War crimes before our eyes, intensified deliberately by Israel, whilst the UK persists in its complicity with genocide 💔🇵🇸

Dundonians - how would you pronounce 'The Gaumont' - the old cinema that used to be in the town? Like "Cow-mont' or like "Haw-mont' or in some other particular Dundee fashion? Ta!

Bairns singing #SmilesBetter from the #SnappyOpera me & Pippa Murphy made for Mahogany Opera The dastardly (actually just misguided) Smiles Better Inc. bring their shiny Smile Hoover, Smile Remover & Smile Improver, to town. But no-one actually needs it …

Ocht so sorry to hear about the death of Rod Paterson. One of the sweetest ever singers in Scots. As a soloist and also with Jock Tamson's Bairns and The Easy Club, in particular. Love to family and friends. Here he is - "My Nannie, O" youtu.be/R1WVgky1Pxw?fe… via YouTube

The Stars Are Ours for the right to access land as communities - to roam, to camp, to live in peace. Me and ⁦Dave Milligan⁩ on tour later in June to ⁦MKStables⁩ ⁦The Stoller Hall⁩ ⁦The Fire Station⁩ ⁦Brewery Arts⁩ & Cheshire’s Clonter Opera.

Just because it's become a TikTok smash the magnificent "Smalltown Boy' by Bronski Beat + "Here Comes The Rain' by mighty Dave Stewart/Eurythmics Annie Lennox with Inge Thomson Graeme Smillie Admiral Fallow Louis Abbott, Calum Mc & Stevie P. youtube.com/watch?v=YJl-Qx…

Three tickets left for this evenings Compassion Salon at 7pm, Steel Coulson Southside in Edinburgh - brilliant bar, brilliant beer, brilliant company.

on MAPS and what they tell us + closed auction gig fundraisers for Medical Aid for Palestinians karinepolwart.com/campaigns/9436…

WTF?!

The gift of a bespoke garden gig to a neighbour nearing end of life in the summer of 2020. A glorious email trail about the beloved songs that tell his story. A homespun, single household, lockdown FESTIVAL. Forever Songs BBC Radio 3 peter mcmanus bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Thanks so much to Paul English for helping to tell the story of the delightful Al Beck and his back garden, homespun, single household lockdown festival: BECKSTIVAL - featured tonight and all this week at 9.45pm on BBC Radio 3 - 'Forever Songs' -

How good is this from BBC Radio 3 & Karine Polwart? Out of this world. Every note & syllable. Listen to the whole series bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The Essay - Forever Songs - How Happy I Am - BBC Sounds Loving this story as it unfolds. ⁦Karine Polwart⁩ inspired and inspiring as always. Thanks for your good wishes for my ⁦The Compassion Salon⁩ it was a great discussion and fab feedback for my book. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

A beautiful thing about a beautiful thing: Karine Polwart's Radio 3 essay about playing a back garden gig, during the pandemic, for a friend nearing the end of his life. Episode one is available now. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Do I know anyone here who's got an in to behind scenes end of Hibernian Football Club?

Music - Memory - Connection - Kindness - Humour - Spark - Grief - LOVE. Part 3 of 'Forever Songs' inspired by my late neighbour, Al Beck, is on tonight at 9.45pm on BBC Radio 3 First two episodes already available on BBC Sounds

The final part of my mini series 'Forever Songs' - inspired by songs, memories & my delightful neighbour, Al Beck - airs on BBC Radio 3 at 9.45pm, then heads to BBC Sounds Expect a surprise guest. And have a hankie ready. Huge thanks to Al's family and to producer peter mcmanus

Goodness, Forever Songs on BBC Radio 3 by Karine Polwart is really beautiful, thoughtful, affirming radio - all about life, music, memory, time, connection. Honoured that my John Martyn biography Small Hours gets a wee holler out in Episode 4. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

My 17 year old off to TRNSMT on the w/e. I ask for a rundown of programme and he talks excitedly about Declan McKenna ‏ً before saying "then I have to sit through some band that are *literally* called Garbage ..." There's the multigenerational gulf right there! 😆