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Episode 6

Transatlantic Sessions Series 5
Episode 6 of 6

Fiddler John McCusker, piper Mike McGoldrick and the American trio of Alison Krauss, Sarah Jarosz and Amos Lee are among those playing more traditional country and Celtic music.

The best of Nashville, Ireland and Scotland in an award-winning format that affords, in the words of one critic, a unique insight into the sheer joy of making music.

Recorded in a beautiful old hunting lodge at the entrance to Glen Lyon near Aberfeldy in the Perthshire Highlands, top vocal and instrumental exponents of the country and Celtic traditions gathered to rehearse and play together with no audience except themselves and a resident house band of their peers. As with previous series, music co-directors were Nashville's Jerry Douglas and Shetland's Aly Bain.

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

The final programme in the series features fiddle-player John McCusker, piper Mike McGoldrick, American trio Alison Krauss, Sarah Jarosz and Amos Lee and, in a house-band sign-off to bring the house down, legendary bass player Danny Thompson and percussionist James MacKintosh.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 24 Mar 2012 03:30
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • John McCusker, House Band

    The Breton Set

  • Iain Morrison, Muireann Nic Amlaoidh

    Broken Off Car Door

  • Amos Lee, Alison Krauss, Sarah Jarosz

    Windows Are Rolled Down

  • Aly Bain, Mike McGoldrick

    I'm Asleep, But don't Wake Me

  • Sam Bush

    Little Girl of Mine in Tennessee

  • Alison Krauss

    I Believe In You

  • Jerry Douglas, House Band

    Route Irish

Credits

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

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