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Radio Scotland,21 May 2026,115 mins

Finnish Folk Music and the Orkney Folk Festival

Travelling Folk

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Anna is live from Kirkwall as the Orkney Folk Festival gets underway. She’s joined for some live music by Finland’s Mikko Malmivaara and Veera Kuisma - one half of the captivating Finnish dance band Polenta. She also pays tribute to national treasure Aonghas Grant - known as the left-handed Lochaber fiddle player - who passed earlier this week aged 94.

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    Beef
    Beef
    The Chair
  3. 2.
    Joyful Noise (For Courtney)
    Joyful Noise (For Courtney)
    Dirk Powell
  4. 3.
    Highway Home
    Highway Home
    Polenta