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Wayfaring Strangers

Cerys is joined by the Scottish broadcaster and author Fiona Ritchie, there is live music from CC Smugglers and singer Yasmine Hamdan shares some beautiful Arabic sounds.

Cerys Matthews is joined by the Scottish broadcaster and author Fiona Ritchie; there's a live session from the brilliantly boisterous CC Smugglers; and singer Yasmine Hamdan shares some beautiful Arabic sounds.

Fiona discusses her recent book Wayfaring Stranger which follows an epic migration from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia uncovering its musical legacy. The book was co-written with Doug Orr.

Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the southern Appalachian region of the United States.

Their enduring legacy of music flows today from Appalachia back to Ireland and Scotland and around the globe.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 30 Nov 2014 10:00

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Music Played

  • Asmahan

    Ya Habibi Taala

  • Long John Baldry

    Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air (feat. Ottilie Patterson/Rod Stewart)

    • Looking At Long John Baldry (The UA Years 1964-1966).
    • EMI.
    • 21.
  • Blue Blood

    Deck The Halls/We Wish You A Merry Christmas

    • St. Nick's Got The Blues.
    • U.M.T.V..
  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy

    • Soul Limbo.
    • Stax.
    • 1.
  • Sam Cooke

    A Change Is Gonna Come

    • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
    • RCA.
  • Samantha Crain

    Kid Face

    • Kid Face.
    • Full Time Hobby.
    • 7.
  • John Davis and the Monster Orchestra

    Night and Day

    • Night And Day.
    • Sam Records.
    • 3.
  • Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group

    Worried Man Blues (Takes A Worried Man)

    • Great British Skiffle: Just About As Good As It Gets!.
    • Fellside.
    • 19.
  • Bob Dylan

    Blackjack Davey

    • Good As I Been To You.
    • Columbia.
    • 3.
  • Duke Ellington

    REM Blues

    • Money Jungle.
    • United Artists Records.
    • 5.
  • Faces

    Stay with Me

    • Polygram TV.
  • Matelo Ferret

    Berusovie

    • Tziganskaia And Other Rare Recordings.
    • Hot Club Records.
    • 24.
  • Bryan Ferry

    Johnny & Mary

    • Avonmore.
    • BMG.
    • 10.
  • Chilly Gonzales

    White Keys

    • Solo Piano II.
    • GENTLE017CDRT.
    • 1.
  • Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

    The Birthday Party

    • The Birthday Party (single).
    • Sugar Hill Records.
    • 1.
  • Yasmine Hamdan

    Samar (Glastonbury 2014)

    • Ya Nass.
    • 3.
  • Harry J. Allstars

    Liquidator

    • Island.
  • David Holt & Doc Watson

    Shady Grove

    • Memories.
    • Gott Discs.
    • 2.
  • John Lee Hooker

    Love Blues

    • Love Blues (single).
    • Pye International.
    • 1.
  • Wizz Jones

    When I Leave Berlin (feat. Lazy Farmer)

    • When I Leave Berlin.
    • The Village Thing.
    • 1.
  • Dougie MacLean

    Caledonia

    • Caledonia.
    • Plant Life.
    • 6.
  • The Meters

    Just Kissed My Baby

    • Rejuvenation.
    • Reprise Records.
    • 3.
  • Mohammed Abdel Wahab

    Balash Tebousni

  • Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh & Dolly Parton

    Barbara Allen

    • Heartsongs (Live From 91Èȱ¬).
    • Columbia.
    • 13.
  • Omar El Zenneh

    Beirut

  • Patrick Street

    Benton's Jig/Benton's Dream

    • No. 2 Patrick Street.
    • Green Linnet.
    • 5.
  • Lucas Santtana

    Partículas de Amor

    • Sobre Noites e Dias.
    • Nø Førmat!.
    • 3.
  • Sinkane

    New Name

    • Mean Love.
    • City Slang.
    • 001.
  • Slim Cessna's Auto Club

    A Smashing Indictment of Character

    • Unentitled.
    • Alternative Tentacles.
    • 1.
  • Souad Abdullah

    Unknown

  • Jacqueline Taïeb

    7 Heures Du Matin

    • Jacqueline Taïeb.
    • RCA.
    • 6.
  • نجاة الصغيرة

    Ana Baashaq El Bahr

    • The Rough Guide To The Music Of Egypt.
    • World Music Network.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Nov 2014 10:00