Hallowe'en, Karine Polwart and your favourite folk songs
Bruce MacGregor and Anna Massie launch a search for Travelling Folk listeners' favourite folk songs.
Plus Karine Polwart on her new album Laws of Motion.
Which song would you choose as the Greatest Folk Song of All Time? On tonight's show, Bruce MacGregor and Anna Massie launch Travelling Folk's search for your favourite folk songs. Let us know: [email protected]
Plus Karine Polwart tells Anna about her new album Laws of Motion, Mairearad Green talks about Buoy Gull, her new collaboration with King Creosote, and as it's Hallowe'en, there'll be a spooky tune or too as well.
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Steeleye Span
Alison Gross
- Parcel of Rogues.
- Chrysalis.
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Hannah Rarity
Halloween
- Neath the Gloaming Star.
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Peatbog Faeries
Spiders
- Blackhouse.
- Peatbog Records.
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Dick Gaughan
Freedom Come All Ye
- Sail On.
- Greentrax.
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Buoy Gull
Grace Darling
- Triassic Tusk.
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David Francey
Come Rain or Come Shine
- Skating Rinks.
- Skater Music.
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Jamie Smith's Mabon
The Accordionists Despair
- Twenty.
- Easy on the Records.
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Kate Rusby
Drowned Lovers (live)
- 10.
- Compass.
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Lau
Unquiet Grave
- Lighweights and Gentlemen.
- Reveal.
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Karine Polwart
Cornerstone
- Laws of Motion.
- Hudson Records.
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Karine Polwart
Suitcase
- Laws of Motion.
- Hudson Records.
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Karine Polwart
I Burn But I Am Not Consumed
- Laws of Motion.
- Hudson Records.
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Anaïs Mitchell
Shepherd
- Young Man in America.
- Wilderland Records.
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Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- Black and White - The Definitive Collection.
- Real Gone Music.
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The Shee
Happy Halloween
- A Different Season.
- Shee Records.
Broadcasts
- Wed 31 Oct 201821:00BBC Radio Scotland except Extra
- Wed 31 Oct 201822:30BBC Radio Scotland Extra
