07/02/2016
Bruce MacGregor presents a special session from folk collective Songs of Separation, plus he talks to them about the recording of their album in 2015.
Bruce welcomes the Songs of Separation collaboration to the 成人快手 studios at Pacific Quay for an exclusive session for Travelling Folk. Ten of the UK's most accomplished folk musicians gathered on the island of Eigg in June 2015 to make an album with the theme of Separation. The result is a rich mixture of songs reflecting the different traditions they all represent. The musicians are Karine Polwart, Eliza Carthy, Mary McMaster, Kate Young, Hazel Askew, Rowan Rheingans, Hannah James, Hannah Read, Jenn Butterworth and Jenny Hill. As well as the five songs they perform for us, Bruce also hears how they went about creating such an expansive album in such a short space of time.
Plus, we continue the theme of separation with a variety of songs and tunes which tell stories about it through emigration, war and love.
