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Jerry Douglas and Aly Bain with more Celtic and country music, including Phil Cunningham, Donal Lunny, Mike McGoldrick, Danny Thompson, Sarah Jarosz, Sam Bush and Alison Krauss.

The best of Nashville, Ireland and Scotland in a format that affords a unique insight into the sheer joy of making music. Recorded in an old hunting lodge at Glen Lyon near Aberfeldy in the Perthshire Highlands, top vocal and instrumental exponents of the country and Celtic traditions gather to rehearse and play together with no audience except themselves and a resident house band.

Music co-directors are Nashville's Jerry Douglas and Shetland's Aly Bain and artists include Phil Cunningham, Donal Lunny, Mike McGoldrick, Danny Thompson, Donald Shaw, John Doyle, John McCusker, James Mackintosh, Eric Bibb, Dirk Powell, Kathleen MacInnes, Sarah Jarosz, Russ Barenberg, Nollaig Casey, Bela Fleck, Sam Bush and Alison Krauss.

Leavening the intimacy of the music-making is a strong element of Highland scenic photography, while a greater emphasis on informal backstage conversations and stories serves to highlight the series' historic qualities of collaboration and performance.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 Feb 2012 02:35

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Music Played

  • Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

    Set of Reels

  • Eric Bibb

    Going' Down the Road Feelin' Bad

  • Kathleen MacInnes

    Oran Na Cloiche

  • BΓ©la Fleck

    Big Country

  • Eddi Reader

    Leezie Lindsay

  • Dirk Powell

    Boats Up The River

  • Alison Krauss

    Lay My Burden Down

Credits

Role Contributor
Music Supervisor Aly Bain
Producer Douglas Eadie
Music Supervisor Jerry Douglas
Presenter Aly Bain
Presenter Jerry Douglas

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