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Caledon Media Pro-Scotland Radio
Cliff Purvis Sunday Show 19th March Norrie Hunter
Cliff Purvis Sunday Show 19th March Norrie Hunter
The fantasic songwriter from Glasgow Robert Severin entertained Norrie with stories of immigration and refugees. His own parents in fact left Hungary at different times when mobile phones and social media were nowhere. Miraculously they met up again in Scotland. This story led Robert to write Elena an elderly Ukranian woman fleeing war. Robert has the skill to draw listeners deep into his songs and become affected with real life stories. Robert has the silkiest of voices and the production of Postcard from Budapest has captured it perfectly. An album to reflect on how lucky we are perhaps and that we should think of those who have to flee from misery and hardship.
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Time Heals (But the Healed Heart Still Hurts) Robert Severin
Fiddler Iain Fraser joined Norrie in conversation to talk about the Rev Norman McLeod the disaffected Church of Scotland minister who defected to Cape Breton to escape the misery of the highland clearances. Once there he once again got itchy feet and embarked upon an arduous task of sailing to Australia then New Zealand. The story is of epic proportions. Each track on Kōterana tells a story, with Iain evoking […]
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