Fairport Convention and some other Folk

Love, Death and the Lady - The Life and Music of Shirley Collins
A half-hour profile of a singer-songwriter, then seemingly a half-hour of her in performance, though the show could have done with a few more explanations for things.

Dirty Old Town at 75
Mike Sweeney looks into the story of this Salford classic written by folk legend Ewen McColl. His widow Peggy Seeger was able to say a lot, and was also present to record a new version with an orchestral backing. Other contributors included biographers, arrangers, archivists, and actress Maxine Peake.

Tiree Music Festival - Sharon Shannon & Skerryvore
The latter band were the main act, really, as some of them were from the area, but Sharon joined them on her piano accordion for a few numbers. Quite good.

Perthshire Amber - Mischa MacPherson Trio
A short set from this celtic outfit, at Blairgowrie Town Hall.

Tiree Music Festival - Blazin' Fiddles
A return gig in 2016, having last played there in 2012. They spoke of how the scene had changed over the past decade, as new acts come in who are slicker. But they were entertaining enough in their way.

Skipinnish aig Barrowland
A Scottish bunch hit the big time in Glasgow, and get an entertaining hour of performance material, and band members have names like Norrie and Angus, and they get special guests from other Scottish bands like Runrig. I thought it was quite good.

Skipinnish Agus Caraidean
At the Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom, a shorter set, with Angus & Andrew discussing attitude to rehearsals along the way.

Skipinnish at the Castle
Edinburgh Castle, no less, as they were celebrating their 25th anniversary, so maybe they've been more successful than I would realise.

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers ft Edie Brickell
This 2014 show from Riverside, California, saw Steve obligingly linking the material, which was full of stuff like Daddy Played The Banjo and Auden's Train.

This Land
The thorny world of copyright, through the example of Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land. It reminded me a bit about the saga of Leadbelly's material, too. Pete Seeger and Nora Guthrie were called on from archive to help tell the tale.