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For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. This weekend we treat you to an archive session from Shetland band, Da Fustra.

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. This weekend we treat you to an archive session from Da Fustra recorded in 2007 in Lerwick. And Gary's guest is Gaelic singer Alasdair Gillies. He tells Gary about his life and career in music including spending time in Canada and winning the Mod Gold Medal.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sat 19 Mar 202219:00

Playlist

Da Fustra
Peter Wood Lead accordion
James Leask Second accordion
Inga Wood Fiddle
Brian Morrison Piano
Cecil Hughson Bass
Kevin Gifford Drums

TITLE: Kate Dalrymple
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) Jacob’s Peerie Drum [Graeme Garriock]
b) Volunteer Beach [Stuart Anderson]
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: New Hesitation Waltz
a) The Risonante Waltz [Margaret Robertson] 
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Black Mountain Reel
a) Fernbank Garden
b) Reel for Eilidh Shaw [Russell Hunter]
c) Ally’s Dasher [Peter Wood]
d) Pam Finlayson’s Reel [Colin Finlayson]
e) Da Kirk Stack [Roddy Matthews] 
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Britannia Two-Step
a) John Philip Sousa’s Bagpipe March [Ellis]
b) Kilchoan Highland Games [Iain Peterson]
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Hooper’s Jig
a) Peter’s Peerie Boat [Tom Anderson]
b) The Glasgow Gaelic Club [Trad]
c) Jim Donald’s First Position [Peter Wood]
d) Andrew & Catherine’s 65th [Peter Wood]
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: White Heather Foxtrot
a) Betty Fitchet’s Polka [Jimmy Shand]
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: West Sandwick Waltz
a) Beloved West Sandwick [Gilbert Robertson]
b) Peggy Hughson’s Waltz [Peter Wood] 
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Eva Three-Step
a) Kirkhill [J R Riddell]
b) Redford Cottage [W. Sinclair] 
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Shiftin’ Bobbins
a) Shiftin’ Bobbins [Muriel Rimmer]
b) Dirk Kommer’s Reel [Jim Johnstone]
c) Luggin’ the Box [Neil Barron]
d) The Unst Music & Dance Club [Charlie Kilpatrick] 
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Edinburgh Mixture
a) Paul Martin’s March
b) The Troops March [Colin Finlayson]
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Strip The Willow
a) Sweet Bidy Daly [Trad]
b) Ten Penny Bit [Trad]
c) Fergie’s Jig [Jim Johnstone]
d) Drunken Cruik & Duke [Graeme Mitchell] 
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: St Bernard’s Waltz
a) Sunset on the St Lawrence [M. Heller]
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) Pipe Major Jim Christie of Wick [Addie Harper, Snr]
b) Jennifer MacKenzie of Plockton [Robert Black] 
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Orkney Reel
a) Da Tushkar [Ronnie Cooper]
b) The Shetland Fiddler [Donald Shaw Ramsay]
c) John Spence of Uyeasound [Trad]
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Boston Two-Step
a) Stein Song
b) Boy Thingamy Whalsa [R Matthewson]
ARTIST: Da Fustra
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Lord Saltoun/ John MacNeil’s Reel/ Miss Shepherd
TRK: 16
ARTIST: Maggie Adamson and Brian Nicholson
CD: Here ‘n Now
LABEL/CAT NR: MB015

TITLE: September Sea
Eamon Coyne’s / Mean Fouyir / Square de Mizzen
TRK: 1
ARTIST: Trip
CD: A Drop For Neptune
LABEL/CAT NR: TMRCD001 

TITLE: Come to the Ceili/ Haste to the Wedding
TRK: S1 B1
ARTIST: Donal Ring
LP: Come to the Ceili
LABEL/CAT NR: LPA 848

TITLE: Kate Martin's Waltz
TRK: 13
ARTIST: Blair Douglas
CD: Leanaidh Mi
LABEL/CAT NR: Macmeanmna - SKYECD54

TITLE: No Peaking
Lads of Laois/ Alpha 29
TRK:
ARTIST: Eòin Cumming/ Cara Slaughter/ Calum MacAskill
CD: Come Spend A While Wi’ Us
LABEL/CAT NR:

TITLE: Chi Ni'n Geamhradh (I See Winter)
TRK: 20
ARTIST: Alasdair Gillies
CD: Take the Floor - On the Road
LABEL/CAT NR: TRCD0305

TITLE: Gifts for Cronies
TRK: S2 B5
ARTIST: Duncan Macrae
LP: Highland Voyage
LABEL/CAT NR: SR 33120

TITLE: The Unicorn
TRK: 4
ARTIST: Alasdair Gillies
CD: All My Life's a Circle
LABEL/CAT NR: Country House Records

TITLE: All My Life's a Circle
TRK: 12
ARTIST: Alasdair Gillies
CD: All My Life's a Circle
LABEL/CAT NR: Country House Records

TITLE: Madeleine’s
TRK: 2
ARTIST: Trip
CD: A Drop For Neptune
LABEL/CAT NR: TMRCD001

TITLE: Powder Horn Jigs
TRK: 2
ARTIST: Alasdair MacCuish and the Black Rose Ceilidh Band
CD: No Half Measures
LABEL/CAT NR: RD002

Broadcast

  • Sat 19 Mar 202219:00