Every few months, I’ll discover a new and interesting band on Vic Galloway’s Scotland Introducing podcast for the BBC. While the main point of interest this week for me was two live tracks by The Seventeenth Century from Ally McCrae’s BBC Introducing in Scotland show, the podcast kicked off with a track from Aerials Up,Continue reading “On This Week’s Scottish Musical Discovery”
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On The Scottish Enlightenment’s “St. Thomas”
A year and a half ago, I began listening to the BBC’s Scotland Introducing Podcast, a fifteen minute survey of the latest and greatest from some of Scotland’s best unsigned bands. Every Friday morning, I look for the link in my RSS reader, and I’ve discovered some very good music this way, bands like WashingtonContinue reading “On The Scottish Enlightenment’s “St. Thomas””
On Multiple Monday Musings
I have nothing profound to say today. I feel as though I’ve been on a roll the past few days.
On This Week’s Musical Discovery
I’ve learned over the years that writing is occasionally less a planned activity than it is a series of serendipitous accidents. Consider the BBC’s Scotland Introducing podcast. I can’t tell you why, over a year ago, I started listening to this podcast. But I do. Every Friday, I download the new episode and give itContinue reading “On This Week’s Musical Discovery”
On Songs, Stuck In The Mind
I have two songs stuck in my head. The first. Carbon Leaf’s “Lake of Silver Bells.” It’s from their new album, Nothing Rhymes With Woman, and when I’ve listened to the album the past week and I’ve reached that track, I will instantly repeat that track. Three or four times, even. So maybe it’s notContinue reading “On Songs, Stuck In The Mind”
On Today’s Musical Discovery
This morning I downloaded the latest episode of Vic Galloway’s Scotland Introducing podcast. It’s one of the things I look forward every Friday, to see what unsigned Scottish bands Vic is going to profile this particular week. I wasn’t that taken with this week’s episode. There were some live session tracks, and they were justContinue reading “On Today’s Musical Discovery”
On Things I Did On Friday
I was in a Scottish mood yesterday. My RSS feed reader told me that the latest episode of Scotland Introducing, a podcast devoted to unsigned Scottish indie bands, was available. I followed that, throughout the day, by listening to Idlewild, Camera Obscura, Y’All Is Fantasy Island, and I’m probably forgetting one or two other ScottishContinue reading “On Things I Did On Friday”
On Celebrating Scottish Heritage
Today, April 6th, is celebrated as Tartan Day. This holiday commemorates America’s Scottish heritage, from the colonization of the New World to the Declaration of Independence and beyond. I first learned of Tartan Day some years ago at the North Carolina Renaissance Faire, and the idea intrigued me. If the Irish get St. Patrick’s Day,Continue reading “On Celebrating Scottish Heritage”
On Discovering a New Band
I have odd listening habits. Take, for instance, the BBC’s Scotland Introducing podcast, which plays music from unsigned Scottish bands. I’m not sure how I found this podcast, but it’s the kind of thing I’d be interested in. Scottish bands like Travis are just really my kind of thing. On the latest episode, Vic GallowayContinue reading “On Discovering a New Band”
On Tartan Day
Three weeks ago we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day — the one day a year when everyone is Irish. 😉 Today we celebrate Tartan Day — a day where we look back upon the great things that the Scots have done for civilization. If that means hitting the back nine of a golf course, then rockContinue reading “On Tartan Day”