Podcast appearances and mentions of mike vass

otato Enthusiast Bob Donald talks to Rachel about a community growing project in Aberdeen which has led to libraries in the north east handing out seeds and seed tatties.Mark speaks with volunteers from a walking group in Govan, who share their personal experiences with homelessness and social hardship. They're now involved in an innovative project that aims to turn them into city tour guides.As we enter British Summer Time, Professor Danny Smith from Edinburgh University joins us to explain the importance of daylight for our body's circadian rhythm and its impact on our wellbeing.Phil Sime, who is completely blind, offers his perspective on life without the ability to tell if it's light or dark, shedding light on the challenges of navigating the world without sight.Helen Needham heads to the Scottish Borders to meet writer and outdoor enthusiast Kerri Andrews, who shares insights from her book about motherhood and the identity shifts that come with it.Mark talks to young farmer Nicola Wordie about the pressures and demands of farming during lambing season. Nicola also discusses her involvement in a project aimed at tackling isolation within Scotland's farming and crofting communities.Rachel visits St Fillan's Cave in Pittenweem, where she uncovers the history behind the cave's name and discovers that Christian services are still held at its ancient stone altar today.Mark speaks to Mike Vass, Director of the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music, to hear about his journey of blending music with maritime experiences, following an illness in 2013 that inspired him to compose music drawn from the high seas.

Send us a textGary welcomes Tim Cummings and Fin Moore to the bothy for a chat and a wee tune.PlaylistRura with Rise from Dusk MoonField Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band with Benn C Nevin, McPhedran's Strathspey, AA Cameron, A Cup of Tea, Miss Girdle, The Swallowtailed Coat, The Cliffs of Doneen, Colum Ian, Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife and Queen of the Rushes from Debut.Timothy Cummings, Pete Sutherland and Brad Colodner with The Bird's Flight from The Bird's FlightThe Far North Retreats Gathering feat. Mike Vass with ‘Air and Polka' Field Recording March 2025Tim Cummings, Fin Moore and Gary West with March of the King of Laoise (EYP Bothy Recording)Teresa Horgan feat Seumas Begley with Eamonn an Choic from AmethystJohn Patrick with The Conundrum, Miss Tracey Lundie, Dougie Ferguson's Reel and John Burgess's Reel from the Piping Centre Recital Series 1997 Volume 2.  Cairdeas Summer School, Vermont   Support the show

Chilled, laid back and understated is the vibe this week as Gary brings you plenty more great music from the world of bagpipes.PlaylistBeolach with Kilts on Fire from All HandsMike Katz and Alasdair Whyte with Let the Bottle Circulate from Best SetsBob Worrall with Bruce Gandy's Farewell to the Iron Horse and Haligan Street from An Evening of ChampionsBenedict Koehler and Hilari Farrington with Standing Abbey and Fairy Queen From Live at the Pipers' Gathering 2006Iain MacInnes, Mairi Campbell and Fiona Hunter with Helen of Kirkconnel Lee from ReclaimedFin Moore, Sarah Hoy, Mike Vass, Andrea Beaton and Amèlie Larade with The Dance Set Live From Celtic Colours Live Volume 4Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer with The Willows and the Three Ashes from Scatter PipesLincoln Hilton with Altera Terra from Me and My ChanterSupport the show

Gary brings you highlights of the inaugural piping contest on the Island of Raasay, organised by Hamish Moore, sponsored by the Isle of Raasay Distillery, which celebrates the Gaelic cultural roots of piping.PlaylistField Marshall Montgomery with their Medley from the World Pipe Band Championships 1992 Decker Forrest with Tog Orm mo Phìob is Thèid mi Dhachaigh from The Raasay, September 2024, recorded by Mike Vass. Ailish Sutherland with Òran an t-saighdeir Ghàidhealaich from The Raasay, September 2024, recorded by Mike Vass. Ailish Sutherland with Taigh na Beairt aig Uilleam Ruadh, ⁠⁠Nam Bitheadh agam Trudar Bodich, Miss Ann MacKechnie,  ⁠⁠Nighean Bhàn a' Mhuilleir, The Flowers of Redhill and The Primrose Lass from The Raasay, September 2024, recorded by Mike Vass. Angus Nicholson with Lady in the Bottle, Old Joe's, The Goat Herd and the Shepherd and The Fiddler from The Raasay, September 2024, recorded by Mike Vass. Angus Nicholson with Guillean Geal Thu from The Raasay, September 2024, recorded by Mike Vass. Angus Nicholson with Lady Madelina Sinclair, Glen Tilt Lodge, O Mhisg a'chuir a Nollaig Oirnn, The Lads of Mull, The Gladstone Reel, Calum Finlay and Cpt Lachlan MacPhail of Tiree from The Raasay, September 2024, recorded by Mike Vass.Support the show

Gary invites you to join him at the Far North Retreat near Tain in the company of fellow instructors Fin Moore,  Mike Vass and Liz Doherty, and a host of other musicians who have gathered there this week for tunes, laughs and craic!TracksRoss Ainslie and Ali Hutton with MinkJohn D Burgess with the Swallow Tailed Coat setSeudan with TullochgormMike Vass with Settled in ClayThe Ghillies with The Passive Drinker and Sir James of the BingsLiz Doherty with Jonny SunshineSarah Hoy, Fin Moore, Chris Grace, Colin Sanderson, John Saunders,  Abbey Arkotxa and Gary West with The Atom of Delight (Derek Hoy)  Jock Tamson's Bairns with The Fairy Boy of LeithSupport the show

As broadcast April 13, 2022 with a plentitude of haggis for your Scots podcast feast!  Tonight we took a trip to Scotland for all the tunes we could fit into a two hour window as we visited the land of The Proclaimers, Donovan, Belle & Sebastian, and so many other legends of music both old and future that it was very hard cutting it down.  Great tunes from up-and-coming artists as well like Swiss Portrait, SACRED PAWS, and Posable Action Figures in the process as well.  Get your Glasgow Smile on.  Well, no you probably don't want that.#feelthegravityTracklisting:Part I (00:00)Gerry Cinnamon – Where We're GoingSACRED PAWS – The ConversationCommunity Swimming Pool – another heartSwiss Portrait – Find My WayDonovan – Season of the WitchBelle & Sebastian – If They're Shooting At You Part II (32:32)Haley Johnsen – ColdAnnie Lennox – Why Ayakara – Soothe YaPosable Action Figures – Welcome AttentionEagleowl – Into the FoldThe Proclaimers – Sunshine On Leith Part III (62:50)Dougie MacLean – CaledoniaMike Vass – Quiet VoicesThe Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)Gerry Cinnamon - SometimesThe Corries - Flower of ScotlandMersault – Klopfgeist Part IV (96:11)Del Amitri - Roll To MeSimple Minds – Alive & KickingFrightened Rabbit - The WoodpileMogwai – Ceiling GrannySan E - Story of someone I know (아는사람 얘기)BULGOG!D!SCO – Bichullae (비출래) 

Writer Val McDermid joins BBC Scotland DJ and writer Vic Galloway for Episode 6 of Whisky Talk: Malts & Music, brought to you by The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Val describes her early introduction to whisky, her life and work and how these SMWS drams transported her to different times and places throughout her life. TUNES and DRAMS Cask No. 73.121: Meemaw's Moonpie / Aztec Camera, Somewhere in my Heart Cask No. 39.209: Apple aperitif / Mungo Jerry, In the Summertime Cask No. 35:269: Banana balaclava / Nitin Sawhney, Nadia Cask No. 36.164: Bittersweet Xmas stocking treat / Alison Moyet, The Coventry Carol Cask No. 10.204: Pineapples ahoy / Mike Vass, Settled in Clay You can watch a video of the conversation on the SMWS YouTube channel here (https://youtu.be/k8i9gIuIsEg) Spotify link can be found here (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/75sE4HLHMMwlcECyNB8ryz) Special Guest: Val McDermid .

Hi everyone! I'm back with yet more Scottish trad music. It's amazing even in a pandemic that musicians continue to create. Thanks again for listening - it is much appreciated. Please check out our Patreon if you would like to support the show at www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad. If you are interested I also have another podcast with interviews of folk musicians. You can listen to that here or in the usual places. Transatlantic by Aoife O’Donovan featuring Kris Drever https://aoifeodonovan.bandcamp.com Threes by Mike Vass https://mikevass.bandcamp.com/album/threes The Wild Gees by Iona Fyfe https://ionafyfe.bandcamp.com/music The Incident by Beoga Track - Lamped http://www.beogamusic.com Not Just Ship Land by Ainsley Hamill Track - Not Just Ship Land https://ainsleyhamill.com Night Owl by Kenneth Macfarlane https://kennethmacfarlane.bandcamp.com/releases Celtic Connections Suite by Simon Thoumire Orchestra Track - Set of Reels with John McCusker and Kevin Mackenzie https://simonthoumire.bandcamp.com Gaol by Rachel Walker Track - An t-Iarla Diùrach http://rachelwalker.bandcamp.com I got rhythm by Tim Edey Track - La Bourrasque (featuring Donnell Leahy) https://timedey.bandcamp.com/album/i-got-rhythm Hunger of the Skin by Brian Finnegan Track - Crossing Rubicon / Ollin http://brianfinnegan.bandcamp.com Strands by Tannara Track - Spent Lees https://tannara.bandcamp.com/album/strands

The Foot Stompin' Podcast is back with some great Scottish music. Not so many new releases this week so I am playing so tracks that tickled my fancy! Thanks to you all for listening around the world - I really appreciate it. If you enjoy the podcast please consider supporting our Patreon at www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad Banjaxed by Ciaran Ryan Track - Tongue in Cheek https://ciaranryan.bandcamp.com/album/banjaxed Where The World Is Thin by Kris Drever Track - Strike The Colours https://krisdrever.bandcamp.com/album/where-the-world-is-thin-2 Polka V by Frigg Track - Vierivä (the Rolling Schottische) https://frigg.fi/?lang=en Face to Face by Twelfth Day Track - Superwoman https://twelfthday.bandcamp.com Òrach (The Golden Anniversary) by The Tannahill Weavers Track - Northern Lights https://tannahillweavers.bandcamp.com Off By Heart by Kevin Dempsey and Joe Broughton Track - Two Constant Lovers https://kevindempsey.net Waltz and Reels by The Canny Band (2019 Battle of The Folk Bands winners) https://www.facebook.com/bigginsmusic Hypersomnia by Ali Levack https://alilevack.bandcamp.com Songs of Robert Burns by Robyn Stapleton Track - Auld Lang Syne https://www.robynstapleton.com Under These Notes (feat Jenna Reid) by Mike Vass https://mikevass.bandcamp.com Neath the Gloaming Star by Hannah Rarity Track - Alison Cross https://hannahrarity.bandcamp.com The Portal by Martin Green Track - The Portal (featuring James Holden) https://martingreenmusic.bandcamp.com

PODCAST: 27 Dec 2020 01 Run Rudolph Run – Chuck Berry – Johnny Be Good and Greatest Hits (Remastered)02 My Irish Molly-O – De Danann – Star Spangled Molly03 That’s The Way That The World Goes ‘Round – John Prine – Great Days: Anthology (Disc 1) 04 Coal Mountain – Jez Lowe – Crazy Pagan05 Catalina – Stockton’s Wing – The Crooked Rose06 A Million Miles Away – Steve Tilston – Such Times07 Twenty Plenty – Anna Massie – Single08 Limerick Rake – Christy Moore – The Early Years 1969-8109 Champion At Keeping ‘Em Rollin – Bob Fox – Dreams Never LeaveYou10 Outlandish Knight – Kirsty Merryn – Our Bright Night 11 The Early Morning – Rachel Newton – To The Awe12 Fields Of Gold – Tim Edey – Single13 Love Never Dies – The Magpie Arc – Ep114 Raglan Road – Marie Fielding – An Tra15 The Red  Breasted Lookout On Christmas Eve – Tony Curtis – By Bus To Christmas (Pub. Candlestick Press) / Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem – Christchurch Citadel Salvation Army Band – Christmas Brass – 20 Favourite Carols16 The Curlew Hills / Tripping To The Well / Two-Part Pour (Barndance / Polkas) – Niamh Ní Charra – Donnelly’s Arm17 The Secret Life Of Walter’s Mittens – Bernard Wrigley – Nowt So Funny As Folk18 Waltzing’s For Dreamers – Edwina Hayes – Pour Me A Drink19 We Are Different, We Are One – Merry Hell – Emergency Lullabies20 Hating Hate – Captain Of The Lost Waves – Hidden Gems – Chapter 2 21 Baloo Baleery – Findlay Napier, Gillian Frame, Mike Vass – TheLedger22 Pack My Little Suitcase – Catfish Keith – Blues At Midnight23 Cuckoo Song – Cosmo Sheldrake – Wake Up Calls24 Deep Ellum Blues – Derroll Adams – The Great Granddaughter Of The Great White Dap25 The Seeds Of Love – Edgelarks – Henry Martin26 Bold Fisherman – George Sansome – George Sansome27 Frost And Snow – Jenny Sturgeon – The Living MountainThe President Sang Amazing Grace – Zoe Milford – Little Brown Birds28 Peace In Our Hearts – Eliza Gilkyson – 202029 Portugal/ Lithuania – Will Pound – A Day Will Come30 The Parting Glass – The Voice Squad – Many’s The Foolish Youth

It's great to be back with the Foot Stompin' Podcast! Here's another great set of musicians playing fab music including Gary Innes, Mike Vass, Malinky, Daimh and many more! If you enjoy these podcasts please support our Patreon www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad Imminent by Gary Innes Track - Feel The Power http://garyinnes.com Man Alone by Mike Vass Track - The Day’s Length http://mikevass.com Chamber by Katie O Track - Just Like These https://www.katieo.org/ Handsel by Malinky Lovely Armoy http://malinky.com Adventures from Home by Paul Harrison Track - Loro https://sugarwork1.bandcamp.com Half Light by Seán Gray & Andrew Finn Magill Track - Leave Home https://andrewfinnmagill.bandcamp.com/album/half-light Sanctuary by Ross Ainslie Track - Let The Wild Ones Roam http://rossainslie.bandcamp.com Northbay by Sarah MacNeil Track - Kisimul https://sarahmacneil.bandcamp.com/releases Those Who Roam by Claire Hastings Track - Seven Gypsies https://clairehastings.bandcamp.com Innes Watson’s Guitar Colloquium Track - Roger https://inneswatson.bandcamp.com Stopped in our Tracks EP by Daimh Track - Triangle Reels https://daimh.bandcamp.com El Agua de la Vida by Salsa Celtica Track - Auld Lang Syne https://salsaceltica.bandcamp.com The Key by Blazin’ Fiddles Track - The Highlanders Revenge https://www.blazinfiddles.com

Here's the latest Foot Stompin' Podcast featuring new and classic releases from the Scottish trad music scene. This episode includes new tracks from Mike Vass, Daimh and Grainne Brady and also the classic Loch Lomond by Runrig. If you enjoy these podcasts please support our Patreon www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad Infinite Reflections by Duncan Lyle Track - Cold Light https://www.duncanlyall.com Bere by Saltfishforty Track - Tired http://saltfishforty.co.uk Newcomer by Grainne Brady Track - Newcomer https://www.grainnebradyfiddle.com Man Alone by Mike Vass Track - In The Stream http://mikevass.com Stopped In Our Tracks EP by Daimh Track - Dòmhnaill an Dannsair http://daimh.bandcamp.com Glaschu by Mary Ann Kennedy Track - Margadh an tSalainn http://maryannkennedy.co.uk Flindrikin by Andenine (Ailie Robertson) https://adenine1.bandcamp.com Shouts by Ewan Robertson and Gary Innes Track - I Can't Sing Tonight I've Left My Teeth At Home! / Big 10.4 / John Smeaton's Matter of Time by Dallahan Track - Logan https://www.dallahanmusic.com What Makes You by Elephant Sessions Track - What Makes You https://www.elephantsessions.com Bayview by Project Smok Track - Headlifter https://projectsmok.com Loch Lomond - Runrig http://www.runrig.co.uk

Join us for the Hands Up for Trad Afternoon Show with Sian, Ímar, Rachel Hair and Mike Vass first broadcast on Facebook Live on Wednesday 6th May 2020. If you enjoy these shows please support our Patreon on http://www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad 

Nov 4, 2019: Michael "Vass" Vasquez is a political commentator with a special focus of the 1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment and Immigration. Mr. Vass is owner of MV Consulting Inc and its podcast “NO Soundbites Allowed”. Larry and Michael talk about how a black, Puerto Rican man originally from the Bronx and a family of all Democrats changes to Republican, and other topics such as splitting New York State, eminent domain with Downtown Hospital project in Utica, 2020 Election, vaping flavor bans, and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sharpe-way/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sharpe-way/support

An hour of top tunes from North Parade, Cate Ferris, Dreykickit, Cattle & Cane, Bellevue Days, Matt McGinn, Soli Vive, MF Tomlinson, Martha Bean, K Anderson, Mayfly, JFlames, Fagan, Sansha, Mike Vass, Willing and The Death Particle, handpicked by Tom Robinson from the BBC Introducing Uploader.

Listen to the latest Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish music podcast with some fabulous music from Scotland. This month we feature Niteworks, Trail West, Runrig and Julie Fowlis, Aidan O’Rourke, Dick Gaughan, Mike Vass, Daimh, Findlay Napier, Paul Anderson, Fraya Thompsen, Assynt, Jamie MacDonald and Christian Gamauf, and Beinn Lee. Please share! Playlist Air Fàir an Là by Niteworks Track - Air Fàir an Là http://niteworksband.com/ From the Sea To the City by Trail West Track - Bernie’s Second Debut https://www.trail-west.com The Ones That Got Away by Runrig Track - Somewhere featuring Julie Fowlis http://www.runrig.co.uk 365 Vol 1 - Aidan O’Rourke feat Kit Downes Track - Do People Still Do This? http://www.aidanorourke.net Sail On by Dick Gaughan Track - Sail On http://www.dickgaughan.co.uk Notes from the Boat by Mike Vass Track Ewing featuring Innes White https://mikevass.com The Rough Bounds by Daimh Track - 12th of June https://www.daimh.net Glasgow by Findlay Napier Track - The Blue Lagoon http://www.findlaynapier.com The High Summit by Paul Anderson Track - Hornpipes http://www.paulandersonscottishfiddler.com Phrenetikos by Fraya Thompsen Track - Phrenetikos http://www.frayathomsen.com Road To The North by Assynt Track - Road To The North https://www.assyntmusic.com The Pipe Slang by Jamie MacDonald and Christian Gamauf Track - Tiree Melodies http://www.pipeslang.com Osgarra by Beinn Lee Track - Osgarra http://beinnlee.com Subscribe to our Hands Up for Trad YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/handsupfortrad More about Hands Up for Trad: http://www.handsupfortrad.scot https://facebook.com/handsupfortrad http://www.twitter.com/handsupfortrad http://www.instagram.com/handsupfortrad https://soundcloud.com/handsupfortrad

The month’s Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish music podcast is a celebration of International Women’s Day and women making trad music in Scotland today. The podcast features 20 brilliant female acts including Karen Matheson, Julie Fowlis, The Shee, Wrigley Sisters, Songs of Separation, The Poozies and many more! Please share! Decadence by The Shee Track - Sugar and Pie https://theshee.com/ Fiona Hunter Track - The Weary Pund O' Tow http://fionahunter.co.uk/ Virr / German Surprise by HEISK http://www.facebook.com/heiskband/ Sheath and Knife by Gordeanna McCulloch and The Clutha Track - The Yowie Wi the Crookit Horn (feat. Calum Allan, Erlend Voy & Ronnie Alexander) https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/gordeanna-mcculloch/ Here's My Heart Come Take It by Rachel Newton Track - Poor Lost Boy http://www.rachelnewtonmusic.com/ Urram by Karen Matheson Track - Gura Mise Tha Gu Dubhach https://karenmatheson.com/ New EP by The Poozies Track - Blood Knot http://www.poozies.co.uk/ Beating Harps by Sileas Track - Beating Harps https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/sileas-patsy-seddon-and-mary-macmaster/ Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe (As My Heart Is) by Julie Fowlis Track - Tha Mo Ghaol Air Àird a' Chuain http://www.juliefowlis.com/ The Highland Sessions: Volume Three featuring Kathleen Macinnes Track - Jimmy Mo Mhíle Stór (Jimmy, My Treasure) Huldreland by Hazel and Jennifer Wrigley Track - Eynhallow Sound / The Hallowe'en Flit http://www.wrigleysisters.com/ The Bell by Annie Grace Track - Solo http://www.anniegracemusic.com/ Doubling by Mairearad Green and Anna Massie Track - Life in the Vass Lane http://www.mairearadandanna.com/ Undersong by Salt House Track - Staring At Stars http://www.salthousemusic.com Songs of Separation Track - Unst Boat Song http://www.songsofseparation.co.uk Eyes Fixed by Mike Vass and Mairi Campbell Track - Eyes Fixed https://mairicampbell.scot/ Harponium by Catriona McKay Track - Harp Royalty Meets Banjo Csar http://www.catrionamckay.co.uk/ To Each & Everyone by Barbara Dickson Track - Mary Skeffington http://www.barbaradickson.net/ Woven by Sarah Hayes Track - When Fortune Turns the Wheel http://www.sarahhayes.net/ Between Wind And Water by String Sisters Track - The Crow’s Visit http://www.stringsisters.net/ Subscribe to our Hands Up for Trad YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/handsupfortrad More about Hands Up for Trad: http://www.handsupfortrad.scot https://facebook.com/handsupfortrad http://www.twitter.com/handsupfortrad https://soundcloud.com/handsupfortrad

It's great to be back with our first Foot Stompin' podcast of 2018 featuring fab new Scottish music releases. In this episode we feature Blazin' Fiddles, Adam Holmes, Ross Ainslie, Maeve Mackinnon, Calum Stewart, Patsy Reid, Salthouse, Peatbog Faeries, Eilidh Shaw and Ross Martin, Dougie McCance, Mike Vass and Mairearad Green and Tina Rees. Please share! The Key by Blazin’ Fiddles Track - Break the Light http://www.blazinfiddles.com Midnight Milk by Adam Holmes and The Embers Track - Don’t Worry https://adamholmesandtheembers.com/ Sanctuary by Ross Ainslie Track - Let The Wild Ones Roam http://www.rossainslie.com Strì by Maeve Mackinnon Track - Lomaraibh Eutrom http://www.maevemackinnon.com Tales from the North by Calum Stewart Track - Am Monadh Ruadh https://www.calum-stewart.com/ A Glint o’ Scottish Fiddle by Patsy Reid Track - The Beauty of the North http://www.patsyreid.com Undersong by Salthouse Track - Old Shoes http://www.salthousemusic.com Live @ 25 by Peatbog Faeries Track - The Naughty Step http://www.peatbogfaeries.com Birl-esque by Eilidh Shaw and Ross Martin Track - The Westcoaster https://en-gb.facebook.com/EilidhShawRossMartin/ Composed by Dougie McCance Track - Kingston Road http://www.dougiethepiper.com/ A Day A Month by Mike Vass and Mairearad Green Track - Dhomhnuil https://mairearadgreen.bandcamp.com/album/a-day-a-month Feistastic 3 by Tina Rees Track - The Sparkle Horse / Ubiquitous Tunes / The Vault http://tinajordanrees.com Subscribe to our Hands Up for Trad YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/handsupfortrad More about Hands Up for Trad: http://www.handsupfortrad.scot https://facebook.com/handsupfortrad http://www.twitter.com/handsupfortrad https://soundcloud.com/handsupfortrad

Our 185th episode, which aired on February 3, 2017. Fin Moore, Sarah Hoy, Mike Vass and Andrea Beaton – The Dance Set: The Kames Lassies/Little Donald in the Pigpen/Mary’s Fancy/The Ale Is Dear, Celtic Colours Live Volume Four Ur: The Future of our Past – The Puirt Set, Celtic Colours Live Volume Four Liz Carroll, Troy MacGillivray & Trevor Hutchinson – The Tune-back Set: A Tune-back for Andrea Beaton/The Golden Legs/Who Has the Conn?/Johnny D’s, Celtic Colours Live Volume Four Dougie MacLean & Tony McManus – Talking With My Father, Celtic Colours Live Volume Four The Doc Flock with Liz Doherty & Joe McGuiggan – Grogan’s Set, Celtic Colours Live Volume Four The Once – Gonna Get Good, Celtic Colours Live Volume Four Socks in the Frying Pan – 113.5784, Without A Paddle Socks in the Frying Pan – Guiding Light, Without A Paddle J.P. Cormier – Tulloch Gorum AKA Broken Fingers, Heart and Soul Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh – The Leaving of Limerick, Ar Uair Bhig An Lae - The Small Hours Marie Fielding – Laura’s Tune, An Tra

On this episode of Simply Scottish, we continue testing Scotland's global reach in our Six Degrees of Scotland series. Here, we profile famous Scottish Americans, including actress Reece Witherspoon, president Ronald Reagan, and singer Johnny Cash. Also, enjoy great new music from Mike Vass, Siar, Eddi Reader, and Sarah Hayes!

A podcast all about the wonders of Spring. Good news! You've survived the winter! Let's celebrate the coming of Spring with FolkCast's March Into May 2015, a progression in music and verse from the slow departure of old man winter to the birth of the summer. And in Spring, my fancy turns to just one thing! Anyone fancy a ride on my pogo stick? Spring Song by Charlie Chaplin, from the film "Limelight" (1952) Written In Green by Bella Hardy, single release (2011) Exile Of The Winter King by Phil Widdows (2015) featuring Looking Through by Mike Vass, from the album "DecemberWell" (2012) Come The Springtime by Lee Maddison, from the album "Weightless" (2012) "Everybody discovered it was Spring…" radio broadcast (March 1947) First Light Of Spring by Luka Bloom, from the album "Innocence" (2005) Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa' by North Atlantic Trio, from the album "Some Part Of Something" (2013) Echoes From The Gates Of Darkness by Darren Sant Spring Warning by Terence Blacker, released online "Spring, Spring, you lovely thing…" Harold Peary as The Great Gildersleeve (radio, March 28th 1943) Spring Song by Laura Veirs, from the album "Hello I Must Be Going" (2012) Spring Season by Amazing Blondel, from the album "Evensong" (1970) Farewell Winter by Matthew Tomayko, from the album "Pilgrim Window" (2010) The Snows They Melt The Soonest by De-Malebysse (demo) Making Maple Syrup ~ Excerpt from "Charles Kuralt's Spring" read by Charles Kuralt (1997) Maple Syrup Time by Pete Seeger, from the album "One Meat Ball" (2006) Transformation Of Energy by Night An'Fey Antlered Crown And Standing Stone by Damh The Bard, from the album "Antlered Crown and Standing Stone" (2012) "This is also a story of Spring…" from "Family Theatre" Radio Drama, April 1951. April Fool's Day by S.J. Tucker, from the album "Blessings" (2008) April Come She Will by Tracy Grammer, from the album "Book of Sparrows" (2008) Easter Sunday can occur anytime between March 22nd and April 25th… The Rochdale Coconut Dance by Threepenny Bit, from the album "Pantomime Cannon" (2014) April Song by Jolly Jack, from the album " Seasons, Ceremonies & Rituals- The Calendar In Traditional Song" (2006) April Friend by Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, from the album "Strands Of Gold" (2006) Shropshire Lad: Cherry Trees by A. E. Housman (1887) Cherry Blossom by Paul McGladdery, released online (2014) “What’s it like being in love..?” - radio show (March 1947) Spring Cleaning by Fats Waller, (originally release 1937) "…Lamb Bites Wolf…", excerpt from British Newsreel (1949) One Morning In May by Kyle Carey, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, from the EP "One Morning In May" (2013) Sumer Is Incumen In by Richard Thompson, from the album "1000 Years Of Popular Music" ( One Man's Morris / Ampthill Sunrise by Life And Times, from the album "Charivari" (2001) The Beltane Fire Dance by Beltane Border Morris Cotton Hill by Fairytale, from the album "Forest Of Summer" (2015) "The Cuckoo comes in April…" Traditional rhyme First Cuckoo Of Spring by Danni Nicholls, from the album "A Little Redemption" (2013) Weaving The Summer by Spiral Dance, from the album "The Quickening" (2006) For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Libby Purves meets poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan; actors Linda Marlowe and Victoria Tennant and musician Mike Vass. Ian McMillan is a poet and broadcaster. He is poet-in-residence for The Academy of Urbanism and Barnsley FC and presents The Verb on BBC Radio 3. He has been commissioned to write a new poem based on the Christmas Truce International Tournament for young footballers to honour the football games that took place on the Western Front in 1914. His poem The Game: Christmas Day 1914 was inspired by the ideas and images that young players suggested after visiting the battlefields in Belgium. Victoria Tennant is an actor. She has written a biography of her mother Irina Baronova, prima ballerina for the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo in the 1930s and 1940s. The book charts Irina's escape from Petrograd after the Russian Revolution and her recruitment to the Ballets Russes by the legendary choreographer George Balanchine. She danced her first Swan Lake at 14 and performed the leads in all the company's classics. Irina Baronova and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo is published by the University of Chicago Press. Mike Vass is a Scottish musician and composer who was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2013 and became seriously ill. During his recovery Mike read Off in a Boat by Scottish writer Neil Gunn about his sailing trip around the west coast of Scotland in 1937. Mike recreated Neil Gunn's journey in May 2014 and In the Wake of Neil Gunn, the album inspired by his voyage, is released on Unroofed Records. Linda Marlowe is an actor and director who is starring in Miss Havisham's Expectations as the jilted bride from the Dickens novel. In the play Miss Havisham invites the audience to hear her side of the story with all its twists and turns. Linda worked with actor and director Steven Berkoff for over 25 years, appearing in many of his productions including Decadence, The Trial and Metamorphosis. Miss Havisham's Expectations is at Trafalgar Studios. Producer: Paula McGinley.

Hi there, We are looking back to the winners of the 2012 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards in this podcast in anticipation of voting opening in the 2013 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards on the 4th November. We start of the podcast with Breabach - winners of Folk Band of the Year and follow them with Album of the Year winner Kathleen MacInnes. Next is Dance Band of the Year Deoch 'N' Dorus followed by Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year - Paul McKenna Band. The PRS Composer of the Year was Mike Vass and we finish the podcast with the 2012 Instrumentalist of the Year Duncan Chisholm. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Spring Into May: A FolkCast Seasonal Special Music and poetry for the Spring to early Summer, from Easter to the Merry Merry month of May. Produced by Phil Widdows. 1: March Borrowed From April by Hilary James with Oh Sweet Spontaneous by E.E. Cummings § 2: Spring Song by Waking The Witch "Spring is when you feel like whistling, even with a shoe full of slush!" - Doug Larson * 3: Holding Out For Spring by Jonnie Murphy 4: As I Roved Out by Matthew Ord "The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month!" - Henry Van Dyke * 5: Oh For The Spring by Neil Cousin 6: In Weaving Spring by Sedayne with Days Too Short, by WH Davies read by David Barnes via Librivox.org "Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and spring. If there is no response in you to the awakening of nature—if the prospect of an early morning walk does not banish sleep, if the warble of the first bluebird does not thrill you—know that the morning and spring of your life are past. Thus may you feel your pulse." - Henry David Thoreau § "The first day of spring was once the time for taking the young virgins into the fields; there, in dalliance, to set an example in fertility for nature to follow. Now, we just set the clocks an hour ahead…" - E.B. White * 7: When Spring Comes In by Spriguns 8: The First Rites Of Spring by Simon Fowler's Merrymouth 9: Springtime by Tess "In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of four-and-twenty hours…" - Mark Twain * 10: Spring Song by Fairport Convention 11: April Morning by The Ralf Weihrauch Trio "Come, fill the Cup. And, in the Fire of Spring the Winter Garment of Repentance fling. The Bird of Time has but a little way to fly, and Lo! The bird is on the wing…" - Omar Khayyam § 12: The Cuckoo by James Findlay 13: Two Giants by Dave Alton (Music featured: Wintro by Mike Vass; Pan Dance by Jethro Tull; Lights Out by Mike Vass; Winter's Dreaming by Spiral Dance; Melter by Mike Vass ) 14: Green Man by Magicfolk "And Spring arose on the garden fair, Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere; And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast rose from the dreams of its wintry rest." - Percy Bysshe Shelley * 15: Green Jack by Lisa Knapp 16: The Pleasant Month Of May by Jackie Oates 17: Garland Gay by Little Johnny England 18: Maymorning by Runrig 19: Middle Of May by Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts with Weathers by Thomas Hardy read by Richard Burton 20: Bonny Black Hare by Steeleye Span 21: Beltane by Jethro Tull 22: Summerisle by The Bailey Sisters "Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night." - Rainer Maria Rilke* 23: Under A Beltane Sun by Damh The Bard § = read by Phil Widdows * = read by Babba See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Come to the FolkCast Village Hall for a special show full of music, poetry and comedy to celebrate winter, Yuletide, Christmas and beyond! Presented and produced by Phil Widdows. Our programme: Fire And Wine by Green Diesel The Last Month Of The Year by Tarbox Ramblers Winter Song by Emily Smith Reothadh (Frost) Joy Dunlop and Twelfth Day with Winter by William Shakespeare (Read by Ruth Golding for librivox.com) Iced In by Life And Times By The Fire by Josienne Clarke Bransles by Kerfuffle with For The Children Or The Grown-ups? by Anon. (Read by Phil Widdows) * It's That Time Of Year Again by Bob Kirkpatrick Silent Night by Priscilla Ahn Mistletoe And Holly by Beegie Adair Wonderful Christmastime by Jars Of Clay Merry Christmas Everyone by Bella Hardy Stop The Cavalry by Barricades Rise Cycles by Mike Vass with Colloquy Of The Oak And Holly King written and recited by Damh The Bard and Cerri Lee * Snow Falls by The Albion Band Tune For A Blythesome Turkey by Ken Nicol with The Turkey by Dave Carr (Read by Phil Widdows) * Essex Wassail by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer Jingle Bells by Anup with Is There A Father Christmas? by The Human Nutrino (Read by Babba)* with a rebutting excerpt from Miracle on 34th Street Dad, Is There Really A Santa Claus? by The Albion Band We Three Gypsy Kings by The Christmas Album Band with The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus by Ogden Nash (Read by Phil Widdows) * Little Christmas (Chasing Fairy Lights) by Jo Bywater * Love Came Down by Gareth Davies-Jones Winter Song by Lindisfarne (* = a FolkCast exclusive) For further details and links, click here to see the ShowNotes

Entre los temas que escuchamos en este programa podemos encontrar una serie de recomendaciones musicales de Marga Lorences, acordeonista asturiana de La Bandina'l Tombo. Marga nos recomienda temas de Archetype, Moving Hearts, Alan Stivell, Cuig y Luke Daniels. Además escuchamos un tema de Solas en directo y música de Brian Finnegan, Malinky, Deanta y Mike Vass. 1. Malinky - The trawlin' Trade, del cd Three Ravens (2002) Greentrax 2. Brian Finnegan - Marga's Moment / Crooked Still Reel, del cd The Ravishing Genius of Bones (2010) 3. Moving Hearts - Category, de una grabación en directo en Correggio, Italia (1984) 4. Mike Vass - Calum James McCrimmon, del cd String Theory (2010) Rusty Squash Horn Records 5. Archetype - Andy's Waltz, del cd Archetype (1989) Escalibur 6. Luke Daniels - Beatrice Fortuna, del cd Secret Sessions (2004) Wren Records 7. Alan Stivell - Tri Martolod, del cd Olympia Concert (1972) Disques Dreyfus 8. Solas - Instrumental, de una grabación en directo en Trumansburg, NY, USA, Julio de 2001. 9. Felpeyu - Nun Quiero Coyer la Flor, del cd Ya! (2002) Tierra Discos 10. Deanta - King of Blues, del cd Deanta (1993) Green Linnet 11. Cuig - The Peacock, del cd The Prospect (1998) Green Linnet