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Richard Kearney's Timely Work On "Touch" Share Richard Kearney Talks with Brian O'Donovan About His New Book, Touch Richard Kearney holds the Chair of Philosophy at Boston College. Originally from Cork (like Brian O'Donovan), he is the author of over 24 books on European philosophy and literature (including two novels and a volume of poetry) and has edited or co-edited 21 more. His new book is called Touch, published this February. While its timing is a coincidence, such a subject during a worldwide pandemic and our social isolation, makes it a topical issue indeed. Host Brian O'Donovan c...

Musician of the Year Tim Edey releases emotional track in tribute to lost son © Mhairi Edwards Tim Edey at home in Dunning Scotland’s newly crowned Traditional Musician of the Year has released a poignant charity single in memory of his much missed baby boy. Tim Edey, from Perthshire, said recording the track during lockdown was a form of therapy and helped him deal with the grief and shock of losing little Griogair at just two months old. The single, an instrumental cover of Sting’s Fields of Gold, will raise money for SANDS UK – the Stillbirth and neonatal death charity – and help ...

WINNERS of the annual MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards were announced on a special show on BBC ALBA on Saturday. The usually live event featured special performances from some of traditional music’s top luminaries, including The Iona Fyfe Trio, Project Smok, Deirdre Graham, Jarlath Henderson and Karen Matheson as well as Phil Cunningham. Hosted by Alistair Heather and Mary Ann Kennedy, the event had been set to take place in Dundee’s Caird Hall, but Hands Up for Trad worked to support artists and provide an alternative platform, culminating in two special programmes of Na Trads on BB...