Fiona Soe Paing in Aberdeenshire

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

Music Interviews, Performing Arts, Music, Nature, Arts, Science

4.8 • 526 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

When the Scottish Burmese sound artist Fiona Soe Paing discovered that one of her ancestors was a traditional singer, she resolved to make a contemporary electronic album reflecting the music and folk tales of her home county of Aberdeenshire.

On this walk up Bennachie and then along the coast, she sings some of the songs on the very spot where they were inspired, including John Hosie’s Well (said to have sprung from the ground where his tears fell when he returned from a long imprisonment to find his lover was married to another) and the rock where Maggie Machlin is said to have died from exposure after being ostracised for falling pregnant out of wedlock.

Then it’s off to the fishing village of Pennan, for an atmospheric performance of The Fisher’s Lullaby on the beach and a 40th anniversary screening of the classic film Local Hero in the village hall.

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Find out more about Fiona at https://www.fionasoepaing.co.uk/

Walk with Fiona's album via the Echoes app: https://explore.echoes.xyz/collections/sov0xzgBQYdoAfFr

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading this episode of Folk on Foot.
0:03.8	Before we start, I just wanted to share a brief message.
0:07.3	If you like what we do, we really need your support to keep going.
0:11.6	You can join our wonderful band of members and you'll get great rewards.
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0:20.2	of hundreds of songs shot on location on
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0:29.5	us. You'll also get an ad-free version of all our episodes and an email postcard from me
0:34.8	each time we go on a walk. If you just want the ad-free version, it'll cost you £3 a month,
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0:47.2	Finally, if you don't want to make a regular commitment,
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0:54.9	You can also do that at folkonfoot.com slash support us.
0:59.7	Every penny we get goes back into making more episodes of folk on foot.
1:04.3	So thank you and enjoy the walk.
1:10.2	We're back in Bonnie Scotland and boy is it Bonnie today.
1:13.6	It's a beautiful, sunny, warm day in May and we have come from Aberdeen in the north-east of the country
1:20.6	and we've travelled west to the foot of a big hill.
1:25.6	And this is where we're going to meet the Scottish Burmese singer and sound producer
1:30.5	Fiona Sopang, who has a project
1:33.2	which is right up our street.
1:55.4	Music Good morning. Good morning, I love to see you.
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