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08/11/2012

Bruce Macgregor is joined by musicians Calum Stewart and Lauren MacColl for a live session of music.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sat 10 Nov 201222:05
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Mabon

    Huzzah

  • New Rope String

    Bottles

  • Up In The Air

    Rector at The Feis

  • Dermot Byrne & Floriane Blancke

    La Clairiere

  • Michael Marra

    Hamish

  • Calum Stewart, Lauren MacColl

    The Gordon's

  • Calum Stewart, Lauren MacColl

    Alzen

  • Calum Stewart, Lauren MacColl

    Stoille Niel Ghobha

  • Hamish Moore

    The Back of The Change House / Lucy Campbell's/ Yetts of Muckhart / Go Immediately / High

  • Matheu Watson

    Louis

  • Nick Keir

    Everyone Lies

  • Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate

    Doudou

  • Karine Polwart

    Tinsel Show

  • Rachel Newton

    The Shadow Side

  • Kathleen MacInnes

    Gur Milis Morag

  • Treacherous Orchestra

    Superfly

  • Show of Hands

    Haunt You

  • Emma Sweeney

    The Shaskeen / Anthony Frawley's / The Star of Munster

  • Sekouba 'Bambino' Diabaté

    It's a Man's Man's Man's World

  • Rachel Sermanni

    Eggshells

  • The Fair Rain

    From The Air

Memories of Michael: An email from Travelling Folk listener Al Issner

Memories of Michael: An email from Travelling Folk listener Al Issner

Good evening from a sombre Newport-on-Tay.

Sad news indeed about Michael Marra. I met him a couple of times, and he really was so down to earth that you felt you could speak to him as an equal.

His songs have a touch that makes you associate with them - even if you're not from Dundee. I remember asking him how many people claimed that they were the inspiration for "Hermless" - he just laughed.

He wrote songs about the everyday, the commonplace, and historical events, and gave them all a special significance.

I'm attaching a couple of photos - one of Michael and Hamish McAlpine ("Hamish The Goalie"), and the other is of Michael in playful mood - he was involved in a production with St.John's High in Dundee, called "King of Lochee", where the set included a mock-up of a Dundee landmark, Cox's Stack, which he wanted to pretend to climb.


Regards,

Al

Broadcasts

  • Thu 8 Nov 201220:05
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Sat 10 Nov 201222:05
    BBC Radio Scotland