Celtic Instruments
Mary Ann Kennedy with programmes featuring some of the instruments associated with Celtic music including the accordion, fiddle and clarsach and the musicians who play them.
Mary Ann Kennedy with programmes featuring some of the instruments associated with Celtic music including the accordion, fiddle and clarsach and the musicians who play them.
Featuring music from fiddler Chris Stout and harpist Catriona MacKay, celebrating the centenary of the birth of accordionist Sir Jimmy Shand, and hearing Margaret Bennett pay tribute to her late son, piper Martyn Bennett. There'll also be interviews with fiddler John McCusker and pianist Peggy O'Keefe.
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Magnetic Memories – Tom Anderson
Claire White talks to fiddlers Aly Bain and Catriona MacDonald about how Tom Anderson’s archive has played an important part in preserving Shetland’s indigenous musical culture.
Duration: 26:34
Take the Floor – Charles Gore
Charles Gore, the author of the Scottish Fiddle Music Index and a respected player and composer in conversation with Robbie Shepherd about fiddle music, from a 2009 edition of Take the Floor.
Duration: 31:32
My Life in Five Songs – John McCusker
Prolific fiddle player John McCusker joined Phil Cunningham on the programme My Life in Five Songs to share some of the music that’s influenced him.
Duration: 27:50
Take the Floor – Chris Stout
Fiddler’s Bid member Chris Stout in conversation with Robbie Shepherd, from an April 2010 edition of Take the Floor.
Duration: 23:17
Karine Polwart’s Studio One Sessions: Chris Stout and Catriona MacKay
Chris Stout and harpist Catriona MacKay perform songs from their new album before a live studio audience.
Duration: 54:32
The Noble Instrument
An extract from the programme The Noble Instrument. Lieutenant Col. David Murray considers how Pibroch was played on the pipes and the clarsach in the 16th century Scottish Highlands.
Duration: 10:28
Musical Genes – Martyn Bennett
Margaret Bennett, joined Tom Morton on a 2009 edition of Musical Genes to talk about her love for son Martyn Bennett and his music.
Duration: 27:50
Take the Floor – Peggy O’Keefe
Peggy O’Keefe worked as an accompanist to Scottish artists such as Moira Anderson and Kenneth McKellar. In July 2001 she and Robbie Shepherd met up in Glasgow for an edition of The Reel Blend.
Duration: 25:11
Accordion Wars
Julie Fowlis presents a programme on the accordion, and finds that its presence in Scottish folk music is a fairly recent development.
Duration: 27:50
Take the Floor – Jimmy Shand Centenary
In February 2008 Robbie Shepherd celebrated what would have been Sir Jimmy Shand’s one hundredth birthday on his show Take the Floor.
Duration: 01:04:25
Broadcast
- Sun 8 May 2011 00:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland
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