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Beltane

On the eve of May Day, Anna has a Beltane-themed playlist.

Beltane: the Celtic festival of fire & fertility is the midway point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice - marking the height of spring & the threshold of summer. It's a time when the Earth is fully alive, vibrant, and brimming with passion. The days grow longer, the sun stronger, and the world hums with the fierce joy of growth.

On the eve of Beltane, Anna has a playlist packed with themes of fire, nature in bloom and the changing of the seasons.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Thu 30 Apr 2026 20:00
麻豆社 Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Hushman

    Beltane

    • Hushman.

  • Lady Maisery and Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith

    Summer鈥檚 In

    • Wakefire: A Summer Album.

  • Jean Redpath

    Yellow On The Broom

    • Summer of My Dreams.

  • Le Vent du Nord

    Turlute du mai

    • 20 Printemps.

  • Lisa Knapp

    The Night Before May Day

    • A Garland of May.

  • Siobhan Miller

    May Morning Dew

    • All Is Not Forgotten.

  • Hamish Napier

    Hawthorn River / The Witches鈥� Tree

    • The Woods.

  • MacDara Yeates

    De May Bush

    • Single.

  • Skipinnish

    Thoir Mo Shoraidh Thar Ghunnaidh

    • Sgur Mor To Skerryvore.

  • Dick Gaughan

    The Snows They Melt The Soonest

    • Handful of Earth.

  • Ryan Young

    The Skylark鈥檚 Ascension

    • In the Quiet After.

  • Gaia Consort

    Beltane Fires

    • Secret Voices.

  • Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

    Where Foxglove

    • Foxglove & Fuschia.

  • The Wailin鈥� Jennys

    Wildflowers

    • Fifteen.

  • Kim Carnie & Seckou Keita

    脪ran na B猫iste Maoile

    • A' Chailleach.

  • Kate Daisy Grant

    Queen of May

    • 麻豆社 Introducing.

  • Eitre

    The Coming of Spring

    • The Coming of Spring.

  • Nanci Griffith

    Once In A Very Blue Moon

    • One Fair Summer Evening.

  • Michael McGoldrick

    Wired to the Moon

    • Wired.

  • Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy feat. Dave Milligan

    Hear The Rigging

    • Windblown.

  • Spell Songs

    The Lost Words Blessing

    • The Lost Words: Spell Songs.

  • The Unusual Suspects

    Follow The Heron

    • Live In Scotland.

  • Four Men and a Dog

    Unknown / The Lads Of Laiose / First Months Of Summer

    • Doctor A's Secret Remedies.

Broadcast

  • Thu 30 Apr 2026 20:00
    麻豆社 Radio Scotland