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 https://rutavitkauskaite.weebly.com/ https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/ruta-vitkauskaite https://twitter.com/rutavitkauskai1 https://www.facebook.com/ruta.vitkauskaite.3 Scottish Music Centre https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/ https://twitter.com/scottishmusic https://en-gb.facebook.com/scottishmusiccentre

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://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B08P3WGW7T?do=play&trackAsin=B08P3V3D5D&ref=dm_sh_2Hstgz0JQSNcLX55Yf3Qw2Ruk 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.

Cellist Alice Allen chats about her musical career and the important role her chosen tracks have played throughout her life.

Based around tracks that are important to her, singer-songwriter Carol Laula tells us about her early musical life, her career and her work with community groups.

Alastair Savage, fiddler and composer, tells us about music that has influenced him throughout his career.

Drummer, artist manager and educator Clare Duffin selects three tracks that have a huge personal significance for her.

Composer Rory Boyle chooses a selection of tracks and we chat about why they mean a lot to him.

In this episode musical director, arranger and songwriter Hilary Brooks chats about the tracks that have been most important in her musical life.