Composer Rūta Vitkauskaitė tells us about her latest project, Modern Chants, and the accompanying soundwalk. She also chooses a selection of tracks which have influenced her musical life and her work as a composer.
Find out more about Modern Chants here, and tickets for the soundwalk can be found here.
Music Choices: 1. Siberian Shamanic Singing (Stepanida Borisova - Summer)
2. Lithuanian sutartines (Žydėja rože - Ūtara)
3. Indian konakkol (Konakkol Ensemble - The Karnataka College of Percussion)
4. Scottish canntaireachd (The Stewarts of Blair)
5. Scottish Puirt-à-Beul (Julie Fowlis - Puirt-à-Beul set: Ribinnean Riomhach)
Rūta Vitkauskaitė
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Scottish Music Centre
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Singer-Songwriter Kara Conway chooses tracks that have shaped her life and musical career.
Music Choices:
1. My Favourite Things - Julie Andrews
2. Send in the Clowns - Barbara Streisand
3. I Will Walk With My Love (traditional) - Laura Tansey and John Dalton
4. Miss You 2 - Gabrielle Aplin
5. James Dean - David Keenan
Bold (Kara's latest single):
https://soundcloud.com/user-366910087/kara-conway-this-life-04-kara-conway-bold-24-48k-wav/reposts
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo3F6NhoUBo&list=RDAMVMZo3F6NhoUBo
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/bold/1532807638?i=1532807639
https://open.spotify.com/album/1dhsSVbPFeVtg5F2jejLFF?highlight=spotify:track:2MQGYcIs9tQxqVNX5rHSn7
Kara Conway:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karaconwaymusic/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/karaconwaymusic
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaraConwayMusic/
Scottish Music Centre:
Website: https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottishmusic
Singer-Songwriter Lynnie Carson chooses four tracks that have shaped her life and musical career.
Music Choices:
1. A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
2. Standing in the Way of Control - Gossip
3. Jesus Hates Faggots - John Grant
4. Late Bloomer - Jenny Lewis
Greta (Lynnie's latest single):
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/greta-single/1541759848
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0OKdhzgBy0&feature=youtu.be
https://open.spotify.com/album/0k5Zqn9Fc1BTCzv7pFSb8l?si=fnvZuYMXQ2q1HUGIm7CPNA&nd=1
Lynnie Carson:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lynniecarson
Scottish Music Centre:
Website: https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottishmusic
Singer-songwriter Horse McDonald reflects on her successful career and the songs and artists that have inspired her along the way.
