The Scotsman Sessions: links to numbers 1-350


The Scotsman Sessions were born out of necessity. By the middle of March 2020, with theatres and music venues about to go dark for the foreseeable future, it was clear that the Scotsman's arts team was going to have to work in a different way; if there were no longer any live performances to write about, we decided, we would just have to commission video performances from some of the people we'd been planning to cover and write about those instead. Our last reviews of live events appeared in The Scotsman on Monday 16 March. Then, on Friday 20 March, we released our first four Scotsman Sessions on scotsman.com.
From her back garden in Pathhead, Midlothian, Karine Polwart sent us an extract from her acclaimed show Wind Resistance which had been about to open at the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh; Johnny Lynch, better known as Pictish Trail, sent us an acoustic version of his new single Double Sided from his seaside studio on the Isle of Eigg; BBC SSO violinist Alastair Savage recorded a stunning rendition of A Man's a Man at his kitchen table in Glasgow; and harpist Esther Swift sent us a brand new song called This Space from her living room in Edinburgh. Each of these films appeared on scotsman.com alongside a short essay by one of our writers – miniature programme notes for miniature performances.
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Hide AdAlmost three years later, the sessions have long-since taken on a life of their own. Filmed in locations all over Scotland, and spanning music, theatre, dance, poetry and comedy, they have been better than we could possibly have imagined. For the first few months, artists were mostly confined to their homes and gardens, so the films we received reflected this. Gradually, however, as lockdown restrictions were relaxed, people started venturing further afield: Sorren Maclean and Hannah Fisher shot their film in a spectacular seaside location on the Isle of Mull; Scottish Chamber Orchestra cellist Su-a Lee played Dvořák accompanied by birds in a forest in Strathspey; and singer and multi-instrumentalist Be Charlotte performed her new single Lights Off beside beside the reservoir in Monikie Country Park near Dundee.
Up until the summer of 2021 we published four Scotsman Sessions every week, but then, as things began to open up and our critics were able to start reviewing live shows again, we scaled that back, and we now publish one session per week. As we release our 350th session, we would like to say a huge and heartfelt thank you to all the amazing artists who have collaborated with us so far; thank you to our brilliant writers for adapting so quickly and creatively to a new way of working; thank you to the head of our audio-visual department, Andy O'Brien, for uploading all the films; and thank you to all the Scotsman readers who have tuned in to the sessions so far, and made for such a supportive and enthusiastic audience. – Roger Cox, arts editor
Scotsman Sessions, numbers 1-350
#1: Pictish Trail
#2: Alastair Savage
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-2-alastair-savage-2503764
#3: Esther Swift
#4: Karine Polwart
#5: Stuart Hepburn
#6: Roddy Woomble
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Hide Ad#7: Roseanne Watt
#8: Katherine Bryan
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-8-katherine-bryan-2520263
#9: Lomond Campbell
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-9-lomond-campbell-2523562
#10: Tom McGovern
#11: Andrew Greig
#12: Katherine Wren
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-12-katherine-wren-2529260
#13: Stina Tweeddale
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Hide Ad#14: Maximiliano Martin
#15: Oliver Emanuel, Kirsty Findlay and Gareth Williams
#16: Dean Owens
#17: Cillian Ó Ceallacháin
#18: James Yorkston
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-18-james-yorkston-2540616
#19: Amanda Wright and Louise Ludgate
#20: Marjolein Robertson
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Hide Ad#21: Siobhan Wilson
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-21-siobhan-wilson-2545042
#22: Eve Mutso
#23: Justin Currie
#24: Janette Foggo
#25: Emma Pollock
#26: Pekka Kuusisto
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-26-pekka-kuusisto-2623076
#27: Mike Vass
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#29: Carla J Easton
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-29-carla-j-easton-2845261
#30: Susan Tomes
#31: Christopher KC
#32: Barrie Hunter
#33: Sam McTrusty
#34: Sorren Maclean and Hannah Fisher
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Hide Ad#35: John Michie
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/scotsman-sessions-35-john-michie-2855455
#36: Iona Fyfe
#37: Michael Pedersen
#38: Robert Robertson
#39: C Duncan
#40: Kirsty Stuart
#41: Jane Atkins
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Hide Ad#42: Lavinia Blackwall
#43: Fergus McCreadie
#44: Stephen Clyde
#45: Erland Cooper
#46: Daniel Keating Roberts
#47: Genevieve Reeves, Glenda Gheller, Jessie Roberts-Smith, Johanna Wernmo, Kieran Brown, Luigi Nardone, Pauline Torzuoli, Solene Weinachter
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Hide Ad#48: Nicole Cooper
#49: Beldina Odenyo Onassis
#50: Jim Carruth
#51: Charlene Boyd & Keith Fleming
#52: Errol White & Davina Givan
#53: Su-a Lee
#54: Tamzene
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Hide Ad#55: Duglas T Stewart
#56: Biff Smith
#57: Randolph’s Leap
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-57-randolphs-leap-2894514
#58: Susie McCabe
#59: Solareye
#60: Mara Menzies
#61: Tenement & Temple
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Hide Ad#62: Jackie Kay
#63: Sean Shibe
#64: Polly Frame
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/scotsman-sessions-64-polly-frame-2903881
#65: Steven Osborne
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-65-steven-osborne-2908212
#66: Imogen Stirling
#67: Robert Elkin
#68: Ela Orleans
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Hide Ad#69: Rachel Jackson
#70: Rab Noakes
#71: Warren McIntyre
#72: Shona Reppe
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/scotsman-sessions-72-shona-reppe-2917409
#73: Callum Easter
#74: Mele Broomes
#75: Amy Matthews and Stuart McPherson
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Hide Ad#76: Itxaso Moreno
#77: Kathleen Jamie
#78: James Grant & Ursula Grant
#79: Hanna Tuulikki
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-79-hanna-tuulikki-2930283
#80: Annie George
#81: Barbara Dickson
#82: Daniel Navarro Lorenzo
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Hide Ad#83: Djordje Gajic and Andrea Gajic
#84: Elspeth Turner and Evie Waddell
#85: Stuart Ramage
#86: Kapil Seshasayee and Edwin McLachlan
#87: Maxim Emelyanychev and Nikita Naumov
#88: Jo Clifford
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/scotsman-sessions-88-jo-clifford-2943265
#89: John Butt
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Hide Ad#90: Hamish Napier
#91: Be Charlotte
#92: Nicola Roy
#93: Kev Sherry
#94: Kirsty Law
#95: Hannah Jarrett-Scott and Christina Gordon
#96: Keir McAllister
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Hide Ad#97: Georgia Cécile & Fraser Urquhart
#98: Adam Stafford
#99: Matthew Zajac
#100: KT Tunstall
#101: Tam Dean Burn
#102: Roseanne Reid
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-102-roseanne-reid-2967146
#103: Suzanne Butler and Sandy Butler
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Hide Ad#104: Brian Kellock
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-104-brian-kellock-2967607
#105: Miaoux Miaoux
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-105-miaoux-miaoux-2974333
#106: Dávur Juul Magnussen
#107: Zoe Graham
#108: Pierce Reid and Matthew McVarish
#109: Martha Healy
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Hide Ad#110: Kim Allan, Rehanna Macdonald, Ewan Somers and Betty Valencia
#111: Mairi Campbell
#112: Charlie Clark
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-112-charlie-clark-2983020
#113: Robert Crawford
#114: Susan Riddell
#115: Suzanne Bonnar
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Hide Ad#116: Jennifer Black, Andy Clark, Ali Craig, Tam Dean Burn, Kim Gerard, Sophia McLean and Gerry Mulgrew
#117: Jonnie Common
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-117-jonnie-common-2996736
#118: Union of Knives & Helen Marnie
#119: Curious Seed
#120: Kirsty Findlay and Bethany Tennick
#121: Lotos
#122: Ashley Storrie and Janey Godley
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Hide Ad#123: Abigail Young and Balázs Renczés
#124: Emma McCaffrey and Gill Robertson
#125: The Maxwell Quartet
#126: Andrew Wasylyk
#127: Sean Hay and Keith Fleming
#128: Cloth
#129: Wendy Wason
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Hide Ad#130: Maeve Gilchrist
#131: Future Get Down
#132: Andy Cannon
#133: Leyla Josephine
#134: Amelia Bayler
#135: Norman Mackay
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-135-norman-mackay-3025511
#136: Robert Softley Gale
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Hide Ad#137: Man of Moon
#138: Leo Kearse
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/scotsman-sessions-138-leo-kearse-3031715
#139: Dritan Kastrati
#140: Savourna Stevenson
#141: Conscious Route & True Note
#142: Fraser Fifield
#143: Hannah Lavery
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Hide Ad#144: William Conway
#145: Lizabett Russo
#146: Rosie Bans
#147: Robert Alan Jamieson
#148: Sita Pieraccini
#149: Jamie Sutherland
#150: Amy Macdonald
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#151: Ali Affleck & Lorenzo Cortes
#152: Leah Byrne, Ewan Donald, Anne Kidd, Irene Macdougall, Bailey Newsome, Ann Louise Ross, Emily Winter
#153: Iklan featuring Law Holt
#154: Big Fat Panda
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-154-big-fat-panda-3064265
#155: Ron Jappy
#156: Kim Gerrard, Beth Marshall and Catherine King
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Hide Ad#157: Calum Huggan
#158: Jared Celosse
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-158-jared-celosse-3070787
#159: Sophie Martin
#160: Crawford Logan, Nicola Roy, Eva Traynor, Brian James O’Sullivan, Belle Jones, Steven McNicoll and Saskia Ashdown
#161: Constant Follower
#162: John Alexander
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Hide Ad#163: Mike Clerk
#164: Jessica Hardwick
#165: Jen Athan
#166: Dick Lee
#167: David Rankine and Fiona Wood
#168: Crawford Mack and Luke Maher
#169: Madrigirls
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Hide Ad#170: Brian Johnstone
#171: Blythe Jandoo
#172: Aidan O'Rourke
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-172-aidan-orourke-3108983
#173: Tommy Danbury
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-173-tommy-danbury-3113866
#174: Bow Anderson
#175: Colin Macleod
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-175-colin-macleod-3118080
#176: Alan Bissett
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Hide Ad#177: Kim Edgar
#178: The Fratellis
#179: Kerri Watt
#180: Hamshya Rajkumar
#181: Mungo's Hi Fi & Cian Finn
#182: Jack Cochrane
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-182-jack-cochrane-3131038
#183: Alycia Pirmohamed
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Hide Ad#184: Joyce Falconer, Andy Clark & Nicola Roy
#185: Kyle Falconer
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scotsman-sessions-185-kyle-falconer-3138385
#186: Sofia Ros
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/the-scotsman-sessions-186-sofia-ros-3139791
#187: Xan Tyler
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/the-scotsman-sessions-187-xan-tyler-3139803
#188: Jenny Lindsay
#189: Mogwai
#190: Imtiaz Dharker
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Hide Ad#191: John Mulhearn
#192: Karen Dunbar
#193: Adriana Spina
#194: Stephen Buchanan
#195: Nathan Evans
#196: Amy Lennox and Meghan Tyler
#197: Becci Wallace
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Hide Ad#198: Rosie Nimmo
#199: Edvard Adde
#200: Alexander McCall Smith
#201: Rachel Walker
#202: Shaun Stickland
#203: DopeSickFly
#204: Gerda Stevenson
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Hide Ad#205: Tam Killean
#206: Philip Higham
#207: MALKA
#208: Andy Clark
#209: Louise Quinn
#210: Stephen McLaren
#211: Solène Weinachter
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Hide Ad#212: Mori Christian
#213: Beth Malcolm
#214: Christopher Gough
#215: PRIME
#216: Hamish Hawk
#217: Fraser Bruce
#218: Angelica Mode
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#220: Lois Chimimba
#221: Christine Bovill & Simon Wallace
#222: Adrian Crowley
#223: Willie Campbell
#224: Anna Russell-Martin
#225: HYYTS
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Hide Ad#226: Ainsley Hamill and Malcolm Lindsay
#227: Colin Bramwell
#228: Molly Isabella Bryson, Hanna Clark, Morven MacDonald, Gregor McMillan, Brooke Tennant, Orla Russell and Rosie Mackay