{"id":32829,"date":"2020-10-10T19:54:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T00:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=32829"},"modified":"2020-10-10T19:54:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T00:54:33","slug":"a-favorite-podcast-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=32829","title":{"rendered":"A Favorite Podcast Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week, a podcast I&#8217;ve listened to since (at least) 2008 drew to an end &#8212; Tuesday saw the release of the final episode of BBC Radio Scotland&#8217;s <em>Scotland Introducing<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/scot-intro-2011-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Scotland Introducing thumbnail, circa 2011\" class=\"wp-image-32827\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every other week, deejay and writer Vic Galloway would play four tracks from unsigned Scottish bands. Some of the music was to my taste. Some wasn&#8217;t. And some was so catchy that it prompted me to explore more of the artist&#8217;s catalogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t tell you the number of bands that really caught my attention, that I ordered EPs or bought music off of Bandcamp over the past twelve years. Off the top of my head \u2014 and some of these bands are now sadly defunct \u2014 Aerials Up, Admiral Fallow, The Scottish Enlightenment, The Seventeenth Century, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Beatnic Prestige, The French Wives, Macanta (a Gaelic language band, no less!), Emily Scott, Withered Hand, Mersault, The Moth and the Mirror, q without u. I know that barely scratches the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My most recent discovery was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siiga.co.uk\/\">Siiga<\/a>, whose forthcoming album I just ordered on Friday. His song, &#8220;Gemini Rising,&#8221; was on an episode of <em>Scotland Introducing<\/em> earlier this summer, and it punched me right in all the feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Siiga - Gemini Rising (Official Music Video)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/epG5OQBWB24?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been a great musical journey these last dozen years with the <em>Scotland Introducing<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve checked out Vic Galloway&#8217;s radio show on BBC Radio Scotland a number of times &#8212; with time zone differences, I can listen to it in the afternoons at work &#8212; and will do so again in the future, so the music will live on. There&#8217;s always new bands and new music to discover!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-fullwidth\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/scot-intro-2015-logo-1200x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Scotland Introducing thumbnail, circa 2016\" class=\"wp-image-32828\"\/><figcaption>Scotland Introducing thumbnail, circa 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, a podcast I&#8217;ve listened to since (at least) 2008 drew to an end &#8212; Tuesday saw the release of the final episode of BBC Radio Scotland&#8217;s Scotland Introducing podcast. Every other week, deejay and writer Vic Galloway would play four tracks from unsigned Scottish bands. 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