Contemporary Folk Artists
Bruce MacGregor presents great sessions and interviews with the best contemporary folk artists in Scotland including Breabach, Kristan Harvey, Chris Stout, Lori Watson, Maeve MacKinnon, Lauren MacColl, Conrad Molleson, Anna Massie, Kris Drever and The Treacherous Orchestra.
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Breabach – Travelling Folk
The hot young Scottish folk group perform live at this year’s Celtic Connections.
Duration: 18:38
Shona Mooney – Year Of Islands Composition
The borders fiddler introduces her composition for Scotland’s Year Of Islands in 2011.
Duration: 27:44
Chris Stout – Highland Hip
Sally Magnusson meets the Shetland fiddler to discuss how his background has shaped his musical career.
Duration: 14:34
Kristan Harvey – A Year In The Life Of the Birsay Fiddler
A programme following twelve months in the life of the Orcadian fiddler.
Duration: 28:58
Emily Smith – The Studio One Sessions
The 2002 winner of BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award performs live in front of an invited studio audience at the BBC’s Pacific Quay studios in Glasgow.
Duration: 55:11
Conrad Molleson – Year Of Islands Composition
The ex-Shooglenifty multi-instrumentalist introduces his piece “Archipelago” to BBC Radio Scotland presenter Mary Ann Kennedy.
Duration: 24:37
Lori Watson – Travelling Folk
The Borders fiddler sits down with Archie Fisher to discuss her band Rule Of Three’s album “Pleasure’s Coin”.
Duration: 20:05
The Treacherous Orchestra - Mary Ann Kennedy’s Global Gathering
The 11 strong musical unit perform a barnstorming live performance.
Duration: 29:11
Kris Drever
The Orcadian guitarist chats to sally magnusson about the island’s influence on the multi-talented Kris Drever.
Duration: 14:53
Anna Massie
The fiddler performs live in the BBC’s pacific Quay studios.
Duration: 55:27
Lauren MacColl
The young fiddler performs as part of the 2009 Celtic Connections Festival with her MacCollective – Mhairi Hall on keyboard and Barry Reid on guitar.
Duration: 15:26
Maeve MacKinnon, Lauren MacColl and Ewan McPherson
The trio of young musicians makes their live debut during for Travelling Folk in January 2010.
Duration: 22:20
Broadcast
- Sun 11 Nov 201200:30BBC Radio Scotland
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