Podcast-FeedLittle Fire in Session on Thank Folk It's Friday
Little Fire (Jamie McMeechan) is a 24 year old solo performer from the South West coast of Scotland. The 2010 Winner of Scotlands biggest battle of the bands competition, Burns and A’that Battle of the Bands Ayrplay 2010, Little Fire is surely destined for great things.
A keen performer and lover of poetry Little Fire won the national poetry competition on BBC Radio 1 Ras Kwames show in 2004. Performances on various stages at the Latitude Festival saw Little Fire meeting some of his favourite bands and singers and finding a few fans along the way.
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The Skunnered on Sandy's Sunday Breakfast 13th June 2010
The Skunnered….Neilston’s best export!
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Rua Macmillan : Tyro
Originally from Nairn, near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, Ruairidh currently plays fiddle in the award winning ‘Paul McKenna Band’ – whose debut album ‘Between Two Worlds’ has just been released to great critical acclaim on the Greentrax label – as well as fronting ‘The Rua Macmillan Band’, with Tia Fyles and Adam Brown.
Having been taught by Bruce Macgregor, Alpha Munro, Sharon Hassan, and most notably, Aonghas Grant Snr – the great Left-handed fiddler from Lochaber, Rua has recently graduated with a B.A. Hons (Scottish Music) from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and has already toured extensively in the UK and Europe, as well as Canada, America and the Faeroe Islands!
Ruairidh has just been awarded the prestigious title of ‘BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2009’.
Part of the Award was to record an album for Greentrax. Tyro is that album!
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Vivien Scotson & Patrick Bullen Live at Uisge Beatha 28th May 2010
VIVIEN:
Vivien didn’t study music growing up. She ran out of her only singing lesson when she was 10, because the teacher asked her to sing in an American accent. She’s Scottish, hence running. It all really began when she was 21 and watched a three hour documentary on Dolly Parton’s life and musical journey.
PATRICK:
Hails from a musical family, and from an early age was very musical but it all really started when one day he “hurt his knee” and was in crutches for 8 months, so decided, what the heck, he’d start writing songs.
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Alistair Ogilvie with Jim King Live at Uisge Beatha 28 May 2010
Alistair Ogilvy is a traditional/folk singer and musician, he was brought up in a village outside Glasgow called Strathblane. With an inherent love of traditional and folk music, he has been involved in the industry for some time now. Alistair is currently living and working in Glasgow’s west end pursuing his career in the traditional music industry.
We think Alistair has a brill voice – have a listen!
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