Foot Stompin Free Scottish Music Podcast

This is part B of a two part Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast looking at the nominees for the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2014. We are playing as many of the nominees as we can! To read about the nominees visit www.scotstradmusicawards.com . Listen to and download all our other Foot Stompin’ Scottish music podcasts at  www.handsupfortrad.co.uk . 

This podcast features new and classic Scottish music and introduces Hands Up for Trad's project's FolkWaves , MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards and the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award . There’s new music from Saltfishforty and singer Sarah Hayes and then a classic Shooglenifty track followed by more new music from Rachel Newton and Skerryvore . We finish off the podcast with a cl...

In this edition of the Foot Stompin’ podcast we are celebrating the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame . The 2014 Inductees are The Clutha, The Whistlebinkies, Ian Holmes, Andy Thorburn, Margaret Bennett, Hamish Moore, Archie Grant, Danny Kyle, Davy Steele, Ishbel McAskill, Jimmy Blue and Davie Henderson. For more info on the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame please visit http://www.tra...

It’s been a busy few weeks in Glasgow. The Commonwealth Games were a great success and the culture programme that ran alongside featured lots of Scottish traditional music. The latest Foot Stompin’ Podcast features music from Breabach’s James Duncan MacKenzie ’s debute solo album. We then (Don’t Say) Money Doesn’t Matter from Barbara Dickson and Rab Noakes followed by the new release from Skipinni...

Spring seems to have finally visited Scotland and we have some great music to celebrate! We start off the podcast with Transatlantic Sessions 2 by Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas. Next up is singer Emily Smith's new CD Echoes followed by Who He? by Ian Carr and the Various Artists. Then it’s Angels Without Wings from Heidi Talbot and then the virtuoso clarsach player Catriona McKay from her new CD Harp...

Hi there, on this edition of the Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast we have some great music! We start of with Salsa Celtica and a track from their new album The Tall Islands . Next is Eddi Reader’s new release Vagabond followed by my new album (!) He Thinks He’s Invisible by Simon Thoumire and Ian Carr.  Then it is Fiona Rutherford’s new album Sleep Sound and then Blazin Fiddles get us dan...

The Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast is back! I had all these plans then life got in the way! Anyway we’re back with a great selection of Scottish music. We start off with a set of jigs from Adam Sutherland and head into a track of Julie Fowlis ’s new album. Then it’s another new release from Patsy Reid followed by a song from Adam Holmes . Then there is a beautiful air from Sarah-Jane Su...

The latest Foot Stompin’ podcast features music from all the past 13 winners of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award from the very first winner in 2001 (Gillian Frame). It features many memories from Simon Thoumire of the past finals and looks forward to the 2014 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award Final on February 2nd, 2014.  Visit www.footstompin.com for all y...

Hi there, It’s the Foot Stompin’ Podcast Christmas edition! Featuring some great music from Diamh’s new album Tuneship followed by The Poozies . Next up we have Donald Grant’s The Way Home and then Butterflies and Broken Glass from Kim Edgar. Then it is Phil Cunningham’s The Palomino Waltz and we finish off with Nusa from Rory Campbell and Malcolm Stitt. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scot...

Hi there, We’re celebrating the 2013 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards in this podcast. If you would like to vote (until November 22nd 2013 go to www.scotstradmusicawards.com ). First up is Beer from Ross Ainslie’s Wide Open CD (nominated in Album in the Year). Then it is Fiona Hunter (nominated in Scots Singer of the Year) from her March 2014 released new CD and then Ailie Robertson’s Traditional S...

Hi there, Back to our usual podcast here with a mix of classic and new releases from the world of Scottish traditional music. We start off with Now Westlin’ Winds from Dick Gaughan’s classic album Handful of Earth and then get right up to date with Breabach’s new release Urlar . Then it’s another new release from Salt House - Lay Your Dark Low . We hear some brilliant piano playing from Mhairi Hal...

Hi there, We are looking back to the winners of the 2012 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards in this podcast in anticipation of voting opening in the 2013 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards on the 4th November. We start of the podcast with Breabach - winners of Folk Band of the Year and follow them with Album of the Year winner Kathleen MacInnes . Next is Dance Band of the Year Deoch 'N' Dorus followed b...

Hi there, We've got a great selection of Scottish music for you in this podcast. We start of with the classic Relativity of the 80s and another older release of Barbara Dickson and Gerry Rafferty singing a Bob Dylan song together. There's a set of tunes from BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Winner Ewan Robertson with Gary Innes and their album Shouts. The current BBC Radio Scotland Yo...

Hi there, We're featuring the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Dinner on 11th October, Oran Mor, Glasgow in this podcast. If you would like to come you can get a ticket at www.tradmusichall.com . The music featured in the podcast comes from Willie Hunter (inducted 2013) tutored Fiddlers' Bid and their magnificent All Dressed in Yellow CD. Next up is Kenna Campbell (inducted 2005) tutored Ca...

Hi there, Here's another programme of fantabulous Scottish music. We start off with a Intro from Rura . This is the demo before the album - I've always loved it! Next up is the brand new release - At the Heart of it All from Capercaillie then a lovely song - Eggshells from Rachel Sermanni . Then it's a brand new release from James Duncan MacKenzie and then the iTunes chart topping hit The Shinty R...

Hi there, It's August and time for the Foot Stompin' Podcast! Featuring in this edition we have new CD Breath from Laura Beth Salter and then we're up with The Halton Quartet - Based on True Events . Then we have a real classic from Fine Friday - Gin I were a Baron's Heir . We have another new release from fiddle quartet Rant and then Ruith Na Gaoith from Arthur Cormack. We finish the podcast with...

Hi there, Here's out latest Foot Stompin' Podcast! We start off with the new album from fantastic fiddler Adam Sutherland. It's called Squall and well worth buying! Next up is a classic from Ossian called I will Set My Ship in Order sang by Tony Cuffe and we follow this with another new release Doubling from Mairearad and Anna. Kintulavaig by Jemma Cumming is next and then a modern classic Caniach...

Hi there, Here's our latest Foot Stompin' summer podcast. We feature the great new CD from Battlefield Band - Room Enough for All , and the totally classic Handful of Earth from Dick Gaughan. Up next is another classic from Jock Tamson's Bairns and we then feature a new band The Scott Wood Trio . We then move back to a classic from Calum Kennedy from his Songs in Gaelic CD and finish up with the t...

Hi there, More great music in this podcast starting off with the brand new release The Test from Scottish supergroup Manran. We follow this with another brand new release Elements from The Paul McKenna Band. Next up is a modern classic - First O' the Darkenin' by Chris Stout and then we celebrate the births of two babies from Scottish musicians Emily Smith and Gillian Frame . I finish of the podca...

Hi there, Lots of great music this week starting off with the legendary Shooglenifty with their genre changing album Venus in Tweeds . Next is The Cast performing their version of Auld Lang Syne that featured in the Sex and the City movie and we follow this with fiddler John McCusker's Boys in the Puddle from his Yella Hoose album. We then feature Lori Watson and the song Maggie from her album Thr...

Hi there, Here we go with our May 8th Foot Stompin' Free Scottish Music Podcast. Featuring a great set of reels from  from Manran and then Karen Matheson singing a beautiful song from the album The Battle of Prestonpans 1745 . Next up is a set of jigs from Matheu Watson 's self-titled debut album and then a beautiful song - Kings Fareweel from Andy Hunter . Aly Bain then plays Shetland air Margare...

Hi there, Here's our April Foot Stompin' Free Scottish Music podcast. Featuring some top music from The Halton Quartet , Kris Drever , Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham , Gaelic singer James Graham , Bobby Macleod and finishing with Breabach . Hope you enjoy :-) Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Hi there, Here's the latest Foot Stompin' Scottish music podcast. This month we have the Glenfinnan Ceilidh Band followed by Gaelic supergroup Cruinn . Next up is the Simon Bradley Trio and then a beautiful version of Morag a Dunbheagan sung by the great George Clavey . After that it is Adam McCulloch singing Sally Wheatley and we finish off with the fabulous Blazin' Fiddles . Visit www.footstompi...

Hi there, Our Foot Stompin' Free Scottish music podcast this features the new release from The Chair - The Road to Hammer Junkie and we follow it with An Dealachdh (The Parting) By Calum Martin. Next up is Love at the Swimming Pool by the Nuala Kennedy band and then a kind of members of Breabach celebration! First up is Ewan Robertson (Breabach singer) singing Vincent Black Lightning from his solo...

Hi there, The latest Foot Stompin' podcast features Marie Fielding's An Tra , Eddie Reeder singing Dragonfiles , a set of tunes from the new Session A9 Live DVD , a beautiful song from Billy McIsaac - Lochaber , an air from the Battlefield Band and we finish off with a rockin set from Bags of Rock ! Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.