ScotsInUs Podcast from The American Scottish Foundation

On this week's #ScotsinUS, we spotlight V&A Dundee Museum and their newest exhibit all about Tartan! Join us in conversation with Leonie Bell, Director of V&A Dundee, and Chris Snow, Director of Genuine Scotland and renowned fashion expert and activist. All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

On this week's #ScotsinUS, we gear up for the upcoming Edinburgh Festival Fringe by speaking to Chris Snow (Head of Artist Services at Edinburgh Fringe) about what to expect and plan for the upcoming festival. We also speak to Claire Mackenzie of the award-winning musical theatre duo Noisemaker, who will be bringing their production of "Scots" to the Fringe this year!

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

On this week's #ScotsinUS, we join you from our Tartan Week Celebrations in Bryant Park as we roundup what is upcoming for Scotland's leading art institutions in the coming months! We feature an exciting new Tartan exhibit at V&A Dundee, an incredible new musical from Noisemaker called "Scots" that will be at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August, the ever-changing Treasures Gallery at the National Library of Scotland, the Smash Hits exhibit with works of Grayson Perry at the National Galleries of Scotland, and the exciting new reimagined Paisley Museum renovations! All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

Featuring: Chicago Scots Caledonia Senior Living St Andrews Society of Hawaii The Scottish Government USA Colorado Tartan Day Society Rocky Mountain Highland Dancers St Andrew's Society of Colorado St Andrew's Society of Los Angeles Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Hawaii The Reed Family - San Antonio Highland Dancers Caledonian Society of Hawaii Viscount Dunrossil NHSCOT The American Scottish Foundation Tartan Day South St Andrew's Society of Washington DC Scottish Heritage Association of Northeast Ohio Council of Scottish Clans and Associations Scottish American Military Society Scottish Heritage USA

As we gear up towards the 25th Anniversary of National Tartan Day and the 2023 New York City Tartan Week, our #ScotsinUS this week takes a look back on performances from the ASF's Pipes and Drums on the Fountain Terrace at Bryant Park this past year! Featuring performances by New York Brogue, Whisky Kiss, Shamrock and Thistle, The Highland Divas, Noisemaker, and The Theatre School of Scotland. To join us for this years performances, visit https://americanscottishfoundation.com/tartanDay/2023_Tartan_Pipes_Drums.html All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

On the ASF’s March Sounds from Scotland, we prepare for the countdown to Tartan Week NYC by hearing from our friend Craig Weir, piper extraordinaire and one of our highlighted performers for the ASF's Pipes on the Fountain Terrace at Bryant Park! Craig also gives us a sneak peak at his band, Gleadhraic, who will also be joining us live in NYC for Tartan Week! We then hear from Highland Step-Dancer Sophie Stephenson, and see some of her wonderful perforamnces. We finally pay a visit to our Youth Ambassador, Cameron Steer, as he shows us his progress on his journey to learn the bagpipes. Our Online Concerts go live every third Sunday of the month! Sounds from Scotland Volume 1 is available for purchase here: americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/marketplace.html?fbclid=IwAR2wiuaRAYUg5S0RuIna9Qg7D_MDNxHSvhCwLtvo6sSGWfzEgd6XOjnAVus For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

Hear the latest episode of our "Scotland's Young Distilleries" series on this #ScotsinUs Podcast! Today we hear the story of Highclere Castle Gin from Lady Canarvon. Then we journey over to Annadale Distillery to hear of what is upcoming for them!  

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

This week, we continue our conversation around Scotland's Leading Voices in the Arts with an update on the newest additions onto the National Galleries of Scotland  from Patricia Allerton and a conversation with Alexander Lindsay, Documentary Artist and Photographer with a love for mammoth works.

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org  

An American Scottish Foundation Production.

On the ASF’s February Sounds from Scotland, we hear from our friend Alan J Frew as he discusses his new album, Songs from the Sea. To purchase or stream Alan's new album "Songs from the Sea": https://alanjohnfrew.bandcamp.com/releases

We then hear from Highland Dancer and Instructor Kendra Scott, who is a co-founder of Shot of Scotch NYC with our very own Marjorie Stewart. We finally pay a visit to our Youth Ambassador, Cameron Steer, as he spotlights the band Breabach and shows us his progress on his journey to learn the bagpipes. 

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Our Online Concerts go live every third Sunday of the month! 

Sounds from Scotland Volume 1 is available for purchase here: americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/marketplace.html?fbclid=IwAR2wiuaRAYUg5S0RuIna9Qg7D_MDNxHSvhCwLtvo6sSGWfzEgd6XOjnAVus

For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

On this week's #ScotsinUS, Camilla G Hellman is in conversation with Alistair Bell, Head of the Moving Image and Sound Collection at Kelvin Hall, to hear about the Moving Image Archive at Kelvin Hall. The Moving Image Archive at the National Library is Scotland's national collection of moving images. You can watch more than 4,700 digitised films at Kelvin Hall including over 1,700 items that cannot be seen outside the Library for copyright reasons.  

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org    

An American Scottish Foundation Production.

On this week's #ScotsinUS, Camilla G Hellman is in conversation with Alan D. Beck, President of the Robert Burns World Federation, and Sarah Beattie, Curator for the National Trust for Scotland and the Burns Birthplace Museum,  to pay tribute to Robert Burns and hear of new, exciting projects coming to the public centered around Burns.    All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org    An American Scottish Foundation Production.

On this week's #ScotsinUS, Camilla G Hellman is in conversation with Alan D. Beck, President of the Robert Burns World Federation, and Sarah Beattie, Curator for the National Trust for Scotland and the Burns Birthplace Museum,  to pay tribute to Robert Burns and hear of new, exciting projects coming to the public centered around Burns.  

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org  

An American Scottish Foundation Production.

On the ASF’s January Sounds from Scotland, we celebrate Robert Burns & his impact and legacy in music! We hear from Alan Beck, President of the Robert Burns World Federation & longtime friend and partner of the ASF! We then pay a visit to our Youth Ambassador, Cameron Steer, as he shows us his progress on his journey to learn the bagpipes. We also hear fantastic renditions of Robert Burns classics by Dougie MacLean, Sophie Craig, and Noisemaker.  

Our Online Concerts go live every third Sunday of the month!  Sounds from Scotland Volume 1 is available for purchase here: americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/marketplace.html?fbclid=IwAR2wiuaRAYUg5S0RuIna9Qg7D_MDNxHSvhCwLtvo6sSGWfzEgd6XOjnAVus 

For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

The American-Scottish Foundation is proud to work with Clan Hannay to highlight the Restoration of Sorbie Tower project. It is a designated project of the Foundation. Sorbie Tower is the ancient stronghold of Clan Hannay in Galloway, South West Scotland, from where those with the family names of Hannay, Hannah, Hanna, and Hanney originated.  

Our campaign is for its restoration which is a long term project. This will be phased according to the funds available, which so far have enabled several repairs to be carried out.  

To make a donation in support, visit:  https://americanscottishfoundation.com/business/corps/clan_hannay.html 

Learn more of Sorbie Tower and Clan Hannay here: www.clanhannay.org/sorbie-tower/  

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All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. 

For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org  

An American Scottish Foundation Production.

We are honored to be sharing with you all a brand new film revealing the contents and story of the Blavatnik Honresfield Library on this episode of #ScotsinUS. Prior to watching the full film, ASF President Camilla G Hellman hears from Amina Shah (Chief Executive of the National Library of Scotland) along with the members of the other two partners of the film, Giles Ingram (Abbotsford Home of Sir Walter Scott) and Sarah Beattie (National Trust for Scotland).    

The recent acquisition for the nation of the Blavatnik Honresfield Library holds an extraordinary collection of manuscripts by the Brontës, Jane Austen, Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott. The Library was formed towards the end of the 19th century by William Law (1836-1901), a Rochdale mill owner. It has been largely inaccessible for the last 80 years, until the work of Friends of the National Libraries enabled the collection to be purchased for the nation in 2021. It is now known as The Blavatnik Honresfield Library, and around 1,700 printed books have in addition been donated by the Friends of the National Libraries to nearly 70 libraries across the UK.   

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org   

An American Scottish Foundation Production.

On the ASF’s December Sounds from Scotland, we hear from Marjorie Stewart, one of the top highland dancers part of the group Shot of Scotch - NYC's Premier Scottish Highland Dancers, who are one of our frequent performers during Tartan Week at our Pipes and Drums on the Fountain Terrace at Bryant Park! We also pay a visit to our friends at Whisky Kiss and Noisemaker. Our Youth Ambassador, Cameron Steer, shows us where he is on his journey to learn the bagpipes, and highlights a lovely tribute from Blazin' Fiddles for the late, great rugby legend Doddie Weir & the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation.  

Our Online Concerts go live every third Sunday of the month!  Sounds from Scotland Volume 1 is available for purchase here: americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/marketplace.html?fbclid=IwAR2wiuaRAYUg5S0RuIna9Qg7D_MDNxHSvhCwLtvo6sSGWfzEgd6XOjnAVus  

For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

On this week's #ScotsinUS, Camilla G Hellman is in conversation with David Cunningham: CEO of Kids Operating Room, who the ASF are proud to partner with as a directed giving project of the Foundation. We hear about all they have accomplished this year and what is to come of their amazing cause.  

To support KidsOR through the ASF, visit https://americanscottishfoundation.com/kidsor.html.  

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org  

An American Scottish Foundation Production.

On the ASF’s November Sounds from Scotland, we hear from our very own Calum Pasqua, one of the top US fiddle players, on some of his favorite acts in the New York celtic music scene,  Youth Ambassador Cameron Steer about the start of his journey to learn the bagpipes, and some incredible songs from the Scottish band Talisk!  

Our Online Concerts go live every third Sunday of the month!  Sounds from Scotland Volume 1 is available for purchase here: americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/marketplace.html?fbclid=IwAR2wiuaRAYUg5S0RuIna9Qg7D_MDNxHSvhCwLtvo6sSGWfzEgd6XOjnAVus  

For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

Join ASF’s Camilla Hellman as she delves into the perfect Scottish gifts for friends and family as we move toward the holiday season with our friends at Scottish Creations, ScotlandShop.com, The Scottish Grocer, Robin Robinson and the Complete Whiskey Course, and our own ASF Shop.

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

Hear the latest episode of our "Scotland's Young Distilleries" series on the #ScotsinUs Podcast! Today we hear the inspiring journeys of Kintyre Gin / Beinn an Tuirc Distillers, The Gin Bothy, and Lindores Abbey Distillery.

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

On the ASF’s October Sounds from Scotland, we hear songs from young artists Hannah Read, Iona Fyfe, and The Theatre School of Scotland. We also learn of Craig Weir's special performance at Balmoral for her late Majesty & hear from Youth Ambassador Cameron Steer about the start of his journey to learn the bagpipes!  

Our Online Concerts go live every third Sunday of the month!  Sounds from Scotland Volume 1 is available for purchase here: americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/marketplace.html?fbclid=IwAR2wiuaRAYUg5S0RuIna9Qg7D_MDNxHSvhCwLtvo6sSGWfzEgd6XOjnAVus  

For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

In our latest #ScotsinUS, we speak to May Matthews & Gordan MacFarlan at Bonhams Edinburgh about their upcoming Scottish Fine and Decorative Arts and Silver Auctions. We highlight #ScottishSilver from a rare provincial fiddle pattern teaspoon to a large early 18th century silver-mounted laburniam quaich, and #ScottishArt from Scottish Artist George Leslie Hunter.  

Find the auctions here: https://www.bonhams.com/location/EDI/edinburgh/#upcoming-auctions 

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

Join us this week as Charles Lord Bruce takes us on a journey of over 300 years of the Bruce Family's involvement in Scottish Art from the 16th to 19th century. He shows the incredible contributions that private families, like the Bruces, have made and the important role they play in the creation of cultural identity.   

Their story begins in the 16th Century in a period just after the Reformation, where families like the Bruces were trading prosperously with other parts of Europe and importing ideas that are of architectural importance. Lord Bruce takes us through the rest of his family history all the way up until the 19th Century and the art and culture that is currently on display at Broomhall: The Home of the Family of Bruce.  

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

On the ASF’s August Sounds from Scotland, we talk to some of Scotland's leading voices in the arts and what is going on with them this August in Edinburgh!  

We speak to The Highland Divas and hear their stunning performance at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Anthony Alderson from The Pleasance Theater and feature music from three different acts performing with them at the Fringe, Noisemaker's very own Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie, and the Arbikie A Club and feature music from their Abba Tribute.  

Our Online Concerts go live every third Sunday of the month! Sounds from Scotland Volume 1 is available for purchase here: americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/marketplace.html?fbclid=IwAR2wiuaRAYUg5S0RuIna9Qg7D_MDNxHSvhCwLtvo6sSGWfzEgd6XOjnAVus  For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

In our latest #ScotsinUS episode, Camilla G Hellman is in conversation with The Highland Divas at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Anthony Alderson of The Pleasance Theatre Trust, and spotlights The Arbikie A Club - all of which are some of Scotland's Leading Voices in the Arts as we look forward to a month of arts and festivals in #Edinburgh at the Fringe!  

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

In our latest #ScotsinUS episode, Camilla G Hellman is in conversation with Anthony Alderson of The Pleasance Theatre Trust, Amina Shah of the National Library of Scotland, and Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie of Noisemaker to discuss Scotland's Leading Voices in the Arts as we look forward to a month of arts and festivals in #Edinburgh at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe!

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

Join ASF President Camilla Hellman in Conversation with Gary Maclean, The Port of Leith Distillery, Isle of Harris Distillery, and Johnnie Walker Princes Street as they discuss the future of distillery marketing in the US and what’s to come for each organization.

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

On the ASF’s July Sounds from Scotland, we talk to some exciting musicians, writers, and performers bringing their acts to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August!  We speak to the teams behind a few 59E59 Theaters East to Edinburgh Shows: "The Ecstasy of Victoria Woodhull" - Ashley Ford and Theo Salter "Velvet Determination" - Cynthia Shaw "A Eulogy for Roman" - Peter Charney and Brendan George  

We also speak to Anthony Alderson from The Pleasance Theater and feature music from Iona Fyfe, The Sorries,  and Whiskey Kiss.  

Our Online Concerts go live every third Sunday of the month! Sounds from Scotland Volume 1 is available for purchase here: americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/marketplace.html?fbclid=IwAR2wiuaRAYUg5S0RuIna9Qg7D_MDNxHSvhCwLtvo6sSGWfzEgd6XOjnAVus  

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Velvet Determination Links: 

#velvetdetermination @cynthiasings @velvetdetermination 

velvetdetermination.com 

NYC Tickets: https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/velvet-determination/ 

Edinburgh Tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on#q=%22Velvet%20Determination%22 

Rochester Tickets: https://www.rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-shows/velvet-determination  

The Ecstasy of Victoria Woodhull Links: 

https://www.optheatreco.com/victoria-woodhull-play 

NYC Tickets: https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/the-ecstasy-of-victoria-woodhull/ 

Sag Harbor Tickets: https://www.thechurchsagharbor.org/the-ecstasy-of-victoria-woodhull 

Edinburgh Tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/ecstasy-of-victoria-woodhull  

A Eulogy for Roman Links: 

https://www.instagram.com/eulogyforroman/ @eulogyforroman 

https://www.brendangeorge.com/eulogyforroman 

NYC Tickets: https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/a-eulogy-for-roman/ 

Edinburgh Tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/eulogy-for-roman  

Pleasance Theatre: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/  

Whiskey Kiss: https://www.whiskykiss.com/  

Iona Fyfe: 

Edinburgh Fringe Tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/iona-fyfe-scots-sang-and-mair

https://ionafyfe.com/ 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LpOSUOv3KoatefXQISkVd?autoplay=true 

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/iona-fyfe/967315052 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2yqI2WYmzxa_2OCp13OFBA  

The Sorries: 

Edinburgh Fringe Tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sorries 

https://thesorries.wordpress.com/ 

https://soundcloud.com/the-sorries

ASF President Camilla Hellman speaks with Carenza Murray as we spotlight Inverness Castle and The Spirit of the Highlands Project.  

#Inverness is working to create a greater attraction to the Highlands to celebrate the amazing tourism it has to offer. Submissions are still being taken for The Spirit of the Highlands Stories to be featured in the digital library.   

More information is available here: https://www.spiritofthehighlands.com 

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

On this month's Sounds from Scotland, we are joined by some incredible young musicians from Scotland. We hear from Bethany Nelson, Pedalo, and Bethany Tennick & Kirsty Findlay of Islander: A New Musical.  

We also hear Hannah Read's new single and a spotlight on The Highland Divas who are soon to be part of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.    

Our Online Concerts go live every third Sunday of the month! Sounds from Scotland Volume 1 is available for purchase here: americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/marketplace.html?fbclid=IwAR2wiuaRAYUg5S0RuIna9Qg7D_MDNxHSvhCwLtvo6sSGWfzEgd6XOjnAVus    

Listen to “Trapdoor” by Pedalo: https://soundcloud.com/user-115425110-822144261/trapdoor?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing   

Buy tickets to Bethany Tennick’s “Land” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/land-a-scottish-musical 

Listen to "Islander: A New Musical" Original Cast Recording: https://open.spotify.com/album/2il28BuwT8P2Y8usQtl0Q6

Listen to “I Don’t Want to Listen to the News” by Bethany Nelson: https://open.spotify.com/album/0HafIdy0BKGWj3oU7mhQ5f?si=sWICIm47TG-gM_g4VNQVdw 

Listen to “Sirens” by Bethany Nelson: https://open.spotify.com/track/10KZtaspN6ENUpULRTuDP2?si=be4c6fb5866e4d3d  

Listen to Hannah Read’s new single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biaQbyVU6Xw

Tune in for ASF's latest #ScotsinUS episode featuring Chris Thomson: Scottish Affairs Counsellor of the USA - The Scottish Government.  

Chris Thomson joins Camilla Hellman, President of The American-Scottish Foundation®, to discuss his first months in the United States and engagement with the Scottish-American diaspora and priorities for the Scottish Affairs team in the United States.   

All episodes are available of Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube & are released the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month.

Tune in for our newest #ScotsinUS Spotlight, where we take a look back at the Scottish North American Community Conference in 2021 and look forward to what is to come in 2022.    

Join The American-Scottish Foundation® president, Camilla Hellman, in conversation with Dora Petherbridge of National Library of Scotland,  Rebecca Quinton of recently opened The Burrell Collection, and Kirsty Devine of Paisley Museum & Galleries.  

The Scottish North American Community Conference is scheduled for October 21-23 2022 and is presented by The American Scottish Foundation, Chicago Scots, Council of Scottish Clans and Associations, Clans and Scottish Societies of Canada, Scottish Studies Foundation, and Detroit Scots.

Tune in for our newest #ScotsinUS Spotlight, where we take a look back at the Scottish North American Community Conference in 2021 and look forward to what is to come in 2022.

Join The American-Scottish Foundation® president, Camilla Hellman, in conversation with Siobhan Mackenzie as she talks about sustainable fashion, her upcoming designs for the Commonwealth Games, and more.

Also featured are previous SNACC conversations with Lord Thurso of VisitScotland about Eco Tourism and with Siobhan Mackenzie of Siobhan Mackenzie Fashion Label, Chris Hunt of Genuine Scotland , and Clare Campbell of Prickly Thistle  as they discuss sustainable fashion.

The Scottish North American Community Conference is scheduled for October 21-23 2022 and is presented by The American Scottish Foundation, Chicago Scots, Council of Scottish Clans and Associations, Clans and Scottish Societies of Canada, Scottish Studies Foundation, and Detroit Scots.

Join us for our newest episode of Sounds From Scotland. In our May program, we will see Part 2 of a 2-part series as the American Scottish Foundation takes a look back at their community programming at The Fountain Terrace at Bryant Park as part of NYC Tartan Week.   

Presented by The American-Scottish Foundation®, hosted by Camilla G Hellman, President.  

Featuring performances by New York Brogue, Whisky Kiss, Shamrock and Thistle, The Highland Divas, Noisemaker, and The Theatre School of Scotland.

Join us for our newest episode of Sounds From Scotland. In our April program, we will see Part 1 of a 2-part series as the American Scottish Foundation takes a look back at their community programming at The Fountain Terrace at Bryant Park as part of NYC Tartan Week.   

Presented by The American-Scottish Foundation®, hosted by Camilla G Hellman, President.  

Featuring performances by The Highland Divas, The Theatre School of Scotland, Noisemaker, Iona College Pipe Band, Shot of Scotch Highland Dancers, and The NYU Pipes and Drums.

Join the ASF for another #ScotsinUS spotlight: Reopening of the The Burrell Collection! We will give an inside look into the newly reopened #Glasgow art collection.  

All our podcasts are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Facebook and Youtube on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scotsinus-podcast-from-the-american-scottish-foundation/id1511104487 https://open.spotify.com/show/7aEpxDZ6IFopCOepRL4jMh 

Featuring: Rebecca Quinton and David Scott

Join us for a look back on a winter with the ASF and what we’re looking forward to in the spring to come.   

We will be taken back into the wonderful winter the The American-Scottish Foundation® has experienced with Burns Night, Bringing the Bards Home and Sir Walter Scott's 250th Anniversary plans, and what we look forward to with #TartanWeek to come.   

All our podcasts are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Facebook and Youtube on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month.   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scotsinus-podcast-from-the-american-scottish-foundation/id1511104487 https://open.spotify.com/show/7aEpxDZ6IFopCOepRL4jMh 

Featuring: Giles Ingram, Jamie McGeechan, Alan Beck, Amina Shah

Join us on this episode of the #ScotsinUS Podcast for updates on #Abbotsford 2022.  

Camilla G Hellman is in conversation with Holyrood Distillery and Abbotsford, The Home of Sir Walter Scott, to discuss Abbotsford in 2022 and Sir Walter Scott’s 250th Anniversary.    

All our episodes are available on Spotify, Youtube, Apple Podcasts, Anchor and Facebook.   

Featuring: Giles Ingram, Nick Ravenhall, Donald Christian, Gavin Hewitt

This week's episode of #ScotsinUS is the first part in our series entitled Scotland's Young Distilleries. Part 1 highlights small and large distilleries in Scotland making waves in the whisky industry. Join us as we interview Bonhams, Lindors Abbey Distillery, Isle of Harris Distillery, and Arbikie Highland Estate Distillery.

Featuring: Martin Green, Andrew McKenzie Smith, Simon Erlanger, and Alex Forsyth.

Join Camilla G Hellman on this #ScotsinUS Spotlight featuring Kids Operating Room - a #Scottish organization that dedicates their cause to install fully-equipped operating rooms for children in countries where the resources are not available.   

#ScotsInUS is released the 1st & 3rd Monday of the month at 7pm on your favorite podcast platforms (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor) and on American Scottish Foundation #ScotsInUS on YouTube.    

Featuring: Maija Cheung with Kids Operating Room

Join Camilla G Hellman is in conversation with Scottish tour guide specialist, Joe Harrower, Armadale, and Mary’s Meanders Tours to learn about the changing landscape of Scottish tourism in the upcoming year, how they handle tourism with eco-responsibility, as well as their favorite places one might visit in Scotland.  

#ScotsInUS is released the 1st & 3rd Monday of the month at 7pm on your favorite podcast platforms (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor) and on American Scottish Foundation #ScotsInUS on YouTube.  

Featuring: Joe Harrower, Alex Stoddart (Armadale Clan Donald Lands Trust), Anne Daly

Join ASF’s Camilla Hellman in conversation with John Kinnear as they discuss the great Scots who Built New York, The Modernists, which focuses on the 1880’s and onwards when #Carnegie’s steel made tall buildings possible, and glass became a greater used material in architecture. Builders became engineers and construction became more efficient and economical.   

Since 2019, we have been releasing walking tour maps to highlight #Scots who have greatly contributed to the growth and development of #NewYorkCity. We are looking to develop a third map that will lead to the launching of a mobile app highlighting 90 locations around New York City.  There are currently two available to purchase on the ASF website here: https://www.americanscottishfoundation.com/.../landmarks5...  

#ScotsInUS is released the 1st & 3rd Monday of the month at 7pm on your favorite podcast platforms (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor) and on American Scottish Foundation #ScotsInUS on YouTube.  

Featuring: John Kinnear

We spotlight the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.

First we are joined by Daniel Abercrombie, Program and Events Manager of the Scottish Storytelling Centre and Associate Director of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival. We hear about this year's program and the overall mission of the festival.

Then we speak with author and historian Robert Gary Dodds on his forthcoming nonfiction book (Jan 2022) on Alexander Hamilton and his Scottish ancestry.

Finally we are joined by Elspeth Murray, Rick Conte, and Richard Medrington of the Puppet State Theatre Company to discuss their production of John Muir and the Missionary's Dog.

The podcast is available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Spotify. www.linktr.ee/americanscottish

We learn a bit about Jacobite history from Sir Jamie, the 21st Lord  Sempill and the founder of Clan Chief Tours. Then we hear from Charles  Graham Campbell of Bonhams Scotland, who tells us about the 2021  Scottish Sale. Finally, we hear from Paul Macdonald of Macdonald  Armouries, who tells us about his historical sword replicas.

We are in conversation: with Malcolm Campbell, aka Malcolm the Weaver,  Managing Director, Cloth of Kings. We journey to the islands of Harris and Lewis, to the weavers cottage to  learn of the history and to understand the production of Harris Tweed,  the cloth that Chanel, Vivian Westwood, top designers the world over,  love. We hear of the limitations on production, the oversight of the cloth by  the Harris Tweed Authority. #ScotsInUS released 1st & 3rd Monday of the month at 7pm on your favorite podcast platforms and on ASF #ScotsInUS ScotsinUS on YouTube.

Today on a special segment of #ScotsInUS Podcast, we are joined in  conversation by Tamara Zimet, Deputy Programme Director of the Edinburgh  International Book Festival.  

Tamara shares some of the history of the Edinburgh International Book  Festival, considered the largest literary festival in the world. She  goes on to address the 2020 virtual festival, their new home at  Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh, and some of the  special programming they have on this year.

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In conversation with Giles Ingram - Chief Executive, Abbotsford Trust, who speaks of Sir Walter Scott, the  father of historical novel - and plans for the year of celebration ahead  - beginning with ScottFest 2021 the weekend of August 14; and Dr. Bruce McLean, National Library of Scotland, Manuscripts Curator, discusses the importance of Sir Walter Scott and shares rarely seen works from the NLS vaults.

On today's episode of #ScotsInUS Podcast, we speak with Nicole Scholet of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society as we remember the 217th Anniversary of his death on July 12, 1804 and celebrate Hamilton's Legacy today. John Kinnear joins us to speak of Hamilton's contribution to the lighthouses he pioneered to protect the US coast line. Listen on Spotify, Anchor.FM, or Apple Podcasts or watch the recording here!

In this new episode of the ScotsInUs Podcast from the American-Scottish Foundation we are shining a spotlight on Scottish literature and  upcoming book festivals in Scotland.

We are joined in conversation with Vikki Reilly from Publishing Scotland who shares with us news of the upcoming Scottish Books Long Weekend which takes place online June 10 - 13.

We are joined by Caroline Knox and James Knox, Directors of the Boswell Book Festival, taking place this year as a fully online event from June 10 - 16 featuring a program of readings, discussions and workshops from guests including Bill Paterson, Andrew Marr, @Janey Godley, Rory Stewart and Chris Bryant MP.

We're joined in converstion with award winning author Aminatta Forna who shares with us her influences, inspiration and insight into her new book The Window Seat.

With music preview from the upcoming Armadale Castle, Gardens & Museum of the Isles, Skye Castle Piping and Harp Competition with music from Freya Thomsen and Pippa Reid-Foster. Music from La Club Royale and Amy Papiransky.

Presented by Jamie McGeechan for the American-Scottish Foundation.

The ScotsInUs Podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Anchor and Spotify, just search for 'ScotsInUs'.

Join us for this Aye Write Festival Special podcast as we are joined in conversation with:

Bob McDevitt - Programmer for Aye Write

Kirstin Innes - Author of Fishnet and Scabby Queen

Robbie Morrison - Author of Edge of The Grave

Presented by Jamie McGeechan

Music by Mike Nisbet - Paint and Scott Charles - Central Station 

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Don Cummer of the Scottish Society of Ottawa joins Camilla Hellman, President of the American Scottish Foundation in conversation. 

Music from Scott MacDonald,

Scott Garden, Scott Figgins

Alan Frew

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Jamie Douglas-Hamilton and his team of rowers became the first to row from Cape Horn in Chile to Antarctica, battling brutal storms and freezing conditions in the notorious Drake Passage – the world’s most treacherous stretch of water.

Jamie and his crew became the first group to row the body of water between Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands by human power.

Jamie Douglas Hamilton will take us through his historic row which took place last December.

With music from Alan Frew, Chris Andreucci, Colin Hunter, John Rush, Laura McGhee and Shaz Martin.

Presented by Jamie McGeechan and Camilla G Hellman, MBE, President of The American Scottish Foundation.

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Have you ever wanted to live and study in Scotland? Mara Shea from North Carolina did just that.

In this wee interview special the ASF's Jamie McGeechan had a conversation with Mara to find out about her experiences spending a year living and studying at the Elphinstone Institute at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.

Mara studied for a degree of MLitt in Ethnology and Folklore at the Elphinstone Institute at the University of Aberdeen.

You can follow Mara and her wonderful music and experiences on her website and on her blog which is a brilliant account of her time in Scotland!

www.marashea.com

www.marashea.blogspot.com

In this episode we shine the spotlight on Sounds From Scotland and some of the many brilliant music artists who the American Scottish Foundation have engaged with over the years.

The American Scottish Foundation is a proud supporter of Scottish arts and culture and has worked with and helped to nurture some of Scotland's best new artistic talents.

Join Jamie McGeechan and ASF President Camilla Hellman as we showcase some of these wonderful talents.

With music from: 

Alan Frew, Anna MacDonald, Cris Andreucci, Colin Hunter, Hannah Read, John Rush, Laura McGhee, Lisa Kowalski, Matt Scott, Mike Nisbet,  Noisemaker, Reely Jiggered, Sean Heely and Whisky Kiss

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In this episode we take a look back at our first four episodes of our podcast. 

We've had some wonderful guests so far on the podcast including John King Bellassai from COSCA, David Stirling of Arbikie, Greg King of GlenDronach and BenRiach, Claire McKenzie and Scott Gilmour from Noisemaker, Iain MacPhail from Whisky Kiss.

We've had some excellent music over the first four podcasts also and on this episode we hear music from Alan Frew, John Rush, Fellswater, Noisemaker and Whisky Kiss.

Presented by Jamie McGeechan, interviews by ASF President Camilla Hellman, thanks to all our guests and contributors so far!

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The third installment in the ScotsInUS podcast from the American Scottish Foundation.

In this episode, in celebration of whisky month we have a great ' In Conversation ' between ASF President, Camilla Hellman and Greg King, Brand Ambassador for GlenDronach and BenRiach and a great conversation between Camilla and David Stirling, Co-Founder and Brand Ambassador for Arbikie Highland Estate.

We have music from Have Mercy Las Vegas, John Rush and Laura McGhee.

Also Camila pays tribute to the valiant efforts of Captain Thomas Moore and his wonderful fundraising for the NHS.

Hosted by Jamie McGeechan, released on May 25th 2020.

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