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Shetland Folk Festival 2013-06-09 Shetland Folk Festival, Unknown, UK
Set 1Introduction from Mary Ann Kennedy
The Long Notes: Beoga on Ice / Rockin' the Boat / Quebec Reel
Interview with The Long Notes
The Long Notes: In The Shadow Of Stromboli / Trip To Trecastle
Intro to ...
The Leon Hunt N-Tet: Roll On Down The Road
The Leon Hunt N-Tet: Ground Speed
Interview with Leon Hunt
The Leon Hunt N-Tet: 99 Years (and One Dark Day)
The Rambling Boys of Pleasure: Pretty Fair Maid In The Garden
Interview with Rambling Boys of Pleasure
The Rambling Boys of Pleasure: For Rose
Interview with Skerryvore
Skerryvore: The Showman
Mary Ann Kennedy: Chat
Skerryvore: The Ginger Grouse Jigs
Outro

Set 2

Set 3

CommentBritish Music from the Shetland Folk Festival
2nd - 5th May 2013

Shetland Folk Festival 2013 Episode 1 of 2
First broadcast: Sunday 09 June 2013

As part of Radio 3's celebration of British music, Mary Ann Kennedy visits the Shetland Folk Festival, an annual gathering of musicians from all around the British Isles and beyond, performing in venues spread across the UK's most northerly islands. With concert highlights from The Long Notes, whose members come from England, Scotland and Ireland; a session with Ireland's Rambling Boys of Pleasure; a set from English bluegrass banjo virtuoso Leon Hunt; and fast and furious dance tunes from Scotland's Skerryvore.