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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 30/05/2026 - Track 5 My final selection from The Test is Tillidh Mi (I Will Return), a song written by Rory and Calum MacDonald and recorded by them on the debut Runrig album Play Gaelic, released in 1978. This is a song that became typical of Runrig, a song themed around the love of home and given a good, contemporary cover with this version by Manran. Album Of The Week - 30/05/2026 - Track 4 My penultimate selection from The Test is the track The Fishing Boat. With lyrics written by Shetland poet Lise Sinclair this poignant song is themed around the dangers faced by fisherman who work around the coasts of these islands. Album Of The Week - 30/05/2026 - Track 3 My third selection from The Test is a song that has Mànran delving into tradional Scottish folk music with a song that has its origins in the Western Isles of Scotland. Dhèanainn Sùgradh (I Would Woo) is known as a "waulking" song that women once sang when working on tweed...
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   Album Of The Week 2026 - Archive Album Of The Week - 03/01/2026 Dark Fields - Show of Hands We kick off 2026 with a band that have made a massive impact on my music listening, the Devon based folk duo, Show of Hands, who comprise of singer/songwriter/musician Steve Knightley and the multi-instrumentalist and folk legend Phil Beer, formerly of the Albion Band. This week’s album, Dark Fields, is the fourth of my 32 Show of Hands albums to be selected as my album of week and its an album that has a special memory, as I bought it at a gig we attended at the Exeter Phoenix soon after Julie & I started following them. Dark Fields, released in 1997, is actually the bands 6 th  album although the first 3 were cassette only and are now long out of print. Therefore, Dark Fields is the third main release album and continued the success and acclaim Show of Hands had garnered from their previous 2 albums. In 1996, Show of Hands surprisingly booked the Royal Albert Hall and even...
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