The Highland Sessions is a series celebrating the links between Irish and Scottish music. Each episode opens with Da Mihi Manum (Give Me Your Hand), performed by Steve Cooney and Kathleen MacInnes. The musicians come and go in the songs featured throughout the rest of the programme: below is a list of all those taking part in this episode, following the playlist.

Featured music:

• O'Donnell's Return
• Siúil a Rún (Walk My Love)
• A Mhairead Og (Young Margaret)
• Bunker Hill
• Buile Mo Chroí (Beat of My Heart)
• Taimse im' Chodhladh
• Puirt a Beul (Mouth Music), incorporating Mhorag an dean thu tighinn?, St Kilda Wedding, Air an Fheill, and Buachaille Dubh Fionnghal

Performers:

• Mary Black (official site)
• Dermot Byrne
• Karan Casey (official site)
• Steve Cooney
• James Graham
• Allan Henderson (official site)
• Trevor Hutchinson (band site)
• Neil Johnstone
• Allan MacDonald
• Iain MacDonald (record label)
• Kathleen MacInnes
• Karen Matheson (official site)
• Mick O'Brien (album site)
• Eamon O Donnchadha
• Iarla O Lionaird (record label)
• Caoimhin O Raghallaigh (album site)
• Donald Shaw (record label)
• Niall Vallely (official site)

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BBC Links

Radio 2: Folk & Acoustic
News, reviews, profiles and audio clips

Celtic Roots
BBC Scotland's guide to all things trad, with reviews, profiles and audio clips

Folk & Country
Artist profiles, discographies and album reviews from bbc.co.uk/music

BBC Northern Ireland
Learn the Irish language or tune in to a variety of music programmes

Celtic Connections
Mary Ann Kennedy's Radio Scotland programme of Celtic and world music

World on your Street
Padraigin Ni Uallachain takes part in Radio 3's series of Musicians' Stories

External Links

tradmusic.com
Comprehensive guide to trad music, with news, gigs and artist profiles

Hands Up for Trad
Organisation dedicated to increasing the profile of Scottish traditional music

Traditional Music and Song Assocation of Scotland
The national body that preserves the country's musical heritage

Clarsach.net
Website devoted to the 500-year-old traditions of the Gaelic harp