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For their tantalising debut album, Auld Springs New, Morag Brown and Lewis Powell-Reid have distilled the music they’ve been brewing for over a decade. The duo play a rich rand rewarding repertoire of acoustic instrumental music from Scottish traditions along with many others and this shared intuition and love of spontaneity allows them to freely move between melody, […]
It’s fair to say that Esther Rose’s recent UK tour was a huge success and on the day of her final show in Glasgow, the New Mexico-based singer-songwriter took time to team up with Mike Ritchie to record an interview and play a couple of tracks live in our studios at Braehead. The results […]
Indie, folk-rock, and psych-pop band TRUE GENTS boldly and imaginatively weave together swirling melodies, driving rhythms and the essence of the Scottish wilderness in their music. It’s an inventive approach that’s won them many admirers since they were formed by school friends Euan Nicol and Toby Jeffery in 2006. There’s a haunting highland atmosphere […]
President of the Inverclyde Music Festival, Isabel Lind is this week’s guest on Gerry’s Jukebox (Wednesday, September 18). Her association with the festival is long-standing. She first took part in 1961 as a competitor with Greenock High School and from 1972 as a sponsor of pupils from four different schools. In 1996, she was […]
Simon Kempston is ‘one of Scotland’s very best songwriters’ (The Sunday Herald), a composer and leading finger style guitarist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. His new album, My Dreams Are Theirs is our Album of the Week. My Dreams Are Theirs is an exquisite reflection of one person’s creative talents, of which there seems no boundaries. […]
Peter Daldry’s Leaving Ettrick Bay, is a sparkling mix of traditional Scottish and Irish songs and tunes. Originally from Clydebank, he has been resident in Mountain View, California for the past thirty years and the album was created in the Golden State. Bring Her Home, Abhainn Sluagh, Glen Fruin, Walk These Roads and the […]
Iconic, Scottish singer, songwriter HORSE McDONALD is tonight’s special guest on Travels With My Auntie Liz. Horse, who has been writing, recording and performing for over 30 years and has released nine albums, will be chatting to Liz about her new album ‘A Road Less Travelled’ as well her upcoming tour. And they will be […]
Multi-award winner CHLOE MATHARU continues to impress on her second album, Sailors And Rolling Stones that is released in October. The West of Scotland-based singer-songwriter and harpist composes songs inspired by her time at sea as a Navigational Officer in the Merchant Navy and the natural world, as experienced from the sea. Through her music […]
Simon Kempston is ‘one of Scotland’s very best songwriters’ (The Sunday Herald), a composer and leading fingerstyle guitarist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. You can hear Simon talking about his new album, My Dreams Are Theirs on Thank Folk It’s Friday, 30th August from 8pm. My Dreams Are Theirs is an exquisite reflection of one person’s […]
This talented trio of unique female voices from three different cultures rise in sublime harmony to present their full-length, debut album. Flowers carries powerful stories that have moved people across borders, languages and times. It’s a rich, multilingual record that features a strong theme of female empowerment and a heartfelt plea for peace. Flowers […]
