Ballads of the Border

Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell (Photo credit: Tony McAnaney)

Week 34: August 20 2020 (#1943)
Cattle raids, battles, betrayals and family loyalties are all commemorated in the ballads of the borderlands between Scotland and England, sometimes referred to as “the debatable lands”. Join us to explore this rich seam of music and song.

Bonnie Border Lass...by Archie Fisher from Windward Away (Red House)  
Both Sides the Tweed ...by Capercaillie from Sidewauk (Green Linnet)  
Braw Lads o' Gala Water...by Ed Miller with Karine Polwart from Lyrics of Gold (Wellfield)
Dowie Dens of Yarrow...by Karine Polwart from Threshold (Borealis) 
The Fairest of all Yarrow...by Kate Rusby from Sleepless (Pure)  
Stories from the Debateable Lands...by Kathryn Tickell from The Best of Kathryn Tickell (Park)  
[ID excerpt Kilt Thy Coat Maggie...by Mike Katz and Iain MacLeod from Reclaimed (Greentrax)  
The Broom o' the Cowdenknowes...by Archie Fisher from Will Ye Gang, Love (Green Linnet)
May Colvin...by Sileas from Play on Light (Greentrax)
The Battle of Otterburn...by June Tabor from An Echo of Hooves (Topic) 
Young Hunting/Elzig's Farewell...by Sheila Kay Adams from All the Other Fine Things (Granny Dell) 
Young Emily...by Alasdair Roberts & Friends from Too Long in This Condition (Navigator)
Scottish border Waltzes...by The Gary Forrest Ceilidh Band from Both Sides of the Border
(Gary Forrest Ceilidh Band)