Big personal shares at the top of the ep (preview: podcasting terrifies me) before an utterly delightful conversation with Scots folk singer Josie Vallely aka. Quinie.

Quinie's album Forefowk, Mind Me was named The Guardian's best folk release of 2025, but don't worry if you're not into bagpipes because we mostly chat about:

Not making your art your career

Tips for slow art/seasonal living in a rushing world

The mind bending differences between relating with Country in Australia versus Scotland

Minority languages and evocation of place

The right to roam

Confused white settler syndrome

When you’re a cultural mongrel

Impure ancestry

Place as a surrogate elder

Tradition in motion

Where do songs live?

Journeying on horseback

Horses as bodyguards

Why we all just want to be got

🧙‍♀️LINKY POOS

Quinie’s home on the web

Quinie on Instagram

[album] Forefowk, Mind Me ~ Quinie

Quinie’s seasonal almanac ~ Things that happen every year in a cycle

[film] Forefowk, Mind Me 

Guardian review of Quinie’s album

Cover art photo credit: Anthony Rintoul

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