Karine Polwart

@IAMKP

mossmurmuring, songconjuring, storytelling, wondering

Pathhead, Scotland karinepolwart.com Joined February 2009

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Latest posts 5

Karine Polwart @IAMKP Jul 10, 2024

My 17 year old off to TRNSMT on the w/e. I ask for a rundown of programme and he talks excitedly about @DeclanMcKenna @gerrycinamon before saying "then I have to sit through some band that are *literally* called Garbage ..."

There's the multigenerational gulf right there! 😆

Karine Polwart @IAMKP Jul 5, 2024

The final part of my mini series 'Forever Songs' - inspired by songs, memories & my delightful neighbour, Al Beck - airs on @BBCRadio3 at 9.45pm, then heads to @BBCSounds

Expect a surprise guest.

And have a hankie ready.

Huge thanks to Al's family and to producer @breithorn

BBC Radio 3 @BBCRadio3 Jul 3, 2024

“Thinking of you, over the fields…”

An elegy in song, for a rural East Lothian legend, by celebrated folk musician @IAMKP, in the back garden. The Essay: Forever Songs on @BBCSounds 📷 John Beck ▶ bbc.in/4cnQpvZ

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Karine Polwart @IAMKP Jul 3, 2024

Music - Memory - Connection - Kindness - Humour - Spark - Grief - LOVE. Part 3 of 'Forever Songs' inspired by my late neighbour, Al Beck, is on tonight at 9.45pm on @BBCRadio3 First two episodes already available on @BBCSounds

BBC Radio 3 @BBCRadio3 Jul 3, 2024

“Thinking of you, over the fields…”

An elegy in song, for a rural East Lothian legend, by celebrated folk musician @IAMKP, in the back garden. The Essay: Forever Songs on @BBCSounds 📷 John Beck ▶ bbc.in/4cnQpvZ

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Karine Polwart @IAMKP Jul 2, 2024

Do I know anyone here who's got an in to behind scenes end of @HibernianFC?

Karine Polwart @IAMKP Jul 1, 2024

Thanks so much to @PaulEnglishhack for helping to tell the story of the delightful Al Beck and his back garden, homespun, single household lockdown festival: BECKSTIVAL - featured tonight and all this week at 9.45pm on @BBCRadio3 - 'Forever Songs' -

Paul English Verified account @PaulEnglishhack Jul 1, 2024

In today’s @heraldscotland, my front page exclusive telling how folk singer Karine Polwart @IAMKP staged a micro-festival in the garden of a neighbour in the last stages of cancer.

#buyapaper

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