Composer Rūta Vitkauskaitė tells us about her latest project, Modern Chants, and the accompanying soundwalk. She also chooses a selection of tracks which have influenced her musical life and her work as a composer.
Find out more about Modern Chants here (https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-scotland/events/2021/modern-chants), and tickets for the soundwalk can be found here (https://sound-scotland.co.uk/event/bard-of-the-birds).
Music Choices: 1. Siberian Shamanic Singing (Stepanida Borisova - Summer)
2. Lithuanian sutartines (Žydėja rože - Ūtara)
3. Indian konakkol (Konakkol Ensemble - The Karnataka College of Percussion)
4. Scottish canntaireachd (The Stewarts of Blair)
5. Scottish Puirt-à-Beul (Julie Fowlis - Puirt-à-Beul set: Ribinnean Riomhach)
Rūta Vitkauskaitė
https://rutavitkauskaite.weebly.com/
https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/ruta-vitkauskaite
https://twitter.com/rutavitkauskai1
https://www.facebook.com/ruta.vitkauskaite.3
Scottish Music Centre
https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/
https://twitter.com/scottishmusic
https://en-gb.facebook.com/scottishmusiccentre
2 Jul 2021
Episode 10: Kara Conway
Singer-Songwriter Kara Conway chooses tracks that have shaped her life and musical career.
Music Choices:
1. My Favourite Things - Julie Andrews
2. Send in the Clowns - Barbara Streisand
3. I Will Walk With My Love (traditional) - Laura Tansey and John Dalton
4. Miss You 2 - Gabrielle Aplin
5. James Dean - David Keenan
Bold (Kara's latest single):
https://soundcloud.com/user-366910087/kara-conway-this-life-04-kara-conway-bold-24-48k-wav/reposts (https://soundcloud.com/user-366910087/kara-conway-this-life-04-kara-conway-bold-24-48k-wav/reposts)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo3F6NhoUBo&list=RDAMVMZo3F6NhoUBo (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo3F6NhoUBo&list=RDAMVMZo3F6NhoUBo)
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/bold/1532807638?i=1532807639 (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/bold/1532807638?i=1532807639)
https://open.spotify.com/album/1dhsSVbPFeVtg5F2jejLFF?highlight=spotify:track:2MQGYcIs9tQxqVNX5rHSn7 (https://open.spotify.com/album/1dhsSVbPFeVtg5F2jejLFF?highlight=spotify:track:2MQGYcIs9tQxqVNX5rHSn7)
Kara Conway:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karaconwaymusic/ (https://www.instagram.com/karaconwaymusic/)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/karaconwaymusic (https://twitter.com/karaconwaymusic)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaraConwayMusic/ (https://www.facebook.com/KaraConwayMusic/)
Scottish Music Centre:
Website: https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/ (https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottishmusic (https://twitter.com/scottishmusic)
14 May 2021
Episode 9: Lynnie Carson
Singer-Songwriter Lynnie Carson chooses four tracks that have shaped her life and musical career.
Music Choices:
1. A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
2. Standing in the Way of Control - Gossip
3. Jesus Hates Faggots - John Grant
4. Late Bloomer - Jenny Lewis
Greta (Lynnie's latest single):
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/greta-single/1541759848 (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/greta-single/1541759848)
https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B08P3WGW7T?do=play&trackAsin=B08P3V3D5D&ref=dm_sh_2Hstgz0JQSNcLX55Yf3Qw2Ruk (https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B08P3WGW7T?do=play&trackAsin=B08P3V3D5D&ref=dm_sh_2Hstgz0JQSNcLX55Yf3Qw2Ruk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0OKdhzgBy0&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0OKdhzgBy0&feature=youtu.be)
https://open.spotify.com/album/0k5Zqn9Fc1BTCzv7pFSb8l?si=fnvZuYMXQ2q1HUGIm7CPNA&nd=1 (https://open.spotify.com/album/0k5Zqn9Fc1BTCzv7pFSb8l?si=fnvZuYMXQ2q1HUGIm7CPNA&nd=1)
Lynnie Carson:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lynniecarson (https://twitter.com/lynniecarson)
Scottish Music Centre:
Website: https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/ (https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottishmusic (https://twitter.com/scottishmusic)
5 Jan 2021
Episode 8: Horse McDonald
Singer-songwriter Horse McDonald reflects on her successful career and the songs and artists that have inspired her along the way.
17 Dec 2020
Episode 7: Alice Allen
Cellist Alice Allen chats about her musical career and the important role her chosen tracks have played throughout her life.
14 Aug 2020
Episode 6: Carol Laula
Based around tracks that are important to her, singer-songwriter Carol Laula tells us about her early musical life, her career and her work with community groups.
31 Jul 2020
Episode 5: Alastair Savage
Alastair Savage, fiddler and composer, tells us about music that has influenced him throughout his career.
17 Jul 2020
Episode 4: Clare Duffin
Drummer, artist manager and educator Clare Duffin selects three tracks that have a huge personal significance for her.
3 Jul 2020
Episode 3: Rory Boyle
Composer Rory Boyle chooses a selection of tracks and we chat about why they mean a lot to him.
19 Jun 2020
Episode 2: Hilary Brooks
In this episode musical director, arranger and songwriter Hilary Brooks chats about the tracks that have been most important in her musical life.
5 Jun 2020
Episode 1: Richard Greer
We chat to Glasgow-based composer Richard Greer about music that has been important to him throughout his life.
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