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Multi-instrumentalist and producer Euan McLaughlin is Fiona McNeill’s special guest on her show this week (Tuesday, June 28) He performed at Glastonbury and has also performed with a range of artists including Valtos, Vulin, Dante, Lewis McLaughlin, Ewan Bremner and Rhona Stevens. He has also toured across the UK, Europe and Australia. “I am really […]

Eighteen-year-old singer/songwriter, Archie CW is Nikki’s special guest on her show on Monday (June 27.) He will sing live and chat between 12 and 1 pm. From Lochwinnoch, Archie CW is a TikTok sensation with 523,000 followers. He plays guitar and piano and since leaving school he has been pursuing a career in music. He […]

Two shining lights on the thriving Celtic music scene, Manx Gaelic singer, Ruth Keggin and Scottish harpist, Rachel Hair, have collaborated to create this thoughtful, sensitive album. Lossan – a Manx Gaelic word with meanings including light, glimmer, sheen and flame – is the first ever duo harp and Manx Gaelic vocal album to be […]

The latest guests on John Joe MacNeil’s show (Monday, June 20) are award-winning fiddler, Robbie Greig and singer/harpist, Rachel Newton. Robbie, a much sought-after freelancer and winner of the inaugural Niel Gow Scottish Fiddle Award, is in high demand as a session musician, soloist and teacher. He is a full-time member of three busy folk bands […]

Beatha is the debut flute and whistle album from talented multi-instrumentalist, Tina Jordan Rees. The energy-filled record, set for release on Friday 24 June, celebrates life and the small moments of joy experienced in the everyday. Tina, who is Glasgow-based but originally from Lancashire, plays flute, whistles and piano, and is also a qualified Irish […]

Yorkshire folk singer Jack Rutter and award-winning Scottish singer/songwriter Elaine Lennon are John Joe’s show guests today (Monday, June 13.) Jack has established himself as one of the standout voices of the folk, roots and acoustic music scene in recent years. He has a hugely engaging stage presence, soaring vocals, powerhouse guitar and bouzouki playing […]

Listeners to our Monday show, It’s a Quinn Thing, enjoy a regular feature on Scots Language featuring author and teacher, Dr Anne M Scriven. Each week Anne takes a Scots word or phrase and talks about its background and usage within everyday speech in different parts of Scotland. Recently, Anne invited show presenter, Patrick Quinn […]

Glasgow sextet James Edwyn & the Borrowed Band see their third studio album, Highlights of the Low Nights, very much as one that tips its musical hat to their home city. James says they were heavily influenced this time round by old Memphis songs and Stax recordings so, effectively, it’s their “stab at a soul […]

A favourite feature returns to Gerry’s Jukebox this week (Wednesday, June 8.) His first special, post-pandemic guest is Isabel Lind OBE who will be chatting with Gerry about her six favourite tracks while discussing her life and career. Isabel, who taught in Primary Education for 45 years, has a burning passion for the performing arts […]

 John Joe starts the month with two hugely talented guests today (June 6) – poet and singer/songwriter, Marcas Mac an Tuiarneir and four-time World Champion piper, Kyle Warren. ‘Polaris,’ Poems and Songs of the Atlantic Archipelago, is Marcas’ fourth book of poetry and it’s been hailed as a ‘ground-breaking new body of multilingual work.’ It features […]