Composer Rūta Vitkauskaitė tells us about her latest project, Modern Chants, and the accompanying soundwalk. She also chooses a selection of tracks which have influenced her musical life and her work as a composer.

Find out more about Modern Chants here, and tickets for the soundwalk can be found here.

Music Choices:  1. Siberian Shamanic Singing (Stepanida Borisova - Summer)

2. Lithuanian sutartines (Žydėja rože - Ūtara)

3. Indian konakkol (Konakkol Ensemble - The Karnataka College of Percussion)

4. Scottish canntaireachd (The Stewarts of Blair)

5. Scottish Puirt-à-Beul (Julie Fowlis - Puirt-à-Beul set: Ribinnean Riomhach)

Rūta Vitkauskaitė

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Singer-Songwriter Kara Conway chooses tracks that have shaped her life and musical career.

Music Choices:

1. My Favourite Things - Julie Andrews

2. Send in the Clowns - Barbara Streisand

3. I Will Walk With My Love (traditional) - Laura Tansey and John Dalton

4. Miss You 2 - Gabrielle Aplin

5. James Dean - David Keenan

Bold (Kara's latest single):

https://soundcloud.com/user-366910087/kara-conway-this-life-04-kara-conway-bold-24-48k-wav/reposts

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo3F6NhoUBo&list=RDAMVMZo3F6NhoUBo

https://music.apple.com/gb/album/bold/1532807638?i=1532807639

https://open.spotify.com/album/1dhsSVbPFeVtg5F2jejLFF?highlight=spotify:track:2MQGYcIs9tQxqVNX5rHSn7

Kara Conway:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karaconwaymusic/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karaconwaymusic

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaraConwayMusic/

Scottish Music Centre:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottishmusic

Singer-Songwriter Lynnie Carson chooses four tracks that have shaped her life and musical career.

Music Choices:

1. A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall - Bob Dylan

2. Standing in the Way of Control - Gossip

3. Jesus Hates Faggots - John Grant

4. Late Bloomer - Jenny Lewis

Greta (Lynnie's latest single):

https://music.apple.com/gb/album/greta-single/1541759848

https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B08P3WGW7T?do=play&trackAsin=B08P3V3D5D&ref=dm_sh_2Hstgz0JQSNcLX55Yf3Qw2Ruk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0OKdhzgBy0&feature=youtu.be

https://open.spotify.com/album/0k5Zqn9Fc1BTCzv7pFSb8l?si=fnvZuYMXQ2q1HUGIm7CPNA&nd=1

Lynnie Carson:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lynniecarson

Scottish Music Centre:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottishmusic

Singer-songwriter Horse McDonald reflects on her successful career and the songs and artists that have inspired her along the way.