Image: Harper Allie Robertson (photo courtesy of the artist).
Week 19 (#2033)
Explore the craft of songwriters this week, and the landscapes that inspire their music, with Emily Smith, Berth Jansch, Eamon Friel, and Karine Polwart.
Vanity's Child...by Aine Furey from Celtic Woman 2 (Celtic Woman Records)
The Mermaid of Galloway...by Emily Smith from Too Long Away (Shoeshine Records)
Glint of Silver...by Eddie and Luc from Tirade (EdLucCD)
Nottamun...by Bert Jansch from Jack Orion (Transatlantic Records)
As the Day Grows Longer Now...by Bert Jansch from Sketches (Temple)
The Fairy Queen...by Ailie Robertson from Little Lights (Lorimer Records)
[ID excerpt] Ellen’s Dreams...by Battlefield Band from Beg & Borrow (Temple)
All the Fun of the Fair...by Eamon Friel from Phone Tapping (Thran Records)
Gnossienne #1...by Tony McManus from Mysterious Boundaries (Greentrax)
King of Birds...by Karine Polwart from Traces (Borealis)
Eternity...by Dougie MacLean from Essential Too (Dunkeld)
The Japanese Hornpipe...by Hanz Araki and Kathryn Claire from The Emigrant's Song (Celtic Conspiracy )
Both Sides the Tweed...by Dick Gaughan from Favourite Scottish Songs (Greentrax)
Sporan Dhomhnaill/Mist on the Glen/Miss Monaghan...by Battlefield Band from Beg & Borrow (Temple)