News Edinburgh
Due to maintenance issues affecting our studios over the next couple of weeks our marathon series devoted to the songs of Burns, produced and presented by Gordon Hotchkiss, has been delayed. It will now start on Wednesday, May 14 and not April 30, as previously planned. This means the final episode, the 34th, will be […]
The 50th Anniversary Girvan Traditional Folk Festival is on from May 2 to 4 and a cracking line-up awaits the fans. Festival Director, Neil McDermott will be chatting about it all with Liz Clark on Travels With Auntie Liz this evening at 8 pm. Artists appearing this year include Dougie MacLean, Brighde Chaimbeul, Ross […]
Leeds-based SKINNER & T’WITCH have built up a quite a following through performing folk, flamenco and theatre style songs, with driving rhythms, intense harmonies and inspiring lyrics. Today, the popular duo are Ian Oliphant’s guests on the Lunchtime Selection at midday. They have been on the road since 2014, released five albums, performed widely […]
Iain Anderson and Andrew Gordon, who have been performing together since 2021, perfectly blend energetic songs and fiddle tunes both live and on this uplifting album. Maks a Muckle was mostly recorded at B&B Studios in Edinburgh although one of the tracks features a recording from Dunfermline Folk Club with the audience becoming the […]
Award-winning jazz ensemble, ROSE ROOM are celebrating their 15th anniversary year – and their latest release, It’s Been A Long Long Time, marks their creative time together perfectly. Led by award-winning virtuoso violinist, vocalist and broadcaster, Seonaid Aitken with Scotland’s No.1 guitar maker Jimmy Moon on double bass, Danny Kyle Award-winning Tam Gallagher on […]
Jenn Butterworth’s striking and accomplished debut album HER BY DESIGN delivers songs and stories women at their centre. The topics vary but Jenn is hopeful that “everyone can find some resonance, strength and solace” in them. Award-winner Jenn, well known for her work as one of the world’s finest exponents of traditional folk guitar, […]
Ainsley Hamill’s much anticipated third album FABLE – launched at Celtic Connections this year – is a sublime and memorable collection of songs inspired by Scottish folklore and myth. Ainsley’s musical output is deeply influenced by the cultural heritage of Scotland and a profound love for both Scottish Gaelic and Scots songs. In this […]
Boo and Yvonne Singer/songwriters Yvonne Lyon and Boo Hewerdine are releasing an album titled, Things Found in Books, on March 28. And they will be telling Ian Oliphant all about it on the Lunchtime Selection today at midday. In Culzean Castle’s second-hand bookshop hangs a notice board that collects the store’s greatest stories including lost […]
Former Scottish rugby international, BBC Radio Scotland broadcaster and musician, John Beattie, is Moira Kerr’s guest on her Sounds Celtic show this week. The chat – and a terrific selection of music – will take place between 10 am and midday. • Sounds Celtic – with Moira Kerr – 10 am to noon, with […]
When award-winning Dean Owens launched SPIRIT RIDGE at Celtic Connections in Glasgow he won a well-deserved standing ovation at the end of the final song – and no wonder. This is a deeply personal collection that reflects in a gently dramatic manner his links with lush Italian hills, the US desert states as well […]
