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Karine Polwart

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Karine Polwart (born 23 December 1970) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. [1]

70 relations: Alistair Hulett, Arc Light (album), Ballads of the Book, Banknock, Battlefield Band, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, BBC Scotland, Cathie Ryan, Celtic Connections, Chris Difford, Colin Mackay (writer), Corrina Hewat, Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland, Darwin Song Project, David Knopfler, Dick Gaughan, Donald Trump, Emma Pollock, Fairest Floo'er, Fairytale of New York, Faultlines (album), Folk music, Future Pilot A.K.A., Glasgow, Happy Daze (Battlefield Band album), Heron, Hogmanay Live, Idlewild (band), Inge Thomson, Jane Haining, Janice Long, King Creosote, Kris Drever, Lau (band), Linn Records, Malinky, Mark the Hard Earth, Mike Harding, My Secret is my Silence, Occupy London, Paolo Nutini, Philosophy, Reprieve (organisation), RM Hubbert, Robert Burns, Roddy Woomble, Scotland, Scotland Yet, Scots Trad Music Awards, Scottish Album of the Year Award, ..., Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Green Party, Scottish independence, Scottish Women's Aid, Scribbled in Chalk, Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Simon Mayo, Singer-songwriter, Stirlingshire, The Beautiful South, The Burns Unit, The Fruit Tree Foundation, The Guardian, The Independent, The McCalmans, The Scotsman, The Sunday Times, This Earthly Spell, Traces (Karine Polwart album), University of Dundee. Expand index (20 more) »

Alistair Hulett

Alistair Hulett (15 October 1951 – 28 January 2010) was a Scottish acoustic folk singer and revolutionary socialist, best known as the singer of the folk punk band, Roaring Jack.

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Arc Light (album)

Arc Light is the second studio album by contemporary folk three-piece Lau, released on March 30, 2009 on Navigator Records.

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Ballads of the Book

Ballads of the Book is a collaborative studio album, released on 5 March 2007, on Chemikal Underground.

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Banknock

Banknock (Baile nan Cnoc) is a village within the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland.

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Battlefield Band

Battlefield Band are a Scottish traditional music group.

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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards

The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music, with the aim of raising the profile of folk and acoustic music.

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BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.

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Cathie Ryan

Cathie Ryan is an Irish American singer-songwriter, who has released five CDs and tours steadily with her band performing at festivals, folk clubs, performing arts centers and with symphony orchestras.

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Celtic Connections

The Celtic Connections festival started in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has since been held every January.

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Chris Difford

Christopher Henry "Chris" Difford (born 4 November 1954) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer.

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Colin Mackay (writer)

Colin Mackay (26 July 1951 – 28 July 2003) was a poet and novelist.

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Corrina Hewat

Corrina Hewat (born 21 December 1970, Edinburgh) is a Scottish harpist and composer who was awarded Music Tutor of the Year at Na Trads in 2013.

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Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland

The Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) are an annual event celebrating and promoting the best theatre “substantially produced in Scotland, or developed, rehearsed and premiered in Scotland”.

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Darwin Song Project

Darwin Song Project is a compilation album, released on 7 September 2009.

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David Knopfler

David Knopfler (born 27 December 1952) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, record producer, poet, and book writer.

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Dick Gaughan

Richard Peter Gaughan (born 17 May 1948 in Glasgow) is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter, particularly of folk and social protest songs.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017.

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Emma Pollock

Emma Pollock is a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician, and a founding member of the bands The Delgados, The Burns Unit and The Fruit Tree Foundation.

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Fairest Floo'er

Fairest Floo'er is the third studio album by Scottish folk musician Karine Polwart, released on 10 December 2007.

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Fairytale of New York

"Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their band the Pogues, featuring singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals.

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Faultlines (album)

Faultlines is the debut studio album by Scottish folk musician Karine Polwart, released on 19 January 2004.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Future Pilot A.K.A.

Future Pilot A.K.A. is the nom de plume of Glasgow indie musician Sushil K. Dade, a former member of the Soup Dragons, BMX Bandits and Telstar Ponies.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Happy Daze (Battlefield Band album)

Happy Daze, an album by The Battlefield Band, was released in 2001 on the Temple Records label.

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Heron

The herons are the long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons.

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Hogmanay Live

Hogmanay Live is BBC Scotland's annual live event programme broadcast from either Edinburgh Castle's Great Hall or BBC Pacific Quay on Hogmanay (New Year's Eve).

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Idlewild (band)

Idlewild are a Scottish indie rock band that formed in Edinburgh in 1995.

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Inge Thomson

Inge Thomson is a singer and multi instrumentalist who was born on the 23 October 1974 in Fair Isle in Shetland, Scotland.

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Jane Haining

Jane Haining (6 June 1897 – 16 August 1944) was a Church of Scotland missionary.

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Janice Long

Janice Long (née Chegwin; born 5 April 1955) is an English radio broadcaster best known for her work with BBC Radio.

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King Creosote

Kenny Anderson (born January 1967), known primarily by his stage name King Creosote, is an independent singer-songwriter from Fife, Scotland.

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Kris Drever

Kris Drever (born 31 October 1978) is a Scottish contemporary folk musician and songwriter who came to prominence in 2006 with the release of his debut solo album, Black Water.

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Lau (band)

Lau is a British folk band from both Scotland and England, formed in 2005.

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Linn Records

Linn Records is a Glasgow-based record label which specialises in classical music, jazz and Scottish music.

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Malinky

Malinky is a Scottish folk band specialising in Scots song, formed in autumn 1998.

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Mark the Hard Earth

Mark the Hard Earth is the second solo album by contemporary folk musician Kris Drever, released January 2010 at Celtic Connections.

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Mike Harding

Mike Harding (born 23 October 1944) is an English singer, songwriter, comedian, author, poet, broadcaster and multi-instrumentalist.

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My Secret is my Silence

My Secret is my Silence is the debut studio album by Idlewild lead vocalist Roddy Woomble, released 24 July 2006, on Pure Records.

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Occupy London

Occupy London was a movement for social justice and real democracy in London, England, and part of the international Occupy movement.

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Paolo Nutini

Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley.

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Philosophy

Philosophy (from Greek φιλοσοφία, philosophia, literally "love of wisdom") is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.

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Reprieve (organisation)

Reprieve is a nonprofit organisation of international lawyers and investigators whose stated goal is to "fight for the victims of extreme human rights abuses with legal action and public education".

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RM Hubbert

RM Hubbert (Robert McArthur Hubbert, born 12 May 1974 in Glasgow, Scotland), commonly known as Hubby, is a Scottish guitarist and singer.

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Robert Burns

Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.

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Roddy Woomble

Roderick "Roddy" Woomble (born 13 August 1976) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and writer.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scotland Yet

Scotland Yet is a 2014 documentary film directed by Scottish filmmaker and journalist Jack Foster, and produced by Christopher Silver.

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Scots Trad Music Awards

The Scots Trad Music Awards celebrate Scotland's traditional music in all its forms and create a high profile opportunity to bring the music and music industry into the spotlight of media and public attention.

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Scottish Album of the Year Award

The SAY (Scottish Album of the Year) Award is an award given annually for an outstanding album produced by a Scottish artist.

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Scottish Arts Council

The Scottish Arts Council (Comhairle Ealain na h-Alba, Scots Airts Cooncil) was a Scottish public body responsible for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland.

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Scottish Green Party

The Scottish Green Party (Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba; Scots Green Pairty) is a green political party in Scotland.

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Scottish independence

Scottish independence (Scots unthirldom; Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba) is a political aim of various political parties, advocacy groups, and individuals in Scotland (which is a country of the United Kingdom) for the country to become an independent sovereign state.

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Scottish Women's Aid

Scottish Women's Aid is a feminist charity campaigning to prevent domestic violence against women and their children.

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Scribbled in Chalk

Scribbled in Chalk is the second studio album by Scottish folk musician Karine Polwart, released on 7 March 2006.

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Shrewsbury Folk Festival

Shrewsbury Folk Festival is an annual festival of folk and world music and traditional dance held in the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England.

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Simon Mayo

Simon Andrew Hicks Mayo (born 21 September 1958) is an English radio presenter who has worked for BBC Radio since 1981. Mayo was the presenter of Simon Mayo Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 between 2010 and 2018 and with Mark Kermode, presenter of Kermode and Mayo's Film Review on BBC Radio 5 Live. Mayo currently presents a revamped drive time show on Radio 2 with Jo Whiley which began on 14 May 2018. In 2008, Mayo was recognised as the "Radio Broadcaster of the Year" at the 34th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and the "Speech Broadcaster of the Year" at the Sony Radio Academy Awards, receiving the latter for his "ability to paint colourful pictures of location and event and his ability to bring the very best out of his guests, encouraging conversation and interaction between them while skilfully nudging and controlling them" and for being "a master of light and shade, handling serious and lighter issues with aplomb." Mayo is the author of several books, including the acclaimed Itch trilogy of thrillers for younger readers. He is one of the highest paid BBC radio presenters.

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Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose, and perform their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies.

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Stirlingshire

Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling (Coontie o Stirlin, Siorrachd Sruighlea) is a historic county and registration countyRegisters of Scotland.

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The Beautiful South

The Beautiful South were an English pop group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Hull group the Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals.

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The Burns Unit

The Burns Unit was an eight-piece Scottish-Canadian folk music supergroup.

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The Fruit Tree Foundation

The Fruit Tree Foundation is a Scottish musical project founded by Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones and former Delgados vocalist and guitarist Emma Pollock in 2010.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The McCalmans

The McCalmans were a folk song trio from Scotland.

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The Scotsman

The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is the largest-selling British national newspaper in the "quality press" market category.

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This Earthly Spell

This Earthly Spell is the fourth studio album by Scottish folk musician Karine Polwart, released on 10 March 2008.

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Traces (Karine Polwart album)

Traces is the fifth studio album by Scottish folk musician Karine Polwart, released in 2012.

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University of Dundee

The University of Dundee (abbreviated as Dund. for post-nominals) is a public research university based in the city and royal burgh of Dundee on the east coast of the central Lowlands of Scotland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Polwart

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