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Sarah-Jane Summers and the Orkney Folk Festival

Bruce looks ahead to the Orkney Folk Festival. He explores Scots and Gaelic words that originate from Old Norse with Sarah-Jane Summers and her new album Owerset.

On the eve of the Orkney Folk Festival 2019, which runs from 23rd - 26th May, Bruce takes a look at this year's fabulous line-up. Orkney is an island with deep Nordic connections so, in keeping with the Orcadian theme, Sarah-Jane Summers' new album Owerset explores Scots and Gaelic words that originate from Old Norse. Illustrating the linguistic reaches of the Vikings, the album covers concepts from marriage, sea mist, crying and even the staple of the hipster male... the beard. Sarah-Jane joins Bruce live from Oslo to talk about the linguistic connections between Scotland and Scandinavia.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Music Played

  • Saltfishforty

    Beef And Tatties: Pour The Tatties / The Tasty Tattie Tour / Beef

    • Orkney Twister.
    • Cellar Records.
  • Dermot Byrne / Eamonn Coyne / John Doyle

    Deargs聮 Reels: Maire na Sop / The Glory Reel / The Launching of the Boat

    • Liag.
    • ATCOF1902CD.
  • Julie Fowlis

    Hug Air A' Bhonaid Mhoir

    • Cuilidh.
    • Spit & Polish.
  • Sarah-Jane Summers

    骋补濒濒-骋丑脿颈诲丑别颈濒

    • Owerset.
    • Eighth Nerve Audio.
  • Sarah-Jane Summers

    Flit

    • Owerset.
    • Eighth Nerve Audio.
  • Sarah-Jane Summers

    Owerset II

    • Owerset.
    • Eighth Nerve Audio.
  • The Poozies

    Knees Of Fire / The Chase

    • Punch.
    • Schmooz.
    • 006.
  • Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley

    Compliments to the Orkney Norway Friendship Association / The Mester Ship

    • Mither o' the Sea.
    • Greentrax Recordings.
  • Spoket I Koket

    Grandmaster Troels: Raska Ungar / Sweetness of Mary / Maid behind the Bar / Martin Rocheford聮s The Winding Stream

    • Chateau du Garage.
    • Go Danish Folk 聳 GO0219.
  • Four Men and a Dog

    First Months of Summer

    • Doctor A's Secret Remedies.
    • Castle Communications.
  • Jim Malcolm

    The Wild Geese

    • Live In Glenfarg.
    • Beltane Records.
  • Les Fils Canouche

    Tabadabada

    • La fasciculation.
    • Vlad.
  • Lau

    Toy Tigers

    • Midnight And Closedown.
    • Self-Released.
  • The Mountain Firework Company

    If Only

    • The Beggar聮s Prayer.
    • FW002.
  • Dermot Byrne, Eamonn Coyne & John Doyle

    Br铆d 脫g N铆 Mh谩ile

    • Liag.
    • Self-Released.
  • Findlay Napier

    Young Goths In The Necropolis

    • Glasgow.
    • Cheerygroove Records.
  • Iain MacFarlane & Ingrid Henderson

    Bob Ramsay聮s March / Trad Strathspey / Angus Allan & Dan J聮s / Donald MacGugan聮s Rant / Ciobairean Ceann Loch Odha

    • Cockerel in the Creel.
    • Old Laundry Productions.
  • Cara Dillon

    The Parting Glass

    • Hill Of Thieves.
    • Charcoal Records.
  • The Poozies

    Knees of Fire / The Chase

    • Punch.
    • Schmooz.

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 May 2019 21:00