BBC Radio Scotland highlights - August 2011

August is the month with the most posts on the BBC Radio Scotland blog due to our comprehensive coverage of the Edinburgh Festivals.

Both MacAulay and Co and The Cafés came live from BBC Potterrow for two weeks during August, and the shows' runners were kind enough to find the time to send us daily blogs and photographs about their experiences and the featured guests.

Val McDermid, John Byrne, Henry Rollins, Clare English and Orkestra del Sol at the Festival Cafe on BBC Radio Scotland 17 August.

August also saw the annual World Pipe Band championships held at Glasgow Green. Pipeline presenter Iain Macinnes wrote about this year's event on the blog. You can still view videos of all the Grade One performances on our World Pipe Band website, but here's the Grade One winner - Field Marshal Montgomery performing.

Davie Scott returned with a brand new series of his popular Classic Scottish Albums, featuring Al Stewart's Year of the Cat, Franz Ferdinand's self-titled debut and Capercailie's Delirium.

Another Country with Ricky Ross also returned after a six week break with an interview from the recently reformed Jayhawks and a whole show dedicated to Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks".

Shereen had a moving interview with former footballer John Hartson about his successful recovery from testicular cancer.

Shereen's other guests included Scotland's top QC, the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Richard Keen and Camila Batmanghelidjh, the woman who founded Kids Company, the charity which looks after the hardest to reach of London's inner city youngsters.

Finally, Get it On's Miss Babs met one of BBC Radio Scotland's most loyal listeners, Nancy Cantor, whilst on holiday in Arizona!