Spring seems to have finally visited Scotland and we have some great music to celebrate! We start off the podcast with Transatlantic Sessions 2 by Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas. Next up is singer Emily Smith's new CD Echoes followed by Who He? by Ian Carr and the Various Artists. Then it’s Angels Without Wings from Heidi Talbot and then the virtuoso clarsach player Catriona McKay from her new CD Harponium. We finish up the podcast with the new release No Time Like Now from Cherrygrove.

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Hi there, on this edition of the Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast we have some great music! We start of with Salsa Celtica and a track from their new album The Tall Islands. Next is Eddi Reader’s new release Vagabond followed by my new album (!) He Thinks He’s Invisible by Simon Thoumire and Ian Carr. Then it is Fiona Rutherford’s new album Sleep Sound and then Blazin Fiddles get us dancing with a set of reels from their new album Six. We finish of the podcast with the Crinan Canal by John Grieve from the album Highland Voyage.

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The Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast is back! I had all these plans then life got in the way! Anyway we’re back with a great selection of Scottish music. We start off with a set of jigs from Adam Sutherland and head into a track of Julie Fowlis’s new album. Then it’s another new release from Patsy Reid followed by a song from Adam Holmes. Then there is a beautiful air from Sarah-Jane Summers and we finish the podcast with Gavin Marwick’s new CD The Long Toad and the Far Horizons.

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The latest Foot Stompin’ podcast features music from all the past 13 winners of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award from the very first winner in 2001 (Gillian Frame). It features many memories from Simon Thoumire of the past finals and looks forward to the 2014 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award Final on February 2nd, 2014.

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It’s the Foot Stompin’ Podcast Christmas edition! Featuring some great music from Diamh’s new album Tuneship followed by The Poozies. Next up we have Donald Grant’s The Way Home and then Butterflies and Broken Glass from Kim Edgar. Then it is Phil Cunningham’s The Palomino Waltz and we finish off with Nusa from Rory Campbell and Malcolm Stitt.

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We’re celebrating the 2013 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards in this podcast. If you would like to vote (until November 22nd 2013 go to www.scotstradmusicawards.com). First up is Beer from Ross Ainslie’s Wide Open CD (nominated in Album in the Year). Then it is Fiona Hunter (nominated in Scots Singer of the Year) from her March 2014 released new CD and then Ailie Robertson’s Traditional Spirits album (Ailie is nominated in Instrumentalist of the Year). We finish off with the remaining 3 Album of the Year nominees. First it is Cruinn, then Battlefield Band’s Room Enough for All and finishing off the podcast with Marie Fielding’s An Tra.

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Back to our usual podcast here with a mix of classic and new releases from the world of Scottish traditional music. We start off with Now Westlin’ Winds from Dick Gaughan’s classic album Handful of Earth and then get right up to date with Breabach’s new release Urlar. Then it’s another new release from Salt House - Lay Your Dark Low. We hear some brilliant piano playing from Mhairi Hall followed by Atlantic Roar - the new release from Skipinnish. We finish up the podcast with another new release The Cauld Wind from Chris Stout and Finlay MacDonald.

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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.

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We've got a great selection of Scottish music for you in this podcast. We start of with the classic Relativity of the 80s and another older release of Barbara Dickson and Gerry Rafferty singing a Bob Dylan song together. There's a set of tunes from BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Winner Ewan Robertson with Gary Innes and their album Shouts. The current BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award Semi-Finals will be on Saturday 5th October 2013 in Coulter Hall, South Lanarkshire at 7.30pm. If you would like to come along visit www.youngtrad.co.uk for more information. After Shouts we have Music from BBC Hebrides programme by Donald Shaw and then a great song from Mick West's new album A Scots Chorus. We finish off the podcast with a set from Session A9.

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Hi there,

We're featuring the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Dinner on 11th October, Oran Mor, Glasgow in this podcast. If you would like to come you can get a ticket at www.tradmusichall.com.

The music featured in the podcast comes from Willie Hunter (inducted 2013) tutored Fiddlers' Bid and their magnificent All Dressed in Yellow CD. Next up is Kenna Campbell (inducted 2005) tutored Catriona Watt and we follow this with Ross Ainslie's new CD Wide Open. Ross was mentored by Gordon Duncan (inducted 2010). We then play an unreleased track from Salt House and then a song from one of my mentors Nick Brennan. We finish up the podcast with Insomnia from global bagpipe stars Red Hot Chilli Pipers.