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The Sensual World: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Jenny Sturgeon…
Image credit: Anne Campbell For the latest SWH! Podcast Ali spoke to Jenny Sturgeon about her latest project The Living Mountain, which...
Oct 20, 20202 min read


Artistic Freedom: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Kirsty Law…
For the latest SWH! Podcast Ali spoke to singer and songmaker Kirsty Law about her latest project, Helm Arts – the multi-disciplinary...
Oct 13, 20202 min read


The Music Man: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Robert Kilpatrick
For the latest podcast Ali catches up with Robert Kilpatrick who tells us about his role as General Manager at Scottish Music Industry...
Sep 28, 20202 min read


Down To Earth: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Paul McGeechan…
For the latest SWH! podcast Ali caught up with the composer and producer Paul McGeechan to talk about the latest Starless album...
Aug 4, 20202 min read


A New Decade: The SWH! Podcast & The Music Of The 2010s…
For the last of the Braidwood Brothers podcasts Ali caught up once more with brother Andy, this time to discuss their favourite music of...
Jul 30, 20201 min read


Star Man: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Warren McIntyre…
For the latest SWH! podcast Ali caught up with Warren McIntyre, frontman and leader of Starry Skies – one of our favourite bands. He was...
Jul 1, 20201 min read


Cooking Up A Storm: SWH! Previews Scottish Opera’s The Narcissistic Fish…
Tonight at 7pm Scottish Opera is premiering The Narcissistic Fish, a short film that is a collaboration between composer Samuel Bordoli,...
Jun 18, 20202 min read


Noughtie But Nice: The SWH! Podcast & The Music Of The ’00s…
For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali and his brother Andy got back together, virtually speaking, to talk music once more. Following...
Jun 10, 20201 min read


Yesterday Once More: The SWH! Podcast & The Music Of The ’90s…
For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali and his brother Andy got back together, virtually speaking, following the recent chat about...
May 5, 20201 min read


Musical Youth: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Andy Braidwood…
Please forgive the self-indulgence, but, for our first podcast using Zoom, SWH! caught up with gallery owner and gig-promoter Andy...
Apr 14, 20202 min read


New Musical Success: The Best New Music From The Last Month…
I guess something was bound to give, and the musical roundup for February was one of those things as we just didn’t get around to posting...
Mar 28, 20205 min read


The Mitchell Brothers: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Mitchell Museum…
For the latest podcast Ali spoke to Cammy and Raindeer from one of SWH!’s favourite bands, Mitchell Museum. The two were on to talk about...
Mar 20, 20202 min read


The Scottish Opera Interviews #11: Associate Chorus Master, Susannah Wapshott…
For the latest of our podcasts in collaboration with Scottish Opera we spoke to Associate Chorus Master and repetiteur, Susannah...
Mar 13, 20201 min read


The GFF 2020 Podcasts: The This World Won’t Break Interview…
For the last in our series of Glasgow Film Festival 2020 podcasts Ali spoke to director Josh David Jordan, actor & producer Jessica Marie...
Mar 9, 20202 min read


Two Tribes: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Nixon In China…
When Scottish Opera‘s 2019/20 programme was announced one production jumped out as particularly exciting and new – John Adams’ Nixon in...
Feb 21, 20204 min read


The Scottish Opera Interviews #10: General Director, Alex Reedijk…
For the latest of our podcasts in collaboration with Scottish Opera we spoke to the company’s General Director Alex Reedijk, and it...
Feb 17, 20201 min read


New Musical Success: The Best New Music From The Last Month…
T.S. Eliot may have claimed that April is the cruelest month, but surely January has got to be up there, and this one more than most....
Feb 2, 20206 min read


Rare & Precious Artefacts: The Return Of Mitchell Museum…
There are fewer things guaranteed to raise the spirits round our way than new music from Mitchell Museum. They are one of those bands who...
Jan 25, 20201 min read


The Scottish Opera Interviews #9: Emerging Artist, Arthur Bruce…
For the latest Scottish Opera podcast SWH! spoke to one of the company’s Emerging Artists, Arthur Bruce. The SO Emerging Artist programme...
Jan 20, 20201 min read


Get Connected: A Preview Of Celtic Connections 2020…
“January, sick and tired you’ve been hanging on me”, as Pilot sang back in 1974 – a genius lyric which just about says it all. But never...
Jan 14, 20202 min read
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