A collection of readings on the theme of Land, Sea and Air - recorded live at the Angus Bookfest in Montrose, November 2025.

Title Music: Crum Hall @ Steam Studios.

This podcast is a Friends Eclectic Production (AKA Radio FECK).

It was hot, damned hot, and in the backroom of a downtown bar in sleepy old Stonehaven, the Mearns Writers join the Wee Gaitherin poetry festival for another live performance.

Title music by Crum Hall @ SteamStudios.

A Mearns Voices Hallowe'en Special.

"The Wind" is a Doric ghost story, written and performed by Alistair Lawrie with original music by Crum Hall.

Alistair Lawrie is a Scottish writer, poet and advocate of Doric culture. Winner of the 2016 William Soutar Prize and the 2023 McLellan Scots Poetry Prize. His new collection of poetry, “Caal Cries”, has just been released.

https://www.drunkmusepress.com/product-page/caal-cries-by-alistair-lawrie

Crum Hall is a multi-instrumentalist and producer. Crum started his career playing drums for ska punk band Bender which morphed into the alt country band Lincoln, sharing the stage with the likes of Calexico, Lambchop and Tindersticks. He now writes music for film and television.

https://www.steamstudios.co.uk

This podcast is a Friends Eclectic Production (AKA Radio FECK).

https://radiofeck.online