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.

Featured music:

• Chuir m'Athair Mise Dha'n Taigh Charraideach (My Father Sent Me to the House of Sorrow), incorporating Seudan a'Chuain (Jewels of the Ocean)
• Eileanor na Rún (Darling Eileanor)
• Malfunction Junction
• Oran Mòr Mhicleoid (The MacLeod's Great Song)
• Gaol ise Gaol i (She's My Love)
• Ealaigh Liom (Elope With Me)
• An Eas Bheag (The Little Cascade)
• Slán le Maigh (Farewell to the Maigue)

Performers:

• Steve Cooney
• James Graham
• Allan Henderson (official site)
• Trevor Hutchinson (band site)
• Neil Johnstone
• Mary Ann Kennedy (biography)
• Allan MacDonald
• Iain MacDonald (record label)
• Kathleen MacInnes
• Donnie Murdo MacLeod
• Karen Matheson (official site)
• Triona Ni Dhomhnaill
• Padraigin Ni Uallachain (interview)
• Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
• Eamon O Donnchadha
• Liam O Maonlai (official site)
• Donald Shaw (record label)
• Jim Sutherland (official site)
• Niall Vallely (official site)

 Ep 1 | Ep 2 | Ep 3 | Ep 4 | Ep 5 | Ep 6

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