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An Orkney Folk Festival Special
We mark the start of the Orkney Folk Festival with a special programme live from Kirkwall, featuring local duo Saltfishforty in session.
Plus we launch the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2023 competition.
Last on
Thu 26 May 202220:00
BBC Radio Scotland
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Music Played
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Fara
Speir Thoo The Wast Wind
- Times From Times Fall.
- Fara Music.
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Karine Polwart/Steven Polwart/Inge Thomson
Cassiopeia
- Laws of Motion.
- Hudson.
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The Langan Band
Amarisi Amari
- I’m Alive.
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Brìghde Chaimbeul
Tornala Maika
- The Reeling.
- River Lea Recordings.
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Saltfishforty
Dancing on the Tables / Quarry Streel
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Saltfishforty
Isobel Gunn
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Saltfishforty
The Blackening
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Saltfishforty
Howe Hornpipe
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Skerryvore
Take My Hand
- EVO.
- Tyree Records.
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Edwina Hayes
Waltzing’s for Dreamers
- Pour Me a Drink.
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Nordic Fiddlers Bloc
Midnight On The Water / Bonaparte's Retreat
- The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc.
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Hannah Rarity
Home
- To Have You Near.
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Dàimh
12TH June
- The Rough Bounds.
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Shooglenifty
The Tammienorrie / Leo Elsey's Reel / Les Reel Des Voyageurs
- Venus In Tweeds.
- Greentrax.
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Capercaillie
The Tree (Live)
- Live In Concert.
- Survival Records.
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T G Houston & the J Walkers
Love and Cake
- Single.
- na.
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Ivan Drever
The Still Night Over Kirkwall
- Notes From An Island.
- Attic Records.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
- Maximum Max.
- Collins.
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Stick in the Wheel featuring Nabihah Iqbal
The Milkmaid
- Perspectives on Tradition.
- From Here Records.
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Duncan Lyall
Titan
- Milestone.
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Orkney Folk Festival House Band
Creelman / Normaway Inn / The Reconcilliation
- Fiddle Gathering.
- Orkney Folk Festival.
Broadcast
- Thu 26 May 202220:00BBC Radio Scotland
