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Originally a household name for appearing on the Generation Game, during the 1990s Isla St Clair returned to television with guest appearances on BBC Television<\/span><\/u><\/a>‘s Songs of Praise<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/i> and ITV<\/span><\/u><\/a>‘s Highway<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/i>. She began by recording Inheritance<\/i> in 1993, an album<\/span><\/u><\/a> of Scottish folk songs. This was followed a year later with a BBC Radio<\/span><\/u><\/a> series about folk music called Kindlin’ the Fire<\/i>. In 1995, she devised a series called Tatties and Herrin<\/i>, commissioned by BBC Radio, which told the story of the fishing and farming communities of Scotland’s north east. The songs from the series were released on two albums: The Land<\/i> and The Sea<\/i>. In 1996, St Clair recorded Scenes of Scotland<\/i>, a collection of her mother’s songs. The album was a personal tribute to her mother who had recently died.<\/p>\n In 1998, St Clair appeared in and co-produced When the Pipers Play<\/i> a documentary<\/span><\/u><\/a> film about the great Highland bagpipe<\/span><\/u><\/a>. The film was first aired on PBS<\/span><\/u><\/a> television in the United States and went on to win four film festival awards. The accompanying CD was also released the same year. Two years later they co-produced, and she presented, the documentary Millennium Pipes<\/i> about Marie Curie Cancer Care<\/span><\/u><\/a>. The same year she was asked to sing her mother’s song Dunkirk<\/span><\/u><\/a> – Lest We Forget’ at the Festival of Remembrance<\/span><\/u><\/a>, in the Royal Albert Hall<\/span><\/u><\/a>. The song was released on the album Amazing Grace – anthems to inspire<\/i>.<\/p>\n In 2002, St Clair was awarded an honorary degree as Master of the University of Aberdeen<\/span><\/u><\/a> for her lifelong contribution to the traditional music of Scotland. During the year she released two more albums: the critically acclaimed The Lady and The Piper<\/i> with Gordon Walker; and My Generation<\/i> a collection of children’s songs. Other albums followed including Looking Forward To The Past<\/i>, a collection of timeless love songs; Across the Waters<\/i>, recorded in Los Angeles<\/span><\/u><\/a> with musical support from Eric Rigler<\/span><\/u><\/a>; and Great Songs and Ballads of Scotland<\/i>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Originally a household name for appearing on the Generation Game, during the 1990s Isla St Clair returned to television with guest appearances on BBC Television‘s Songs of Praise and ITV‘s … Continue reading Isla St. Clair<\/span>