by Gordon Mackay | Aug 29, 2020 | Music / Culture
Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become one of Scotland’s finest young ballad singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. Winner of Scots Singer of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2018, Iona has been...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 25, 2020 | Music / Culture
25th Aug 2020 This is part 2 of a 2 part Doric TV’s exclusive with Dame Evelyn Glennie who continues with her talks about the importance she places in her Doric Roots. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Click here to read Evelyn’s...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 25, 2020 | Music / Culture
25th Aug 2020 This is part 1 of a 2 part Doric TV’s exclusive with Dame Evelyn Glennie who talks from the heart about her Doric Roots. I had the privilege of interviewing Dame Evelyn Glennie for Doric TV recently in the coming weeks when it will be feature in...
by Gordon Mackay | Jul 22, 2020 | Music / Culture
22nd July 2020 Allan Taylor, king Of The Bothy Ballads / songs of the changing ways in farming life and culture. A tribute to past and present farming and Crofting folk who worked over decades to bring the barren lands of Aberdeenshire and all over Scotland up to...
by Gordon Mackay | Jul 17, 2020 | Music / Culture
17th July 2020 Angus McCurrach – extraordinarily Scottish drummer. Explains the therapeutic value of drumming and his Huggadrum venture . Angus also describes the history and uses of the drums . A member of The Trybe a Scottish Pictish Band. He also portrays his...
by Gordon Mackay | Jul 9, 2020 | Music / Culture
9th July 2020 Songs by singer songwriter Alan Reid from Fraserburgh. Alan is from a long line of fishing folk . Retelling stories in words and song. Caledonia images by Jill and Steve on their trips round the Scottish Islands on bicycle. To watch the video, click the...
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