is coming to Glasgow next year for the Celtic Connections festival.

She will be part of the line-up for for 2017, which features more than 2000 artists from around the world.

They will play at 300 events in 20 different venues over 18 days across Glasgow.

Supported by Glasgow City Council and Creative Scotland, the festival will begin on Thursday, January 19, and play in the city until Sunday, February 5.

Here we detail just some of the names, including the one that you want.

The movie star and four-time Grammy winner brings her new collaborative album LIV ON to the festival on Tuesday, January 24, again at the Royal Concert Hall, with Grammy nominee Beth Nielsen Chapman and SOCAN Award-winner Amy Sky.

Shirley Collins will also be performing at City Halls on Saturday, February 4, after the release of her first album for more than three decades.

The Brit Award winner makes her festival debut in the opening concert at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Saturday, January 19, with a full orchestra backing her.

Many of the acts showcased in this year's events follow through a theme of inspiring women artists.

The world music star who grew up in an Algerian refugee camp will bring a unique flavour to the festival on Saturday, January 21, at Drygate Brewery.

After Morocco's invasion of the Western Sahara and her homeland in 1975 she fled to live in Cuba and moved to Barcelona 16 years ago.

Donald Shaw, artistic director of Celtic Connections, said: "A breath-taking range of styles and traditions radiates throughout Celtic Connections 2017.

"Artists who have shaped the present day and artists who are re-defining music for the future will take to the stage.

"Artists whose lives and cultures could not be more different will come together to share their stories, passion and skill.

"At the heart of it all is the simple life-affirming experience of being at a live music performance during a world leading festival. We can't wait for Celtic Connections 2017 to begin."

Billy Bragg makes another return to Scotland, heading to the Old Fruitmarket on Thursday, January 26, with Joe Henry.

There they will perform songs from an album recorded on a four day rail journey across America.

More Americana and Bluegrass artists coming to Glasgow for Celtic Connections include Margo Price, eight-piece St. Paul & the Broken Bones and indie rock band Calexico.

The 150th anniversary of Canada and its connections to Scotland will also be celebrated with Martha Wainwright one of the top names heading to the festival.

Her live show will take place at the O2 ABC on Friday, February 3.

Québécois four-piece Le Vent du Nord and De Temps Antan are also scheduled to play the main auditorium of Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Friday, January 27.

Each year the festival has a partner country and in 2017 Brazil has been selected to provide international links and bring in new artists to Scotland.

Roberta Sá will take to the Drygate Brewery stage on Friday, January 27, and the following night Hamilton de Holanda, who has been described as the "Jimi Hendrix of bandolim", will play the Old Fruitmarket.

Alan Morrison, head of music at Creative Scotland, said: "Celtic Connections is now firmly established as the winter destination of choice not only for lovers of folk and traditional music, but also for anyone who wants to embrace culture on a global scale.

"This is the place where Scotland's music connects to the world, and we welcome its greatest musicians to Glasgow, old friends and new, especially those from Showcase Scotland's partner country Brazil.

"It's also fantastic this year to see the spotlight shone on female artists, as women have long since provided a strong, defining voice in Scotland's traditional music and national identity."

Check out the full line-up at the Celtic Connections website below.