Gaelic Waters
Folk singer Julie Fowlis conjures kelpies, selkies and waterfall banshees from Gaelic song
The Essay · BBC Radio 3
May 15, 201913m 59s
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Show Notes
Gaelic songs and stories burst with mythical water creatures, from seductive kelpies and selkies to woeful waterfall banshees. In the first of five Essays from the banks of British rivers, folk singer Julie Fowlis guides Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough through a watery Highland underworld.
Producer: Alasdair Cross