Here we go with our May 8th Foot Stompin' Free Scottish Music Podcast. Featuring a great set of reels from  from Manran and then Karen Matheson singing a beautiful song from the album The Battle of Prestonpans 1745. Next up is a set of jigs from Matheu Watson's self-titled debut album and then a beautiful song - Kings Fareweel from Andy Hunter. Aly Bain then plays Shetland air Margaret Anne Robertson and we finish the podcast with a set of fiddle tunes from Russell Hunter, Eilidh Shaw, Simon Bradley and Angus Grant Jnr. Great stuff!

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Here's our April Foot Stompin' Free Scottish Music podcast. Featuring some top music from The Halton Quartet, Kris Drever, Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, Gaelic singer James Graham, Bobby Macleod and finishing with Breabach. Hope you enjoy :-)

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Here's the latest Foot Stompin' Scottish music podcast. This month we have the Glenfinnan Ceilidh Band followed by Gaelic supergroup Cruinn. Next up is the Simon Bradley Trio and then a beautiful version of Morag a Dunbheagan sung by the great George Clavey. After that it is Adam McCulloch singing Sally Wheatley and we finish off with the fabulous Blazin' Fiddles.

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Our Foot Stompin' Free Scottish music podcast this features the new release from The Chair - The Road to Hammer Junkie and we follow it with An Dealachdh (The Parting) By Calum Martin. Next up is Love at the Swimming Pool by the Nuala Kennedy band and then a kind of members of Breabach celebration! First up is Ewan Robertson (Breabach singer) singing Vincent Black Lightning from his solo album Some Kind of Certainty and the we play Some Boy John from Calum MacCrimmon's (Breabach piper) debut CD. We leave Breabach to finish the podcast with Simple Life by Skerryvore.

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The latest Foot Stompin' podcast features Marie Fielding's An Tra, Eddie Reeder singing Dragonfiles, a set of tunes from the new Session A9 Live DVD, a beautiful song from Billy McIsaac - Lochaber, an air from the Battlefield Band and we finish off with a rockin set from Bags of Rock!

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We're in the middle of Glasgow's fabulous Celtic Connections festival with so much great music going on. This podcast features a sample of what Scotland has to offer with our brilliant music! We start of with a classic track from Deaf Shepherd who are 20 years old this year. We then celebrate Robert Burns with Ye Banks and Braes from the classic Rod Paterson and follow it with Burns' Gala Water sang by Dumfriesshire songstress Emily Smith. We then slow things down with an air from Shetland's Fiddlers' Bid and speed things up again with Lorne MacDougall's Hello World. We finish the podcast with another Scots song from Gordeanna McCulloch.

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The first Foot Stompin' podcast of 2013 features Gaelic singer Maeve MacKinnon, Borders Young Pipers - James Thomson and Chris Waite, Shetland guitarist Brian Nicholson, Argyll Gaelic Choir Coisir Ceann an Tuirc, Orcadian fiddler Eric Linklater and we finish off with award winning Shetland fiddler Gemma Donald. Happy New Year!!

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This Foot Stompin' podcast is a celebration of the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards winners featuring Session A9, Kathleen MacInnes, Paul McKenna Band, Breabach, Duncan Chisholm and Julie Fowlis. It was a great night on Saturday 8th December with some brilliant music.

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This month's podcast features some amazing new and old music from Sillly Wizard - Live Again, brand new songs release from Nuala Kennedy, Race The Loser from Lau, contemporary harp music from Macmaster / Hay, beautiful Gaelic singing from Riona Whyte and we finish off with Field Marshal Montgomery playing their winning medley from the World Pipe Band Championships.

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The latest Foot Stompin' podcast features a host of new records. We start of with Blair Douglas's new CD Leanaidh Mi (I Will Follow). Next up is the new release from Session A9 and we then play Scott Murray's new CD Evenin's Fa'. Then it's Wooden Flute & Fiddle by Calum Stewart & Lauren MacColl and then a classic Hamish Imlach CD and we finish up a new release from Maeve Mackinnon - Once apon an Olive Branch.

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The latest Foot Stompin' podcast features releases from Sandy Meldrum's Piano Fusion, The Glasgow Gaelic Music Association, the new release - Affric from fiddler Duncan Chisholm, Rod Paterson singing The Bleacher Lass o' Kelvinhaugh, Skyedance from Alasdair Fraser and we finish off with Welcome to Dunvegas by the Peatbog Faeries.

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The latest Foot Stompin' podcast features new releases from Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, Karine Polwart, new compilation - Scots In The Spanish Civil War - No Pasaran!, Marie Fielding, Kilmarnock Edition and a golden oldie from Savourna Stevenson.

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We're back with the our 103rd Podcast featuring new releases from Kathleen MacInnes, folk rockers Face the West, harpist/singer Rachel Newton, accordion legend John Carmichael, Fiona J Mackenzie and finish off with a nearly new CD from TMSA Young Trad Tour 2011!

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We're back with the latest Foot Stompin' Free Scottish Music Podcast. We start off with new release Shed Life from Sketch and follow it with Emily Portman singing a song from Old Songs & Bothy Ballads. Next up is Out All Night from Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers and Over the High Hills from Shepheard, Speirs and Watson. Next is Portrait from Phil Cunningham from Aly Bain and we finish with Dick Gaughan singing No Gods and Precious Few Heroes.

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Welcome to the 101th Edition of the Foot Stompin' Podcast. I realised I missed out a few more of my favourites so here are a few more! We start of with All Dressed in Yellow from Fiddlers' Bid followed by the Lassies Reply by Pur. Next up is a real classic from Capercaillie - Crosswinds and then Happ by Fribo. Next up is a modern classic from Maeve Mackinnon - Don't Sing Love Songs and we finish up with the brilliant Blazin' Fiddles.

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This weeks podcast is our centenary edition! It features tracks that I love and have influenced me. It starts with The Easy Club followed by The Battlefield Band. Then another golden oldie from Polkemmet Ground Pipe Band and then the only modern track is from Julie Fowlis! Next up is Rod Paterson singing the Birks of Invermay and I finish up with my favourite band of all time - Silly Wizard!

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This weeks podcast (no 99!) features new CDs The Band from Rockall by Runrig's Calum & Rory Macdonald, Griais by Gillie Mackenzie, Contours of Cairngorm Live by Mhairi Hall and Patsy Reid, The Adventures of John Paul Jones by Alan Reid and Rob van Sante, Out Of His Box by Sandy Brechin and finishing of with Stramash by Colin Steele.

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Here's our latest mid April podcast. Featuring new releases Morning Moon from Jenna Reid, Mairi Morrison & Alasdair Roberts - Urstan, Illumination by The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, Fiere by Joy Dunlop and Twelfth Day, Rachel Hair Trio's No More Wings and The Chicken Pickers debut CD.

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Here's our April podcast! Featuring the one and only late Martyn Bennett with his release Aye. We follow this with The Burn's Unit and follow that with the debut release from Glasgow Band - Rura called Break it Up. Next up we have The Duplets and then Campbell's of Greepe. We finish off with the fantastic Bobby MacLeod from Tobermory.

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The Foot Stompin' podcast's back with another set of great Scottish music recordings. We start of with the fantastic Treacherous Orchestra and their brilliant Origins CD. Next up is a great titled track Boat full o' goats from Fribo's Happ. Then there's the classic Mo Mhatair from Calum Kennedy's Songs in Gaelic followed by Tryst by Iain MacInnes. We then play the debut CD In a Bleeze from Siobhan Miller and Jeana Leslie and finish up with Aly Bain and Friends.

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Here's our latest Foot Stompin' podcast featuring The Long Notes, Barbara Dymock, Rachel Newton and Lillias Kinsman-Blake, The Desperate Fishwives, Bobby Brown and finishing off with the TMSA Young Trad Tour 2011.

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We've got some more great Scottish music for you again this week. Starting off with a classic release from Capercaillie - Crosswinds and following it with a new release from Eddi Reader Live in Japan. We then play Peter Mallan singing the beautiful Bonnie Wee Thing from Immortal Memory. Next up is Bagpipe Hero - Caledonia Rock featuring the Red Hot Chilli Pipers and then a new release from Scots singer Shona Donaldson called Short Nichts and Lang Kisses. Our 2nd last CD of the podcast is from Paul Anderson's Strathbogie Collection and we finish up the podcast with the Tannahill Weaver's Arnish Light set.

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Foot Stompin's back with more new and classic releases from the Scottish music scene. We start of the show with a rockin' track from piping combo Seudan. Next up is the new release from Annie Grace called The Bell followed by another new release from Alyth McCormack and Triona Marshall singing Delirium from their Red and Gold CD. We then look at the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Award finals which is on the 5th February and play a track from the 2010 winner Daniel Thorpe. Our penultimate track is Duslach Is Or (Dust & Gold) by Isobel Ann Martin and we finish up the podcast with the classic Blazin' Fiddles playing Miss Johnstone from their Magnificent Seven CD.

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Happy New Year! We've an eclectic 92nd podcast this time around. We start of with the new album Grogarry Lodge from the Simon Bradley Trio. Next up is the late Gerry Rafferty with The Ark from his City to Citty album. Then it's the award winning Outside Track with a couple of reels and the Yvonne Lyone singing Enjoy not Endure from her More than Mine CD. We then feature the harp with Parallel Latitudes by Cheyenne Brown and finish up with Live BBC Session from the Sensational Alex Harvey Band.

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This is our combined Christmas and MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards Winners podcast! We start of the show with a Puirt from Album of the Year winners Manran. We follow this with Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year Siobhan Miller. Next up is the Live Act of the Year - Skerryvore. Our Music Tutor of the Year was Mairi Campbell and she's singing the song Don't Ever Give Up. Winners of the Community Award was Blazin' in Beauly so we're playing a track from founders Blazin' Fiddles. We finish up the show with a track from Aidan O'Rourke who won Composer of the Year.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Foot Stompin' Podcast in this edition is featuring Goodnight Ginger from John McCusker, beautiful Gaelic singing from Alyth McCormack, Daimh's fiddler Gabe McVarish from his Electic solo album. We then turn back the time to hear the Glasgow Orpheus choir and Jeannie Robertson. We finish up with the show with Shetland band Fullsceilidh Spelemannslag.

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The Foot Stompin' Podcast is back with the new release from the Battlefield Band - Line Up. We follow this with a song from Gaelic song star Julie Fowlis and then an amazing golden oldie from the 50s - Ian Wallace singing There was a lad born in Kyle. Next is a new release from Sandy Brechin's Ceilidhdonia and we look forward to August's World Pipe Band Championships with St Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band. We finish off the podcast with a song from Skerryvore.

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Here's our latest Foot Stompin' Free Scottish Music Podcast and we start off with the late, great Ishbel MacAskill and then Rory Campbell and Malcolm Stitt's Nusa. Next is Saltfishforty, Mike Vass's String Theory and then Brian McNeill's No Gods. We then have a classic performance from Sheila Stewart and finish off the podcast with The Ghillies.

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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.

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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.

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