The supremely talented contemporary harpist Pippa Reid-Foster discusses her stunning new album ‘Undercurrents’ which is out on September 6 with Shaun Milne in Episode 15 of the Good Stuff in Between podcast.

She has a brilliant story of overcoming adversity after fearing her career would come to an end following a terrible accident which saw her ability to play left hanging in the balance but for the determination and expertise of a surgeon and NHS to save her talents.

Her recovery and focus has come with the reward of musical legends including Philip Glass, Max Richter and Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres endorsing the use of their music in her new works to stand proudly alongside her original compositions which, as the album title suggests, dives deep into topics around water including the sea, wild swimming, nature and climate crisis to name a few.

Hailing from Helensburgh and born with a love for sailing, she is also working on an exciting new project collaborating with an international group of artists of all disciplines following a recent sea faring adventure with the The Excelsior Trust that will see them tour around Norway, the Faroe Islands and other music loving nations next year.

She has just released her first single from the forthcoming album with ‘Turning Tides’ where she shares the rhythms and waves of her secret sanctuary from life’s challenges in the hope it helps bring calm to others. She will also appear in new work from the astonishingly talented singer, songwriter and composer Siobhan Wilson.

Chris Giubarelli sold his family business to chase a dream of playing music for a living as he does around the bars of Inverness and performing in a choir. It's a path that brought him to Belladrum where, at the heart of the festival, he chatted to Shaun Milne about his transformation from selling fish suppers to entertaining people as the Highland Folk Hero.

Author Christopher Brookmyre chats with Shaun Milne on his love for music, going to gigs, how songs inspire his writing and what readers can expect from his latest novel The Cracked Mirror which he read from during a literary performance at this year's Verb Garden stage at Belladrum.

Seán McLaughlin, Vicky Gray and Sandy Batchelor talk to Shaun Milne about their performance at this year's Belladrum festival, response to their latest album Goodnight, Lad and offer a sneak peek into some exciting film news involving one of the band.

Indie rockers The Sun Day - frontman and rhythm guitar Connor Ritchie, Luke Doyle on lead guitar, Aidan Forret on bass, and Craig Spink on drums - played their second Belladrum this year and took time out after to chat with Shaun Milne about what it is like being part of an up and coming band at a major festival.

Born in Leith, raised in Edinburgh, and a musician mum based in Dundee, the phenomenal Roseanne Reid has been carving out a reputation for herself in roots and country and is now dabbling in more traditional Scottish folk as she sets her sights on her follow-up album.

Her musical taste was influenced by her parents including one half of The Proclaimers, but her songwriting and playing is authentically hers alone. On her first trip to Belladrum, she spoke to Shaun Milne for the podcast about the experience, life as it happens, and what comes next.

Kenny Smith and Michael MacMillan from Highland folk rockers Torridon join host Shaun Milne at Belladrum music festival and reveal how they are going to mark 20 years of touring and recording as a band in this special bonus episode.

Laura Silverstone is a singer songwriter based in Edinburgh, a former finalist on TV show Spain's Got Talent, but more often than not seen out on the city streets enjoying her first love busking to live crowds most especially around festival season, but also across Europe, Asia and as far afield as Australia which has seen her sing with the likes of Glen Hansard and others along the way.

She is also a busy recording artist and has just released her new album - Heartwood - ahead of a mini promotional tour in the van that she has for years as a travelling troubadour called home, a place her many fans on Instagram have come to recognise thanks to her role as a social media influencer and storyteller too.

In this interview with host Shaun Milne she delves into how her music career began, the modern pressures for not just creatives and musicians but life on the road, the dangers of burn out, the balance of lost loves and new friendships, and how inspiration lies around every bend. An interview that is as much about a life story, as it is a career.

Episode 14 'Laura' now streaming.

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The show's title music is Nothing's Going To Bring Me Down courtesy of singer songwriter Willie Campbell . https://open.spotify.com/track/4BKdWV... https://www.williecampbell.co.uk/ Good Stuff In Between is an independent podcast written, edited and produced by host Shaun Milne from Skog Media Associates. https://goodstuffinbetween.substack.com/https://skogmedia.com/