Discussing the folk music of Scotland with singers George and Gerry Armstrong. Rebroadcast.

Interviewing the Boys of the Lough, Irish folk musicians including Robin Morton, Dave Richardson, Cathal McConnell, and Aly Rain.

Studs Terkel travels to a Yurt shepherd's farm commune to hear the old song ballad of a Mongolian hero. It concerns a slave uprising from 200 years ago and shows the unity of the Mongolian people. Terkel compares this music to the Hungarian legacy before moving to the School of Story Telling and School of Music and Story Telling in the capital of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot. We are introduced to the four string hu that played Homeric ballads of drinking songs that could last four days.

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Jean Redpath describes some of the folk stories and traditions she learned in her native Scotland.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations  

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The folk singer talks about her career and provides some examples of the folk music traditions of her native Scotland.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations