15/01/2017
Bruce MacGregor hears about a new approach to singing Burns from Jamaica. Plus the risque side of Gaelic poetry and song.
What would Robert Burns' poetry and song have sounded like if he had stepped on that boat to Jamaica in 1786? We can only imagine. Kieran Murray has produced a new album called 'Jamaica Sings Burns' featuring new treatments of songs of the bard performed by Jamaican artists. We'll hear some world exclusive plays of those tracks and from Kieran.
Plus, the risque side of Gaelic poetry and song. Dr Peter MacKay of St Andrews University unveils a whole different side to songs which appear innocent but are loaded with euphemism and code representative of a rich erotic life.
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Jamaica Sings Burns
Duration: 22:26
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India Alba
Himalayan Hideaway
- High Beyond.
- India Alba Records.
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Siobahn Miller
The Month of January
- Strata.
- Songprint Recordings.
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Frankie Kennedy and Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh
Humours of Whiskey/The Fairy Jig/Humours of Whiskey
- Altan.
- Green Linnet.
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Ewan McLennan
A Man's A Man For A' That
- Rags And Robes.
- Fellside Records.
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Calum Kennedy
Brochan Lom
- Songs in Gaelic.
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Bannal with Christine Grant
Gura Mi Tha Trom Duilich
- Waulking Songs.
- Greentrax.
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Nicholson Institute Choir
Am Muillean Dubh
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Anne Martin
Maighdeanan nan Airidh
- 颁辞聟?.
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Anxo Lorenzo
ConFuxon
- ConFuxon.
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Birlinn Jiarg
Happy Valley
- Seamount.
- Birlinn Jiarg.
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The Birnam Quartet
Whistle o聮er the Lave O聮t
- The Music of Burns.
- Shoogle.
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Jenny Sturgeon
The Wren and the Salt Air
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Brina
Warmongerers By Name
- Jamaica Sings Robert Burns.
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Brina
The Slave聮s Lament (feat. Addis Pablo)
- Jamaica Sings Robert Burns.
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Ken Boothe
Green Grow the Rashes
- Jamaica Sings Robert Burns.
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Alistair Anderson and Northlands
PaddyWhack/Coffee Bridge/Spirit of Whiskey
- Alistair Anderson and Northlands.
- White Meadow Records.
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Four Men and a Dog
High On a Mountain
- Irish Voices.
- Topic Records.
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Joan Baez
Wild Mountain Thyme
- Live at Newport 1963-65.
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Ten Strings and a Goat Skin
The Ukrainian Expedition/ Coalmiminer's/ Mustard Foldies / R茅el du raclette
- Apres du poele.
Broadcast
- Sun 15 Jan 2017 19:00主播大秀 Radio Scotland