NaN/100 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/19/2010
Australian-born Donegal resident Steve Cooney is music director and the first programme sets the talents of Mary Black, Karan Casey and Afro-Celt Sound System's Iarla O'Lionaird in a uniquely Scottish context.
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#2 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/26/2010
This edition features musicians Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Seosaimhin ni Beagley, Eamonn O'Donnachadh, Niall Vallely, Capercaillie's Karen Matheson and Donnie Murdo MacLeod. Celebrating the historical and contemporary links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song
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#3 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/3/2010
This edition features Liam O'Maonlai of the rock band Hothouse Flowers, Scots Gaelic diva Margaret Stewart and James Graham.
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#4 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/10/2010
The episode opens with Da Mihi Manum (Give Me Your Hand), performed by Steve Cooney and Kathleen MacInnes. Rona Lightfoot performs canntaireachd, an oral music form traditionally used to teach and pass on pipe tunes that Rona has made her own, elevating it to a kind of Gaelic scat singing.
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#5 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/17/2010
This edition features the Dublin-based duo of piper Mick O'Brien and fiddle-player Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh, plus Donegal's favourite Australian, series music director Steve Cooney, once a backing guitarist to Chuck Berry.
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#6 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/20/2010
Featuring a performance of the Bonnie Prince Charlie anthem Mo Ghile Mear, written in Ireland with Scottish Jacobites in mind.
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The Best Episodes of The Highland Sessions Season 1
Every episode of The Highland Sessions Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Highland Sessions Season 1!
Series celebrating the historical and contemporary links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song by bringing together top exponents of both traditions to sing and play...
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Four
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "The Highland Sessions" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/19/2010. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".