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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 鈥済arefowl鈥 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 大象传媒 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.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Thu 27 Aug 2020 20:00

Music Played

  • Sver

    E14

    • Reverie.
    • Folkhall Records.
  • The Magpie Arc

    Whenever I聮m Alone

    • EP1.
    • Collective/Perspective.
  • Shooglenifty

    Brutus: The Red Hot Tubbers/Brutus The Husky

    • Acid Croft Vol 9.
    • Shoogle Records.
  • Garefowl

    Mo Ghaol Oigear a Chuil Duinn

    • Cliffs.
    • Penny Fiddle Records.
  • Garefowl

    Cas na Caora Hiortach O

    • Cliffs.
    • Penny Fiddle Records.
  • Ross Ainslie

    Science Of Life

    • Vana.
  • Pierre Schryer and Adam Dobres

    Fleur de Mandragore / Berthier-Sur-Mer

    • Mandorla.
    • Pierre Schryer.
  • Bannal/Kenna Campbell

    Chan Eil Mi Gun Mhulad Orm

    • Waulking Songs.
    • Greentrax Recordings.
  • 顿貌肠丑补蝉

    Gura Mise Tha Fo Mhulad / Braes Of Melinish

    • Dochas.
    • Macmeanmna.
  • String Sisters

    Shetland Fiddle Diva/ Kinyon's Jig/ Kinyon's Reel/ Lad O'Beirne's

    • Live.
    • Heilo.
  • Old Crow Medicine Show

    Wagon Wheel

    • O.C.M.S..
    • Nettwerk.
  • Catherine鈥怉nn MacPhee

    Eilean a' Che貌

    • Sings M脿iri Mh貌r.
    • Greentrax.
  • Crooked Still

    Pharoah

    • Still Crooked.
    • Crooked Still Records.
  • Gerry Diver feat Christy Moore

    Million Times

    • The Speech Project.
    • One Fine Day Records.
  • M贸nica de Nut and Lu铆s Martinez

    Devinamente

    • Raices A茅res.
  • Rona Wilkie, Marit Falt, Mairi Campbell, Allan 脪g Macdonald

    Portobello Rooftops

    • Scotland Yet.
  • Talisk

    Beyond

    • Beyond.
    • Talisk Records.

Broadcast

  • Thu 27 Aug 2020 20:00