FOLKAL POINT - 312 - JANUARY 11/2018 (*American artistes) 
www.folkalpoint.scot   (sponsored by Robin Campbell & folk)

THE DAY THE GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN - Rupert Wates (Albion/*/Canada)
STRANGENESS OF THE DAY - Katy Campbell*
THE VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE - Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes (Australia)
GRATEFUL FOR THE RAIN (Billy Boy) - Winter Wilson (Albion)
SNAKES & LADDERS - Chris Rogers (Scotia)
THE JANUARY GIRL - The Foxglove Trio (Cymru/Albion)
TROUBLE LIKE THIS - Rick Shea & The Losin' End*
DON'T BLAME ME - Miss Tess & The Talkbacks*
SHE - Smisch (Konungariket Sverige)
THE OTHER MAN - Cua (Eire), featuring John Davidson (Scotia) on lead vocal
CARNIVAL OF HOPES - Jane Kramer*
A FLOOD ON OUR HANDS - Joe Ely*
JUST FOR TODAY - Annie Keating*
(Even A Clown Should Know) WHEN THE CIRCUS ENDS - Frank Migliorelli & The Dirt Nappers*
DR JAMES DONALDSON/WEE MAN FROM SKYE - instrumental -
The Alan Crookston Ceilidh Band (Scotia)
WHEN YOU GO - Mànran (Scotia)
BUSCANDO POR TI (Searching For You) - Brandy De Leon*
AN EYE FOR AN EYE - The Vagaband (Albion), featuring Jose McGill on lead vocal
MY OLD FRIEND THE BLUES - Eddi Reader (Scotia)
TROTTO - instrumental - String Sisters (Scotia/Eire/*/Konungariket Sverige/ Kongeriket Norge), appearing for Celtic Connections on January 20 with 'Scotland's Wild Heart', in the main auditorium at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 
LOVE OF MY LIFE - Paddy Murphy (Republik Österreich)
CRACKED & BROKEN - Lynn Miles (Canada)
DAYS END - The Stoned Cherries (Albion)
LET THE RAIN FALL - Ciara Sidine (Eire)
ANNIE ROSE - Craig Cassler*
BROTHERS IN ARMS - Low Lily*, appearing for Celtic Connections on February 2 at the National Piping Centre, McQuater Street, Glasgow, and St Andrew's In The Square, Saltmarket, Glasgow, on February 3
IT MIGHT BE LOVE - Zachary Richard*
MOSCOW RUSH - instrumental - Chris Stout & Catriona McKay (Scotia), appearing on January 19 for Celtic Connections, with King Creosote (Scotia), plus the contemporary Scottish Ensemble and special guests including Brazilian vocalist and body percussionist Marcelo Preto, in the main auditorium of Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall

NOW in its 44th year, FOLKAL POINT is broadcast ​​simultaneously (Thursdays, 10pm - midnight) on 105.2 FM (the Uists and Benbecula) via An Reidio (Sunday repeat, 10pm), across the Cowal Peninsula via Dunoon Community Radio - 97.4 FM and online, and Two Lochs Radio (Wester Ross) on 106 and 106.6 FM and online.
Folkal Point then timeshifts on Crystal FM 107.4 from Penicuik, serving south-west Midlothian (Thursdays,11 pm -1 am) plus a 10am - midday Friday repeat, with a Friday 11pm slot on DAB digital and online broadcaster Radio Telstar throughout Glasgow and surrounding areas, plus Saturdays (10pm-midnight) with HBS in Glasgow and Paisley.  DCR offers a Sunday evening repeat from 8-10pm. The programme is also re-transmitted (globally!) online three times a week on its Essential Channel by Blues and Roots Radio from Canada.   
Folkal Point is produced and presented by Colin MacDonald in Scotland from the Wellington Street studios of HBS in Glasgow.