Adam Sutherland's Interesting People Podcast Adam Sutherland

The Small Halls Festival on the Isle of Skye stands alone in Scotland for its approach to performances and the way it integrates both community and artists. I was very happy indeed to have been invited up in November 2019 to do some live podcasting.  This was a real treat for me, as I had the chance to pick the brains of some of my favourite musicians, inviting them to share some of their unique life experiences as well as their exceptional musical skills - all in front of a rapt local audience.
This, the second and final of these special Small Halls Festival podcasts features another two very well known faces on the traditional music scenes.
Fiddler/composer Lauren MacColl and Fiddler/composer/guitarist/singer Innes Watson have each carved their own unique notch onto the tree of modern Scottish Traditional Music.
It was so great to hear them share some of their unique life experience and insight behind their work.
It's also always a huge delight to play music with these utterly superb musicians, and there's plenty of that going on in this episode.
Enjoy!

The Small Halls Festival on the Isle of Skye stands alone in Scotland for its approach to performances and the way it integrates both community and artists. I was very happy indeed to have been invited up in November 2019 to do some live podcasting.  This was a real treat for me, as I had the chance to pick the brains of some of my favourite musicians, inviting them to share some of their unique life experiences as well as their exceptional musical skills - all in front of a rapt local audience.  
 
The first of these special Small Halls Festival podcasts features two very well known faces - nationally and internationally - on the classical and traditional music scenes. 
 
Virtuoso cellist Su-a Lee and accordionist / composer Donald Shaw were utterly delightful company, and it was a joy to hear some of their tales and music.  
 
Enjoy!”

Delighted to be chatting on this episode to Fergus Muirhead – a genuine expert on the topic of money.  His credentials are utterly impeccable, and you are bound to find some, if not all of what he has to say to be enlightening.  In my case, his advice has been life-changing.  His advice in this episode is not just relevant to the financial implications regarding the onset COVID (as of March 2020), but is very helpful the long term.
He is the creator of moneysucks.net – “full of accessible, easy to read information and advice on all aspects of money and consumer rights. Fergus is making it his mission to help you understand what you need to be doing to make your money work for you, and to make sure that you understand where you stand as a consumer if you feel you’re getting poor service or your complaints are not being taken seriously.”
Some more about Fergus below, taken from www.fergusmuirhead.com –
“Fergus Muirhead is an experienced writer and broadcaster. He has written on all aspects of money and consumer issues for a number of newspapers and magazines as diverse as Scotland on Sunday, The Herald, The Sunday Herald, the Sun, The News of the World and the Journal of the Probate Section of the Law Society. He wrote a regular column in Moneywise Magazine and for five years he was Consumer Champion at best selling magazine Women’s Own.
Fergus appears regularly on a number of radio and TV programmes. These have included GMTV, BBC Breakfast, Homes Live and Location, Location, Location for TV and Macaulay & Co, The Phil Williams Show and many BBC News programmes on radio.”
He’s also a very finer player of the bagpipes, can deliver a full Burns supper experience and has helped many a self-employed Scottish traditional musician improve their understanding of money-related issues.
An altogether thoroughly decent man.
Enjoy.

Great to be back at Celtic Connections Festival again, chatting to special guests in front of a highly discerning audience in the fabulous Macintosh at the Willow Tea Rooms.  
This time I was chatting to one of my biggest ever fiddle heroes - Charlie McKerron.  
Stories, laughs, tunes and insights into his marvellous musical mind. Utterly compelling.  
Enjoy!

The first of two podcasts recorded on stage at Baltimore Fiddle Fair 2019 in County Cork, Ireland.
What a privilege to have had the chance to invite onto the stage with me the legendary fiddler / composer John Sheahan.  
He's a complete marvel of a man.  Full of music, stories and poetry and a mischievous twinkle in his eye.   This is him with myself on the left and the fantastic guitarist Marc Clement on the right, immediately as we came off stage.  Buzzing!
What an atmosphere.  And what a great wee festival!
 

The second edition of Adam Sutherland's Interesting People, live from Celtic Connections 2019, as part of the Brew and a Blether daytime events.  
This time an thoroughly engrossing and often hilarious chat with one of Scotland's best loved fiddle players, the one and only Duncan Chisholm.  Great to hear about what goes through his mind while he plays his legendary slow airs, as well as many an anecdote from his early life learning from Donald Riddell.  
I'm absolutely delighted with the way these festival podcasts have turned out and all the positive feedback I've received. 
Thanks to Celtic Connections Festival for giving the go ahead for this, all at Macintosh at the Willow, and to Paul Jennings and Jacky Pankhurst for their help behind the scenes.  
Enjoy!