Karine Polwart
Wed 15 Aug 2018
A sense of place and meaning': Karine Polwart on the magic of Scottish pop
The folk singer’s Edinburgh festival show reinterprets classic and cult Caledonian gems close…
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THE HERALD | POLWART IS HAPPY TO TURN THE PAGES OF THE SCOTTISH SONGBOOK
Teddy Jamieson 15th August
Polwart is happy to turn the pages of the Scottish songbook
BAD news Ultra Sonic fans. Tunes from your favourite Tartan techno band will probably not be turning up in Karine Polwart’s…
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CLASH MUSIC | CULTURE CLASH
Cultural fascinations with a renowned Scottish songwriter...
CLASHMUSIC
21 · 11 · 2017
Karine Polwart has always sought fresh avenues to explore. From her 2012 debut onwards, the Edinburgh based songwriter…
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THE HERALD MAGAZINE | COVER FEATURE | A FORCE OF NATURE
Karine Polwart: 'It's five years since I made an album. But I'm a single mother. It takes time'
18th November
Nicola Meighan
KARINE Polwart is sitting at my kitchen table, cradling a cup of tea…
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THE NATIONAL | FROM DAWN TO DUSK WITH... KARINE POLWART
5th November
From dawn to dusk with... Karine Polwart
Nadine McBay
FOLLOWING her debut theatre production Wind Resistance, which opened at last year’s Edinburgh International Festival and earned her multiple award nominations, singer-songwriter Karine…
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THE SKINNY | Karine Polwart on A Pocket of Wind Resistance
We speak to singer-songwriter Karine Polwart about her new album A Pocket of Wind Resistance, the companion to her Edinburgh Festival show, Wind Resistance
Feature by Harry Harris | 31 Oct 2017
The image of the folk…
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THE LIST HOT 100 2016
The Hot 100 is The List's annual celebration of the figures who've contributed most to the Scottish cultural landscape during the year. cultural community.
No. 40 : Karine Polwart
The singer-songwriter and essayist is never one to…
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THE SCOTSMAN ARTICLE | Karine Polwart on the BIG Project and independence
THE SCOTSMAN
CLAIRE BLACK
01 March 2014
Karine Polwart’s musical life flourished thanks to the time freely given by volunteers when she was a child. Now the multi-award winning singer is doing the same with Broomhouse’s…
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INTERVIEW : MEDICAL HUMANITIES SHEFFIELD
February 1, 2014
Posted by Vicky Grant
During December the award winning singer songwriter Karine Polwart visited Medical Humanities Sheffield for a three day artist in residence programme.
Karine: It was Ian (Professor Ian Sabroe, Director of…
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THE SCOTSMAN ARTICLE | Imagination vital to telling the Yes story
THURSDAY night. BBC Question Time is on telly. I’m venting a week’s worth of rage on Twitter, while nursing a tumbler of special offer white wine.
A panellist asks: “Do we want to be…
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TRACES REVIEW & INTERVIEW : FOLK RADIO UK
by NEIL MCFADYEN
20 AUGUST, 2012
Fans of Karine Polwart can at last enjoy a new studio album in the release of Traces (released 13th August). In 2008 This Earthly Spell followed three highly regarded albums and…
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THE HERALD : INTERVIEW : QUIET ELEGIES OF LOVE, LOSS AND LONGING…
Perhaps you’ve heard Karine Polwart’s stunning protest psalm, Cover Your Eyes, on the radio. It’s the one inspired by You’ve Been Trumped, Anthony Baxter’s documentary about Scotland’s Donald Trump outrage. It’s the one that…
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