Program 612a: Inland West Coast Roadtrips; Making Scottish Music; Oddball English Festivals

Explore the traditions of Scotland with folk musicians Jim and Susie Malcolm, in a special studio concert on the next Travel with Rick Steves. 

We'll also look at some of the quirkier festivals you can find in England. 

And we'll get you ready to cruise the inland back roads of California and the Pacific Northwest, on scenic drives in search of farm stands, and gentle touches of Americana.

• Chandler O'Leary, author of  "The Best Coast: A Road Trip Atlas" (Sasquatch Books)
• Scottish folk singers Jim and Susie Malcolm
• Gillian Chadwick, tour guide based in London 
• Tom Hooper, tour guide based in London
• Roy Nichols, tour guide based in Dorset

• Chandler O'Leary illustrated her entries about the islands of the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest, with her own watercolor sketches, in her book "On Island Time."
• Chandler highlighted both the coastal and inland routes along the U.S. West Coast in her book "The Best Coast: A Road Trip Atlas."
• Jim Malcolm's website includes samples from his CDs, photos and blog entries, and concert touring dates.
• You can listen to Jim's earlier appearances on Travel with Rick Steves, on program #551 from January 2019, and on program #392a in January 2018.
• British tour guides Gillian Chadwick, Tom Hooper, and Roy Nichols can all be reached from the Facebook page for Great British Tours.
• Roy also posts photos and blog entries about the backroads of England on his Travel with Roy website.
• The Cotswold Olympick Games have a more than 400-year-old history. They are scheduled to be held on Friday, June 2 this year on Dover's Hill.

• Richard Stoltzman, "Blackbird," Disc Drive 2 (collection) / Ariola-BMG Canada
• Mark Isham, "Men Before the Mirror," Vapor Drawings / Windham Hill
• Simon Gledhill, "California Here I Come!," California Here I Come (performed on the Wurlitzer organ at San Francisco's Castro Theatre) / TV Recording
• Musical Youth, "Pass the Dutchie (Singalong Version)," Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord (EP) / Goldenlane
• Jay Ungar et al, "Sitting in the Stern of the Boat (The Journey Begins) (arr. Ken Burns)," Lewis and Clark (soundtrack) / Columbia-Legacy
• William Galison, "Blues Harp," Bagdad Café (soundtrack) / Great Jones-Island Records
• Woodie Guthrie, "Oregon Trail," Hard Travelin': The Asch Recordings / Smithsonian Folkways
• * Percy Faith and his Orchestra, "Theme from 'A Summer Place,'" Pop Music: The Golden Era 1951-1976 (collection) / Sony
• Old Blind Dogs, "Bedlam Boys," "The Rights of Man," New Tricks / Lochshore
• Keltik Elektrik, "Wild Mountain Thyme," Celtic Crossroads (collection) / Putumayo
• Old Blind Dogs, "Forfar Sodger," The World's Room / Green Linnet
• The Spinning Blowfish, "Toom-Chak," The Spinning Blowfish / (self-released:  http://www.facebook.com/thespinningblowfish )
• * Peatbog Faeries, "Captain Coull’s Parrot," Celtic Crossroads (collection) / Putumayo
• Jim and Susie Malcolm, with Susie Malcolm on clarsach (Scottish harp), "The Banks of Inverurie," The Berries / Beltane
• Catherine Ann MacPhee, "Canan Nan Gaidheal," Celtic Women from Scotland: Songs of Love and Reflection (collection) / Greentrax
• Jim and Susie Malcolm, "The Twa Gadgies," The Berries / Beltane
• Quintessence Saxophone Quintet, "Five Variations in D Major on 'Rule Brittania,' WoO. 79 (arr. U. Lettermann, after Wellington's 'Sieg oder Die Schlacht bei Vittoria, op. 91)," Beethoven Renovated / CPO
• Covent Garden Royal Opera Orchestra, "'Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, part 2' from 'Tales of Beatrix Potter' (Lanchbery)," Lanchbery Ballets / Warner Classics
• Ronn McFarlane, lute, "Der Hupff auff (Newsidler)," CBC Stereo Morning Sampler (collection) / Dorian
• The Cecil Sharp Centenary Collective, Simon Care et al, "Morris Dance Medley: Jockey to the Fair," As I Cycled Out on a May Morning / Talking Elephant

* Indicates filler music used during internal breaks on the broadcast 

• In the segment A open, Rick mentions that he had noted the passing of guest Chandler O'Leary on last week's program, and that this week's interview with her is presented as a tribute.  He notes it again in the reset at 12:07, and adds that her book "On Island Time" was released a few weeks before she died.
• At 9:30, Chandler mentions that a wall separates Calexico and Mexicali, and current border policies do not make it easy to cross between the two border towns.
• Chandler recommends at 17:01 that motorists cruise the North Cascade Highway in the early fall.
• Rick opens segment B noting that the Malcolms visited our studio a few weeks before the global pandemic lockdown began (in 2020).
• At 23:05, Rick and Jim mention Sandy Bell's, Whistle Binkies, and The Royal Oak as Edinburgh pubs with a reliable schedule of folk music performances.
• At 36:58, Rick asks Jim and Susie if they've ever performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (usually held in August), before they describe the street theatre scene during festival season.  Jim adds that there's roughly a thousand shows a day.
• Rick says that the Malcolms' latest album is "The Berries" at 30:52 and at 48:57.  Rick adds that since recording the interview, the Malcolms have released "Auld Tune Shuffle," and that they're planning a concert tour of the Eastern and Southern US in October.
• Gillian begins describing the Cotswold Olympicks at 50:18.  The guests add that the games are usually held annually in June, around the Summer Solstice. (Its website lists June 2nd as this year's date.)
• Roy notes at 53:47 that Morris Dancers usually perform April to September.
• At 54:20 they discuss the Guy Fawkes observance on November 5th.
• At 57:15, they talk about pancake races held on Shrove Tuesday, just before Ash Wednesday.