Thistle

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January 29, 2015 Program 1653: Songs of the Bard (January 29, 2015) Week 5 Hear a variety of artists in the intoxicating embrace of the songs, timeless and thriving, of Robert Burns ~ Scotland’s National Bard. The Lea Rig…by The Paul McKenna Band from Between Two Worlds (Greentrax) Now Westlin Winds…by Dick Gaughan from Gaughan Live! At the Trades Club (Greentrax) Ae Fond Kiss…by Corrina Hewat from My Favourite Place (Foot Stompin’) Braw Lads o’ Gala Water…by Ed Miller from Lyrics of Gold (Wellfield) Highland Mary…by Jim Malcolm from Acquaintance (Beltane) Rigs o’ Barley…by Emily Smith from A Day Like Today (Foot Stompin’) [ID excerpt] Brose and Butter…by Corrina Hewat from My Favourite Place (Foot Stompin’) The Slave’s Lament…by Feisty Besoms from Auld Flames (Feisty Besoms) Parcel of Rogues in a Nation…by Rod Paterson from Songs from the Bottom Drawer (Greentrax) Ye Jacobites…by Eddi Reader from Sings the Songs of Robert Burns (Compass) Aye Walkin’ O…by Jock Tamson’s Bairns from Rare (Greentrax)  O My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose…by June Tabor from Rosa Mundi (Green Linnet)  Auld Lang Syne…by Jim Malcolm from Acquaintance (Beltane)  Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonie Doon…by Ferintosh from Ferintosh (Ferintosh) http://www.npr.org/2015/02/03/383559499/the-thistle-shamrock-muir-of-gormack

January 22, 2015 Program 1652: Muir of Gormack (January 22, 2015) Week 4 The area of wilderness known as the Muir of Gormack was first mentioned in 1776 by scholars who labeled it a “Caledonian Camp” for its prehistoric remains of hut-circles, cairns and decorated stones.  Dougie MacLean evokes the setting and imagines the ancient culture in “Muir of Gormack – a Pictish story.” Circles of Stone…by Draiocht from The Druid and The Dreamer  (Dog Music) Branohm…by Maire Breatnach from Branohm (Starc)  Air bhith dhomhsa…by Martyn Bennett from Glen Lyon (Foot Stompin)  Lament for Nechtan…by Maire Breatnach from Branohm (Starc) Psalmsong…by Alison Kinnaird from The Silver String (Temple) Briochan and Columba…by Shaun Davey from The Pilgrim (Tara) A’Ghrian…by Shaun Davey from The Pilgrim (Tara) ID Excerpt: Maarein…by Maire Breatnach from Branohm  (Starc) Muir of Gormach…by Dougie MacLean from Muir of Gormack (Dunkeld)