Hi there! In this month’s Foot Stompin’ podcast we have BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award winner Claire Hastings singing with her band Top Floor Taivers. Then we head to a classic set of tunes from Jock Tamson’s Bairns on their A’ Jock Tamson’s Bairns. We feature Mairi Campbell and FolkWaves next with her […]

Hi there, In our first podcast of 2015 we have a new release from the Treacherous Orchestra, a classic from the Boys of the Lough, a wee Strip the Willow from Addie Harper, a new release from Scots singer songwriter Jack Henderson, the beautiful Solus m’ Aigh from Cliar and we finish with Wait ‘Till I […]

This is part A 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]