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Posted: **Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:40 am**

Arran Boat Song ~ Performed by Darol Anger, Alasdair Fraser and the Valley Of The Moon ensemble. [3:01]

The image is of the standing stones of Arran Island.

Posted: **Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:52 am**

Ma'am, your soul, your decent presence, comments and, at least music, are just the beginning of why you are loved here...

Posted: **Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:50 am**

Really good live version of this song...

Posted: **Sat Feb 25, 2023 6:55 pm**

SA Super Hippy... (and missed by me..)

He played with this lady (still Cardiff based) who made this superb album...

Posted: **Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:27 pm**

The Kokatahi Band are a New Zealand treasure, first formed in 1910 they recreate the music found on the gold fields of the West Coast in the 1800's.
This is taken from the album "Kokatahi Band on Tour" published by Kiwi Records, 1971:

Pack Up Your Troubles/Keep the Home Fires Burning [3:12]

Kokatahi Band, Hokitika 28 Jan, 2023, medley [3:08]

Posted: **Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:42 pm**

I have just watched/listened to, the first of the videos that Karearea posted, and must admit that I had to wipe a tear away...

The Kiwis make a lot of sense to me. The kind of people that abide, and for whom I have the greatest respect.

Good people, when all is said and done.

Posted: **Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:52 pm**

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2023 1:16 am**

We have to kill and bury the bastards like this...

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2023 1:41 am**

Thanks for that!

Since we are on a musical interlude...

This could have been written for putin

..and this could work for the Ukrainian response..great backing music for all the exploding Russian armour vids

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:32 am**

Runrig...Live at Sterling Castle 1997

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2023 11:55 am**

Thanks for that one Ibbie, +10 for it ! !

I have several 'hard copy' CDs of Runrig in my collection as I await the takedown of 'streaming' by TPTB which will be imposed against the odd rebel out in the sticks !

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2023 1:49 pm**

Back when Runrig could organise a bit of extra bass for their intro's

Posted: **Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:52 pm**

Posted: **Wed Mar 01, 2023 5:27 am**

Patlansky in the morning with an evocative cover of the Leonard Cohen classic. Dan is from the top drawer of the world's bluesmen and hails from that wretchedly dysfunctional state known as South Africa.