Chris Giubarelli sold his family business to chase a dream of playing music for a living as he does around the bars of Inverness and performing in a choir. It's a path that brought him to Belladrum where, at the heart of the festival, he chatted to Shaun Milne about his transformation from selling fish suppers to entertaining people as the Highland Folk Hero.

Author Christopher Brookmyre chats with Shaun Milne on his love for music, going to gigs, how songs inspire his writing and what readers can expect from his latest novel The Cracked Mirror which he read from during a literary performance at this year's Verb Garden stage at Belladrum.

Seán McLaughlin, Vicky Gray and Sandy Batchelor talk to Shaun Milne about their performance at this year's Belladrum festival, response to their latest album Goodnight, Lad and offer a sneak peek into some exciting film news involving one of the band.

Indie rockers The Sun Day - frontman and rhythm guitar Connor Ritchie, Luke Doyle on lead guitar, Aidan Forret on bass, and Craig Spink on drums - played their second Belladrum this year and took time out after to chat with Shaun Milne about what it is like being part of an up and coming band at a major festival.

Born in Leith, raised in Edinburgh, and a musician mum based in Dundee, the phenomenal Roseanne Reid has been carving out a reputation for herself in roots and country and is now dabbling in more traditional Scottish folk as she sets her sights on her follow-up album.

Her musical taste was influenced by her parents including one half of The Proclaimers, but her songwriting and playing is authentically hers alone. On her first trip to Belladrum, she spoke to Shaun Milne for the podcast about the experience, life as it happens, and what comes next.

Kenny Smith and Michael MacMillan from Highland folk rockers Torridon join host Shaun Milne at Belladrum music festival and reveal how they are going to mark 20 years of touring and recording as a band in this special bonus episode.

Laura Silverstone is a singer songwriter based in Edinburgh, a former finalist on TV show Spain's Got Talent, but more often than not seen out on the city streets enjoying her first love busking to live crowds most especially around festival season, but also across Europe, Asia and as far afield as Australia which has seen her sing with the likes of Glen Hansard and others along the way.

She is also a busy recording artist and has just released her new album - Heartwood - ahead of a mini promotional tour in the van that she has for years as a travelling troubadour called home, a place her many fans on Instagram have come to recognise thanks to her role as a social media influencer and storyteller too.

In this interview with host Shaun Milne she delves into how her music career began, the modern pressures for not just creatives and musicians but life on the road, the dangers of burn out, the balance of lost loves and new friendships, and how inspiration lies around every bend. An interview that is as much about a life story, as it is a career.

Episode 14 'Laura' now streaming.

Show Notes

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The show's title music is Nothing's Going To Bring Me Down courtesy of singer songwriter Willie Campbell . https://open.spotify.com/track/4BKdWV... https://www.williecampbell.co.uk/ Good Stuff In Between is an independent podcast written, edited and produced by host Shaun Milne from Skog Media Associates. https://goodstuffinbetween.substack.com/https://skogmedia.com/

Kenna Ross is a piano player from Nairn in the Highlands who has been making a name for herself supporting other artists at some of the biggest festivals in music. She has appeared everywhere from Celtic Connections, Belladrum, and King Tut's, to Montreal Jazz and Lollapalooza in Paris.

The likes of BBC Radio 2's Zoe Ball have featured her live in the alternative Piano Room sessions, after her cover versions of songs by the likes of 21 Pilots and Paramore racked up hundreds of thousands of plays online.

Now though she is stepping out into the light under her own name with the launch of her first original album - In The Moment - recorded at the Wee Studio in the Western Isles and featuring a string of talented artists.

She talks with host Shaun Milne about where it all started, the hard yards she has put in playing hotels and other events along the way, inspiration, opportunity and the growing confidence that is allowing her to stage her own headline event for the very first time.

Episode 13: Kenna is streaming now.