New Year Special 2011
Mary Ann Kennedy celebrates the new year at home in the Western Highlands, with The Battlefield Band, songwriter Michael Marra and all-girl folk band The Staves.
Mary Ann Kennedy celebrates the New Year at home in the Western Highlands, in the company of veteran musicians as well as new young voices. The Battlefield Band have been piping and fiddling their way through Scots traditional music for 40 years; Michael Marra is one of Scotland's leading songwriters, with songs such as 'Hamish the Goalie' and 'If I was an Englishman'; sisters Emily, Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor are three sisters from Watford who are making waves as the 'folktastic' band The Staves.
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Ewen Henderson
Abercairney Highlanders
Performers: Ewen Henderson/Mike Katz (Highland Pipes)
- BBC Recording by sound engineer Nick Turner, December 2010.
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Battlefield Band
The Pits
Performers: Mike Katz; Alasdair White; Sean O'Donnell; Ewen Henderson
- BBC Recording by sound engineer Nick Turner, December 2010.
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The Staves
Gone Tomorrow
Performers: Emily Stavely-Taylor; Camilla Stavely-Taylor; Jessie Stavely-Taylor
- BBC Recording by sound engineer Nick Turner, December 2010.
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The Staves
Facing West
Performers: Emily Stavely-Taylor; Camilla Stavely-Taylor; Jessie Stavely-Taylor
- BBC Recording by sound engineer Nick Turner, December 2010.
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The Staves
Mexico
Performers: Emily Stavely-Taylor; Camilla Stavely-Taylor; Jessie Stavely-Taylor
- BBC Recording by sound engineer Nick Turner, December 2010.
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Michael Marra
Schenectady Calling
- BBC Recording by sound engineer Nick Turner, December 2010.
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Michael Marra
He Said, She Said
- BBC Recording by sound engineer Nick Turner, December 2010.
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Michael Marra
Niel Gow's Apprenctice
- BBC Recording by sound engineer Nick Turner, December 2010.
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Battlefield Band
Lovers and Friends
Performers: Mike Katz; Alasdair White; Sean O'Donnell; Ewen Henderson
- BBC Recording by sound engineer Nick Turner, December 2010.
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Battlefield Band
A'bhriogais Uallach
Performers: Mike Katz; Alasdair White; Sean O'Donnell; Ewen Henderson
- BBC Recording by sound engineer Nick Turner, December 2010.
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Battlefield Band
Ku'ula Kai
Performers: Mike Katz; Alasdair White; Sean O'Donnell; Ewen Henderson
- BBC Recording by sound engineer Nick Turner, December 2010.
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Michael Marra
All to Please Macushla
Artist: The Battlefield Band Artist: The Staves Performers: Mike Katz; Alasdair White; Sean O'Donnell; Ewen Henderson; Emily Stavely-Taylor; Camilla Stavely-Taylor; Jessie Stavely-Taylor; Michael Marra
- BBC Recording by sound engineer Nick Turner, December 2010.
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