FootStompin.com Scottish Music Podcast

Hi there,  I have had a look back this week at our Foot Stompin' Records back catalogue and picked out a few of my favourite tracks. We start of with Lumsden's Rant from Back of the Moon's Luminosity CD. Next up is Don't Sing Love Songs by Maeve Mackinnon and then a beautiful air from fiddler Shona Mooney's Heartsease. We follow this with fiddle/guitar/banjo virtuoso Anna Massie from her Missing Gift CD then it's a gorgeous performance by Gaelic songstress Catriona Watt from her Cadal Cuain CD and we finish off with Fine Friday playing Lisa Giles from their Mowing the Machair CD. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Hi there, Here's another eclectic selection of Scottish music. We start of the show with Reunion from Matheu Watson. Next up is Stramash from Colin Steele and then we pair it down to a solo from singer Elspeth Cowie. And then we have something completely different with The Extraordinary Little Cough by John Mulhearn. We follow this with a top performance from Archie Fisher and finish the podcast with Hello World from Lorne MacDougall. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Hi there, We've a set of new releases this week! Starting off with Jennifer and Hazel's Idiom and then we're on to Songs of Scotland's Martyrs, Rogues and Worthies by Alan Reid. Then we've a set of jigs from Kenneth & Angus Mackenzie's Piob Is Fidheall. We've got classic Gaelic from George Clavey on the Gold Medalists All and then Highlander's Farewell by Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haa and we finish off with Shetland rockers No Sweat and their album Six Whole Days...One Whole Night. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Hi there, We've a traditional Scots song version of the Foot Stompin' podcast! We start of with Gordeanna McCulloch singing The Bleacher Lassie of Kelvinhaugh. Next up is Mairi Campbell sing The Piper and the Maker. We take a quick break from singing and play Bruce MacGregor and Christine Hanson's new CD Kissin' is the Best of A'. We're back to singing now with John Watt and Davey Stewart singing Pittenweem Jo then Johnny My Man by Joan Harkness. We finish up the podcast with a reel from Steven Spence. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Hi there, This is a special MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards edition. To vote in the Awards please visit ScottishCultureOnline.com. First up we have The Unusual Suspects with Big Like This. They are nominated in the Live Act of the Year Award. Next is Barbara Dymock singing Bonnie Hieland Laddie from her Hilbert's Hotel release. Barbara is nominated in Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year. Then we have Matheu Watson who is nominated in Instrumentalist of the Year. The it's Gaelic singer of the year nominee Maeve MacKinnon from her Don't Sing Love Songs release. Nearly there! We feature Field Marsh Montgomery Pipe Band playing a set of hornpipes (Pipe Band of the Year) and finish of the show with Folk Band of the Year nominated Battlefield Band. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Hi there, Some great Scottish music in our latest podcast. Starting off with the funky Health and Safety by Man's Ruin and followed on by Fin da Laand Ageen by Kevin Henderson. Next is the brilliant Malinky with song Billy Taylor and the Chris Stout's The Devil's Advocate. Another song now from Jim Malcolm's Sparkling Flash CD and we finish off the podcast with the classic 5 Hand Reel. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Hi there, We're back with our regular podcast of great Scottish music. We start of with Peter Nardini's Is There Anybody Out There? (for a change starting the podcast!) and then go on to play the Battlefield Band's classic release On the Rise. We then hear some fabulous singing from Jimmy Hutchison on his Corachree CD. We then feature the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2011's Massed Pipes and Drums and then play a track from the late Ray Fisher. We finish up the podcast with Chris Stout's Brazilian Theory. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Hi there, We start of the August podcast with Seudan's debut album and Tullochgorum and follow it with another debut album from Manran. Barbara Dymock sings Edward from her Hilbert's Hotel CD. Next up is Air Forladh (On Leave) by Gillebride MacMillan and then an album with a great title Revenge of the Folk Singers by Concerto Caledonia. We finish up the podcast with Blast Live from the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Here's our September 30th 2010 Foot Stompin' Free Scottish Music Podcast. We've got a varied podcast this edition. We're starting of with the Red Hot Chillie Pipers in an anticipation of their new release Music for the Kilted Generation due out October 17th. We follow this up with an old but true classic CD Beneath the Beret by Blair Douglas. We then have two new releases Transatlantic Sessions Series 4 Vol 3 and Home by Ciaran Dorris. We finish up with Fire On!by Blazin' Fiddles and Gathering Pace by Relativity. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Here's our September 1st 2010 Foot Stompin' Free Scottish Music Podcast. The 6 tracks we're featuring this week are the Angus Nicolson Trio and his new CD Lasses That Baffle Us. We follow this with another new release Slide Show by The Burns Unit. And then yet another new release Ewan McLennan - Rags & Robes. Finlay MacDonald Band then plays us a track from his Re-Echo CD, Lizzie Higgins sings us Three Gypsies and we finish off with Sandy Meldrum's Scottish Piano FusionCD. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Hi there, Celebrating International Women's Day on 8th March here's a selection of Scottish music featuring women. We start off with a set of tunes from Jamie Smith, Roisin Anne Hughes & Alistair Cassidy on the new Friday Night Sessions CD. Next up is Scottish Women Live singing Canan Nan Gael. Next up is Mairi Campbell and The Cast singing their classic version of Auld Lang Syne quickly followed by Jim Malcolm's new album Sparkling Flash. Another new release from Margaret Bennett and Doris Rougvie called In Our Day - Reminiscenses and Songs From Rural Perthshire. We finish off the programme with The Corries singing the Bonnie Blue. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Hi there, Here's our latest Foot Stompin' podcast featuring Daniel Thorpe's new CD The Curiosity Shop. Up next is the latest Emily Smith - Traivellers Joy followed by Bonnie Rideout's double CD Harlaw, Scotland 1411. Next up is TMSA Young Trad Tour 2010 and Hannah Phillips and then The Colour of Dreams by Eric Bogle. We finish the podcast with a live track from Scots band Keep it Up. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Hi there, we're back after the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow with a feast of new releases. We start off with Steele The Show - Songs From The Heart Of Scotland a new compilation of songs by the late Davy Steele, the the latest release from Julie Fowlis Live from Perthshire Amber festival. We follow this with a debut release from Stevie Palmer called Heartprint Shadow and then My Edinburgh by Anna-Wendy Stevenson. Our last two tracks are The Speaking Heart by Lucy Pringle & Chris Wright and finishing off with The Sunday Night Sessions by Sandy Brechin & Friends. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Happy New Year! Here's our latest podcast featuring 'lookouts' for 2011. Hope you enjoy. We start of with The Shee from their Decadence CD then go into Between Two Worlds from Paul McKenna Band. Next Up is Findlay Napier and Nick Turner's Just One Umbrella and then Mairead Green's Passing Places. Karine Polwart sings a beautiful Scots song and we finish up with the late great Kenneth McKellar and Bonnie Wee Thing, Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Here's our December 21st 2010 Foot Stompin' Free Scottish Music Christmas and New Year Podcast. I thought I would play some of my favourite tracks from 2010 starting off with Man's Ruin by Calum MacCrimmon, then Mark the Hard Earth by Kris Drever. We follow this with a beautiful air by Duncan Chisholm's Canaich album. Next is the long awaited debut album from Sandy Wright and a great set of jigs from Matheu Watson. We finish off the podcast Ewan Robertson's Some Kind of Certaintyalbum. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.