The Small Halls Festival on the Isle of Skye stands alone in Scotland for its approach to performances and the way it integrates both community and artists. I was very happy indeed to have been invited up in November 2019 to do some live podcasting. This was a real treat for me, as I had the chance to pick the brains of some of my favourite musicia…

The Small Halls Festival on the Isle of Skye stands alone in Scotland for its approach to performances and the way it integrates both community and artists. I was very happy indeed to have been invited up in November 2019 to do some live podcasting. This was a real treat for me, as I had the chance to pick the brains of some of my favourite musicia…

Delighted to be chatting on this episode to Fergus Muirhead – a genuine expert on the topic of money. His credentials are utterly impeccable, and you are bound to find some, if not all of what he has to say to be enlightening. In my case, his advice has been life-changing. His advice in this episode is not just relevant to the financial implication…

The first of two podcasts recorded on stage at Baltimore Fiddle Fair 2019 in County Cork, Ireland. What a privilege to have had the chance to invite onto the stage with me the legendary fiddler / composer John Sheahan. He's a complete marvel of a man. Full of music, stories and poetry and a mischievous twinkle in his eye. This is him with myself on…

The second edition of Adam Sutherland's Interesting People, live from Celtic Connections 2019, as part of the Brew and a Blether daytime events. This time an thoroughly engrossing and often hilarious chat with one of Scotland's best loved fiddle players, the one and only Duncan Chisholm. Great to hear about what goes through his mind while he plays…

This episode of Adam Sutherland's Interesting People is a blether and a tune with Donald Shaw and Finlay MacDonald, live from Celtic Connections Festival 2019. In the brochure it's described as the following: Join Adam Sutherland as he chats to some of the festival’s artists in the intimate and stunning setting of the newly refurbished Mackintosh a…

My guest on this episode of Adam Sutherland's Interesting People is Scottish singer, violist, fiddler, step-dancer and actor, Mairi Campbell. During our chat, Mairi tells me about growing up in Edinburgh and dedicating herself to a solid classical music education. But always in the background there was some kind of deeper yearning. This has sometim…

My guest on this episode of Adam Sutherland's Interesting People is Scottish singer songwriter Josie Duncan. During our chat, Josie takes us on her journey from winning the local MOD on the Isle of Lewis aged five to picking up a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award at the 2017 ceremony alongside duo partner Pablo Lafuente. We also learn about some of her heroin…

For this episode of 'Adam Sutherland's Interesting People' I have the pleasure of the company of the famous left-handed fiddler of Lochaber, Aonghas Grant. Also joining me this time is my father, Alex Sutherland. Aonghas is very well known across the world as a respected fiddler, teacher and composer from the West Highlands of Scotland. My father a…

Check out my in depth conversation with Glasgow based artist and bass player, Somhairle MacDonald. Hear him describe his early life in the Scottish Highlands, what motivates him as an artist, his various haircuts, the evolution of a band called Croft No Five, meeting former Blockbusters host Bob Holness, performing at the Royal Albert Hall and vari…