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Robbie Shepherd
You can hear Robbie Shepherd reading his weekly Scots column in the P&J at this address. http://www.thisisnorthscotland
Luath Audio Archives
Luath authors read from their books.
http://www.luath.co.uk/
Bo'ness site
Site about Bo'ness - a small town in central Scotland. The site is entirely in Scots. You can also listen to songs from the town sung in the local dialect.
http://www.mcott.freeserve.co.
Foot Stompin Radio
The latest in traditional music from Simon Thoumire. Simon's chat is mostly in English but the songs are in Scots as well as Gaelic and English. The programme is updated twice a month and you can listen to archived programmes on the web site.
http://www.footstompin.com/rad
Dumfries & Galloway poetry podcast
The first audio poetry showcase of its kind in Scotland. It's a chance to hear thirteen distinctive voices in English, Scots and Gaelic, and an excellent introduction to the rich talent and diversity of writers and writing in southwest Scotland.
http://www.dgcommunity.net/
Alistair Hulett
Visit Alistair's site to hear traditional songs in Scots and English.
http://www.alistairhulett.com/
Electric Scotland
Site with all sorts of material about Scotland - some politics, some culture. There are links to other material of relevance to the Scots language.
http://www.scotsindependent.or
The Scottish Corpus
The Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech is a growing online collection of modern-day written and spoken texts in dialects of Scots and Scottish English.
http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.u
Radio Shetland
Click here to listen to the Shetland dialect. When you are on the linked page, you should go to the section on Radio Shetland's evening programme. You can click on any of the underlined days of the week. At first you might hear the end of the weather forecast from the studio in Glasgow. Carry on listening and you should hear all sorts of programmes in the Shetland dialect.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/
A Kist o Wurds
Scots from over the sea - weekly radio programme in and about Ulster Scots.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northerni