Scots Radio Special Edition

Scots Radio Special Edition

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Scots Radio Special Edition episodes

  • Episode 48

     

    Weel – it can only be said that this has been een o the busiest months wiv iver hid. In this episode wir at the launch o the new North East Scots Language Board in Aiberdeen – at the rehearsal and performance o the Messiah in Doric in St Machar’s Cathedral, Aiberdeen, the unveilin o the ‘Steen for Forteviot’ and wir transported intae a new era for Cultural tourism through a magical new App. It jist gets busier and wir nae lang started the year. Jine us an enjoy the journey.

    53 min
  • Episode 47

     

    Welcome tae Episode 47 o Scots Radio.  In this programme we hear aboot Showcase Scotland fae Lisa Whytock – Dr Margaret Bennett taks us intae the Bothy Ballad competition and Bothy Culture – renowned musician and composer Paul Mealor spiks aboot the Doric Messiah an Gordon Hay fa translated it intae Doric, gies us a smeerin o the text. An we enjoy bein amung 260 Primary bairns, hearin the Doric Gruffalo. It’s a pairt o gaan aboot so jist tak time an listen – enjoy the journey.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 46

     

    Welcome again tae Scots Radio.  We hiv a lot in oor shoppie windea this month  – hearin foo the memory o Robert Burns his been celebrated in Embra.  Wir in the guid company o Donald Smith fae the Scottish Storytellin Centre on the Royal Mile, introducin us tae Tam O’Shanter. We hear aboot a new exhibition featurin Burns’ political poetry at the Saltire Society – an the tour dates for the ‘Sense o Identity’ exhibition featuring Scottish Traivellers. A this an mair, wi bonnie music as weel being played this year, at the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgae.  Wir oot an gaan aboot – jine us.

    55 min
  • Scots Radio New Year | Episode 25

     

    In this oor special New Year Edition, we hiv pleasure in featurin an extended interview wi writer and broadcaster Fiona Ritchie MBE.

    Fiona produces and presents her Celtic roots radio programme, Thistle and Shamrock, tae audiences a oor North America. In this edition o Scots Radio, Fiona tells us aboot her new book ‘Wayfaring Strangers’ co-written by Doug Orr, an the story o the journey made by Scots-Irish migrants in the eighteenth and nineteenth century to the USA and the southern Appalachian region. Enjoy the journey, the stories and the music.

    1 hr 8 min
  • Scots Radio Christmas | Episode 24

     

    It’s a special Christmas Edition ess month foo o Seasonal mirth – an sherry trifle. We hear aboot The Buchan Field Club fae President Sandy May – wi jine Perthshire fairmer and stand up comic, Jim Smith on the fairm and comedy club. An we jine food writer Wendy Barrie in her kitchen in Fife, tae hear mair aboot a new Scottish recipe book – and whip up a special dish. An Mary Blance fae Shetland and Gordon Hay fae Aiberdeenshire gie us their Christmas stories. It’s a programme fu o good cheer – season’s greetins tae abidy.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 45

    Fae the twinnin atween Ashville NC an Birnam an Dunkeld, tae the Bluegrass Festival in Moniaive, we traivel the country again, hearin a aboot the different sides o oor culture and the musical connections. Gary an Lynne Knight guide us throught the neuks an cranies o Perth and the scary stories in Gary’s new book, an wir at the Pictish digs in Rhynie again for anither delve intae oor past. Episode 45 is oot an gaan aboot.

    56 min
  • Episode 44 – repeat

    Episode 44 – Repeat

    In Episode 44 o Scots Radio there’s nae time tae dither.

    We hear aboot a new paintin bi Sandy Moffat, featurin folklorist an poet Hamish Henderson,is unveiled at the Saltire Society. Dolina Maclennan steps oot o the paintin tae tell us mair aboot Hamish’s life an work. We sit in the favourite howff o Robert Burns, at the Globe Inn in Dumfries, wi Jane Brown as she taks a look ower the twenty years lookin efter this historic place. Wir in the company o poet an maker Stuart Patterson fae Ayrshire – an we sit in the Piazza in Barga in Tuscany, the maist Scottish toon in Italy, wi piper an maker, Hamish Moore, hearin aboot his new Schuil o Scots Traditional music an dance. We feature his ain composition – The Bells o Barga accompanied by the Barga Choir an Sangstreen. Fit an eese.

    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 44

    In Episode 44 o Scots Radio there’s nae time tae dither.

    We hear aboot a new paintin bi Sandy Moffat, featurin folklorist an poet Hamish Henderson,is unveiled at the Saltire Society. Dolina Maclennan steps oot o the paintin tae tell us mair aboot Hamish’s life an work. We sit in the favourite howff o Robert Burns, at the Globe Inn in Dumfries, wi Jane Brown as she taks a look ower the twenty years lookin efter this historic place. Wir in the company o poet an maker Stuart Patterson fae Ayrshire – an we sit in the Piazza in Barga in Tuscany, the maist Scottish toon in Italy, wi piper an maker, Hamish Moore, hearin aboot his new Schuil o Scots Traditional music an dance. We feature his ain composition – The Bells o Barga accompanied by the Barga Choir an Sangstreen. Fit an eese.

    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 43 repeat

    Wiv got a lot o special ivints in Episode 43 o Scots Radio. Jess Smith launches ‘A Sense of identity’ exhibition, Young Enterprise Scotland select their Scottish winner, Poet, Jim Carruth jines us at the Royal Heilan Show and we preview the gaitherin o Sodjers at Killicrankie. Wir niver aff the heed o the road – so sit back an jist enjoy the journey.

    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 43

    Wiv got a lot o special ivints in Episode 43 o Scots Radio. Jess Smith launches ‘A Sense of identity’ exhibition, Young Enterprise Scotland select their Scottish winner, Poet, Jim Carruth jines us at the Royal Heilan Show and we preview the gaitherin o Sodjers at Killicrankie. Wir niver aff the heed o the road – so sit back an jist enjoy the journey.

    1 hr 4 min

About Scots Radio Special Edition

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Scots Radio is a programme that spiks aboot the culture and the ongyans o fowk fa use Scots in their wirkin warl. Accordin tae the last census in Scotland, there are aroon 1.5 million Scots spikkers in this country. Ye dinna hae tae wanner far tae here it – jist ging as far North, Sooth, East an Wast as yir lugs’ll tak ye. I hope ye’ll enjoy rummelin aboot in the Episodes, and welcome tae the company that celebrates the Scots Language – and the fowk that jist spik it.