Thistle

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August 18, 2016

Program 1734: Islanders (August 18, 2016) Week 33 It may have originated in sea swept island communities to the North, West and South of the Atlantic archipelago, but this week’s choice of music is far from insular. Da White Wife…by Fiddler’s Bid from Naked & Bare (Greentrax) Ho Ro’s Toigh Leam Fhin Thu…by MacKenzie from The Hear and Now (MacMeanmna) Hillswick/Party Scene…by Chris Stout from Tracks North (Shetland Arts Trust ) Haidh O…by Maggie MacInnes from Peaceful Ground (Marram) Calum Beag O Thir a Mhurain/The Twisted Bridge…by Maggie MacInnes from Spoirad Beatha (Marram) Cailleach An Airgid/Rachainn AShuiridh’Air Oighrig…by Cliar from The Rough Guide to Scottish Music   (MacMeanmna) Donal Agus Morag…by Altan from Harvest Storm (Green Linnet) ID Excerpt: The Corn Holm…by Don Wessells from On Orkney (Harmonichro Records) The Hut on Staffin Island/Sandy MacLeod of Garafad/The Soft Horse Reel…by Relativity from Relativity (Green Linnet) Fiolialgean …by Billy Ross from Shore Street  (Greentrax) Shapinsay Polka/Jimmy o’ the Bu’s Polka/Scapa Flow…by Jennifer and Hazel Wrigley from Mither o’ the Sea  (Greentrax) Tha Mulaidh…by Alyth McCormack from An Iomall -The Edge (Vertical) Martyrdom…by Salm from Salm Vol.1 (Ridge Records) Iona…by William Jackson from A Scottish Island (Mill Records) The Goodnight Song…by Emma Christian from Celtic Voices-Women of Song (Narada Media) The Patterned Carpet Set: Alisdair Fraser’s Compliments to Lorna Mitchell/Reel for Eilidh Shaw/Da Eye Wife…by Rock, Salt & Nails from Midnight Rain (Park Records)