Making

Rousay Tales

In this final episode we’ll be finding out about some of the creative folk in Rousay. The island has been a creative place for millennia and we hear about the Neolithic makers and their grooved ware pottery and Bronze Age soapstone carvers. Turn the beautiful Westness brooch-pin over in your hands and discover why Rousay played a part in the opening of the Pier Arts Centre. And be sure to keep rhythm with the music of the island. We hope the music of Rousay remains with you after this, our final episode.

Contributors in order of appearance:

Narrator: Prof Ingrid Mainland 2024

James Yorston 1990

Dr Siobhan Cooke-Miller 2024

Helen Firth 1987

Kath Gourlay 1987

Max Fletcher 2023

Adam Harcus 2023

Ceri Biddle 2023

Rob Flett 2023

‘Whaal’s Rost’ Jimmy Craigie n.d.

Eddie Firth 2023

‘Jenny’s Tune’ James Grieve

Ellen Grieve 2023

Athol Grieve 2023

‘Grandad’ Ellen Grieve

Fiddle - Hugh Inkster, Guitar - Tommy Mainland n.d.

This podcast series was created using material from Orkney Library & Archive, Rousay Remembered, University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and contemporary recordings made with the community of Rousay.

Creative team: Produced by Kolekto (Mark Jenkins & Rebecca Marr) and University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute led by Dan Lee.

New recordings and editing by Mark Jenkins (Kolekto)

New music composed and played by James Watson (Wooden Sole Music)

The project has been funded by Orkney Island Council, Rousay Egilsay and Wyre Development Trust (REWDT), Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) and North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme (NILPS).