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"Jamie Raeburn" / "Baloo Baleerie" / "Twa recruitin Sergeants"

Findlay Napier and Gillian Frame • TEDSummit 2019

Findlay Napier, Gillian Frame and Ali Hutton keep the Scottish folk tradition alive, performing "Jamie Raeburn," "Baloo Baleerie" and "Twa recruitin Sergeants" -- selections from "The Ledger", a series of songs collected by Napier's grandfather.

Findlay Napier, Gillian Frame and Ali Hutton keep the Scottish folk tradition alive, performing "Jamie Raeburn," "Baloo Baleerie" and "Twa recruitin Sergeants" -- selections from "The Ledger", a series of songs collected by Napier's grandfather.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

About the speakers

Findlay Napier

Findlay Napier

Singer-songwriter

Findlay Napier helps keep Scottish folk tradition alive with "The Ledger," a song cycle inspired by a series of folk songs his grandfather clipped from a newspaper.

Gillian Frame

Gillian Frame

Singer, fiddler

Gillian Frame has traveled the world playing infectious fiddle music. With "The Ledger," Frame and songwriter Findlay Napier train their musical lens on Scottish folk history.

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This talk was presented at an official TED conference.