Robert Burns Birthday; Remembering David Olney
On January 25, 2020, we celebrated Scottish national poet Robert Burn’s 261st birthday and touched some more bases.
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Battlefield Band | To a Mouse | The Road of Tears (Temple) |
| Eddi Reader | Ye Jacobites | Sings the Songs of Robert Burns (Alliance) |
| Andy M. Stewart | Is There for Honest Poverty | Songs of Robert Burns (Green Linnet) |
| New Set | ||
| Eliza Carthy | The Slave’s Lament / Farewell to a Dark-Haired Friend | Restitute (Topic) |
| Dougie MacLean | Ca’ the Yowes | Tribute (Dunkeld) |
| June Tabor | O My Love’s Like a Red Red Rose | Rosa Mundi (Topic) |
| Music Under Announcements | ||
| Jay Ansill | Farragut Street | Origami (Flying Fish) |
| Christine Primrose | An Till Mise Chaoidh (Shall I Ever Return) | Without Seeking, Without Asking (Temple) |
| Margaret Stewart and Allan MacDonald | Rinn Thu E’udail Mo Mhealladh (You, My Beloved, Deceived Me) | Colla Mo Rùn (Greentrax) |
| Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley | Eynhallow Sound / The Halloween Flit | Huldreland (Greentrax) |
| New Set | ||
| Alasdair Roberts | Riddle Me This | The Amber Gatherers (Drag City) |
| The Poozies | We Built Fires | Raise Your Head (A Retrospective) (Compass) |
| Karine Polwart | Swim Until You Can’t See Land | Karine Polwart’s Scottish Songbook (Hegri) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy Audry, Margaret Behan, and Clara Soaring Hawk | Algonquin Water Song | (video) |
| Alexia Chellun | Open | Open (s/p) |
| Lior Tsarfaty | Listen | ... & The Prayer Songs Project (Lior Tsarfaty) |
| David Olney | The Song | Migration (Loudhouse) |
| New Set | ||
| Niamh Parsons with Graham Dunne | 1917 (The French Prostitute) | The Old Simplicity (Green Linnet) |
| Lhasa de Sela | Bells | Lhasa (Audiogramme) |
| Maya Elena | History & Empathy | Igiene (s/p) |
| Rick Danko, Jonas Fjeld, and Eric Andersen | Women ’Cross the River | Ridin’ on the Blinds (Ryko) |
| New Set | ||
| In Gowan Ring | Changes I | Visions of Shadows That Shine (s/p) |
| Alexia Chellun | Everything Changes | Open (s/p) |
| Julio Numhauser & Maciel Numhauser | Todo Cambia | (single) |
| New Set | ||
| David Olney | Voices on the Water | The Wheel (Loudhouse) |
| Keith Christmas | Inside Out (faded under outro) | Acoustica (Woronzow) |