
Young Trad at 20: Where Are They Now with Rona Wilkie
Bruce hears about Ewan Macdonald's project Garefowl: An Exploration of the Music of St Kilda & Rona Wilkie joins him for the next instalment of Young Trad at 20: Where Are They Now
The archipelago of St Kilda, which lies in the Atlantic Ocean 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides, is one of the most wonderfully mysterious places in Scotland - now a UNESCO World Heritage Site having once been home to up to 180 people. Garefowl is a project marking two anniversaries connected to St Kilda: 180 years since the last Great Auk (or “garefowl” as they were called in St Kilda) in the UK was killed there; and 90 years since the inhabitants were evacuated on the 29th August 1930. Musician Ewan Macdonald and his father Murdo - descendants of one of the men who killed the great auk, Lachlan MacKinnon - conceived the project to reflect on and mark this family history. Ewan joins Bruce to explore the album and his connection to St Kilda.
Plus, Bruce continues the Young Trad at 20: Where Are They Now series - celebrating 20 years of the ѿý Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award by getting to know each of its previous winners. This week fiddler and Gaelic singer Rona Wilkie, who won the competition back in 2012, shares her music choices and describes how winning the competition boosted her career as a professional musician.
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Sver
E14
- Reverie.
- Folkhall Records.
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The Magpie Arc
Whenever Im Alone
- EP1.
- Collective/Perspective.
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Shooglenifty
Brutus: The Red Hot Tubbers/Brutus The Husky
- Acid Croft Vol 9.
- Shoogle Records.
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Garefowl
Mo Ghaol Oigear a Chuil Duinn
- Cliffs.
- Penny Fiddle Records.
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Garefowl
Cas na Caora Hiortach O
- Cliffs.
- Penny Fiddle Records.
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Ross Ainslie
Science Of Life
- Vana.
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Pierre Schryer and Adam Dobres
Fleur de Mandragore / Berthier-Sur-Mer
- Mandorla.
- Pierre Schryer.
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Bannal/Kenna Campbell
Chan Eil Mi Gun Mhulad Orm
- Waulking Songs.
- Greentrax Recordings.
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Gura Mise Tha Fo Mhulad / Braes Of Melinish
- Dochas.
- Macmeanmna.
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String Sisters
Shetland Fiddle Diva/ Kinyon's Jig/ Kinyon's Reel/ Lad O'Beirne's
- Live.
- Heilo.
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Old Crow Medicine Show
Wagon Wheel
- O.C.M.S..
- Nettwerk.
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Catherine‐Ann MacPhee
Eilean a' Cheò
- Sings Màiri Mhòr.
- Greentrax.
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Crooked Still
Pharoah
- Still Crooked.
- Crooked Still Records.
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Gerry Diver feat Christy Moore
Million Times
- The Speech Project.
- One Fine Day Records.
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Mónica de Nut and Luís Martinez
Devinamente
- Raices Aéres.
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Rona Wilkie, Marit Falt, Mairi Campbell, Allan Òg Macdonald
Portobello Rooftops
- Scotland Yet.
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Talisk
Beyond
- Beyond.
- Talisk Records.
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- Thu 27 Aug 2020 20:00ѿý Radio Scotland except Extra