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Music of the Mines

Marking the 40th anniversary of the 1984 miner's strikes - one of the most bitter industrial disputes Britain has ever seen - Anna explores the rich archives of mining songs.

40 years on, the 1984 miner's strikes are still one of the most bitter industrial disputes Britain has even seen. Anna delves into the rich archives of folk music written about coalmining and the strikes and is joined live by Ayrshire folk musician Seán Gray. With strong personal links to coalmining, Seán's latest album Fixed Assets digs into the politics and poetry of Ayrshire Mining Communities in collaboration with Lallans Scots poet, Rab Wilson.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Thu 28 Mar 2024 20:00
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Siobhan Miller

    Pound A Week Rise

    • Strata.

  • Wolfstone

    Close It Down

    • The Chase.

  • Gillian Frame

    Rothes Colliery

    • Pendulum.

  • Dick Gaughan

    Ballad of ‘84

    • True And Bold (Songs Of The Scottish Miners).

  • Ed Pickford

    Ee Aye, Aa Cud Ye Hew

    • The Iron Muse: A Panorama of Industrial Folk Music.

  • Beth Malcolm

    Worker’s Song

    • Kissed and Cried.

  • Seth Lakeman

    The Colliers

    • Freedom Fields.

  • 10 Strings and a Goatskin

    Coal Not Dole

    • Auprès du poêle.

  • Pete Seeger

    Which Side Are You On?

    • Can't You See This System's Rotten Through & Through?.

  • Macalias

    Winter’s Sun

    • Highwired.

  • The Unthanks

    The Testimony of Patience Kershaw

    • Here’s The Tender Coming.

  • Kenneth & Angus MacKenzie

    Coal Mines Tunes

    • Pìob is Fidheall.

  • The Humblebums

    Steamboat Row

    • Please Sing A Song For Us: The Transatlantic Anthology.

  • The Corries

    The Collier Laddie

    • The Very Best of The Corries.

  • Seán Gray

    Danny Gemmel

    • Fixed Assets.

  • Seán Gray

    Michty Wheels

    • Fixed Assets.

  • Seán Gray

    Dalmellington Baun

    • Fixed Assets.

  • Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts

    Recruited Collier

    • Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts.

  • Megson

    The Old Miner

    • The Longshot.

  • Gareth Davies-Jones

    Art Amongst the Coal

    • Art Amongst the Coal.

  • Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente

    He Fades Away

    • The Morning Tempest.

  • Ewan McLennan

    Coorie Doon

    • Stories Still Untold.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Mar 2024 20:00
    BBC Radio Scotland