07/02/2016
Bruce MacGregor presents a special session from folk collective Songs of Separation, plus he talks to them about the recording of their album in 2015.
Bruce welcomes the Songs of Separation collaboration to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ studios at Pacific Quay for an exclusive session for Travelling Folk. Ten of the UK's most accomplished folk musicians gathered on the island of Eigg in June 2015 to make an album with the theme of Separation. The result is a rich mixture of songs reflecting the different traditions they all represent. The musicians are Karine Polwart, Eliza Carthy, Mary McMaster, Kate Young, Hazel Askew, Rowan Rheingans, Hannah James, Hannah Read, Jenn Butterworth and Jenny Hill. As well as the five songs they perform for us, Bruce also hears how they went about creating such an expansive album in such a short space of time.
Plus, we continue the theme of separation with a variety of songs and tunes which tell stories about it through emigration, war and love.
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See photographs from the Songs of Separation session
Music Played
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Duncan Chisholm
The Exile Reels
- Canaich.
- Copperfish.
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Wolfstone
The Braes of Sutherland
- Year of the Dog.
- Green Linnet Records.
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Willie Hunter and Violet Tulloch
Leaving Lerwick Harbour
- Leaving Lerwick Harbour.
- Greentrax.
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Solas
Far Americay
- Shamrock City.
- THL Records.
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The Tannahill Weavers
St Kilda Set
- Leaving St Kilda.
- Green Linnet Records.
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Lady Maisery
Lady Maisery
- May Day.
- Root Beat Records.
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Martyn Bennett
MacCrimmonΒ’s Lament
- The Original Transatlantic Sessions Β– Volume Three.
- Birnam.
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Seth Lakeman
King and Country
- Freedom Fields.
- IScream Music.
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Adam Holmes
Ae Fond Kiss
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Be Banjo Three
Sail Away Ladies
- Live in Galway.
- Devachan Music.
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Mark Knopfler
Border Reiver
- Border Reiver.
- Mercury.
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Kathryn Tickell
Stories from the Debateable Lands
- Debateable Lands.
- Park Records.
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Songs of Separation
Poor Man's Lamentation
- Songs of Separation.
- Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Recording.
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Songs of Separation
Sad Am I
- Songs of Separation.
- Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Recording.
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Songs of Separation
It Was A'For Our Rightfu' King
- Songs of Separation.
- Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Recording.
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Songs of Separation
Soil and Soul
- Songs of Separation.
- Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Recording.
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Songs of Separation
Over the Border
- Songs of Separation.
- Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Recording.
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The Unusual Suspects
Both Sides the Tweed
- Big Like This.
- Big Bash Records.
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Ross Ainslie
Clans/Jutland/Norse Fest/Unite the Clans
- Wide Open.
- Great White Records.
Broadcasts
- Sun 7 Feb 2016 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
- Sun 19 Jun 2016 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
