Aye, BBC/Radio Scotland haes a hantle o grait archivit material. There's a weekly shaw aboot bagpipe music, ("Pipeline"), at least hauf-a-dozen shaws aboot folklore & folk music, an plenty o ithers. Maist shaws are archivit wi short-term availability (ye can play back that particular shaw for a week, until the next week's shaw comes on), but Ah hear there's some pawky way tae get past that an find a hale archive o weeks & weeks o auld shaws.

There's alsae a shareware program that allows ye tae record shaws aff the net, but Ah dinnae ken whit the program is or whaur tae find it. A piper freend o mine records the "Pipeline" shaws ontae CD for personal, non-commercial use sae she can study the tradition(s) an lairn the occasional tune as weel.

E'en when we're no listenin in for the music, 'tis unco guid fun tae tune in tae Radio Scotland-- they hae the best weather reports, for ane thing. Ma favourite wis the day they announcit the followin: "Today's weather: in the West, dreary. In the Northeast, slichtly less dreary." Alsae, there's Leslie (Riddoch? Riddock?)'s news/talk program, if ony ither Americans want tae hear talk radio done WEEL, for a change!

Gabh Spórs/Have Fun!

--Cuilionn