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Transatlantic Sessions

Sam Bush, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Béla Fleck, Alison Krauss, James Taylor and more than 28 artists gather in the Scottish Highlands to perform folk favorites from the Americana and Celtic traditions.
Courtesy of John MacKinnon Images
Sam Bush, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Béla Fleck, Alison Krauss, James Taylor and more than 28 artists gather in the Scottish Highlands to perform folk favorites from the Americana and Celtic traditions.

Airs Friday, March 18, 2016 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

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Jerry Douglas (left), Béla Fleck (center) and James Mac.
Courtesy of John MacKinnon Images
Jerry Douglas (left), Béla Fleck (center) and James Mac.
Alison Krauss (left) with Shetland fiddle virtuoso Aly Bain.
Courtesy of John MacKinnon Images
Alison Krauss (left) with Shetland fiddle virtuoso Aly Bain.
Aoife O’Donovan, Julie Fowlis, Karen Matheson and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Courtesy of John MacKinnon Images
Aoife O’Donovan, Julie Fowlis, Karen Matheson and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Give at the $120 level during our TV Membership Campaign (beginning March 4) and receive the "Transatlantic Sessions: The Best of Folk - Volume 1" DVD and CD. This gift includes a KPBS License Plate Frame (if you're a new member). Also enjoy access to KPBS Passport and myKPBS Film Club. The CD only is available at $72, and the DVD only is at $84.
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Give at the $120 level during our TV Membership Campaign (beginning March 4) and receive the "Transatlantic Sessions: The Best of Folk - Volume 1" DVD and CD. This gift includes a KPBS License Plate Frame (if you're a new member). Also enjoy access to KPBS Passport and myKPBS Film Club. The CD only is available at $72, and the DVD only is at $84.

Recorded in the Scottish Highlands, TRANSATLANTIC SESSIONS brings together an array of the top vocal and instrumental artists in the Americana and Celtic traditions to perform 12 folk favorites, old and new.

For more than 20 years, Jerry Douglas, the dobro master from Nashville, and Aly Bain, the Shetland fiddle virtuoso, have been inviting their friends from both sides of the pond to get together and play. And when their friends include the likes of Sam Bush, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Béla Fleck, Alison Krauss, James Taylor and Dan Tyminski (just to name a few), viewers know they’re in for something special.

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Performances in the program include:

•“Man of Constant Sorrow” – Dan Tyminski

•“Jubilee” – Mary Chapin Carpenter with Karen Matheson

•“Run Away” – Sarah Jarosz with Alison Krauss

•“Copperline” – James Taylor

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•“Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad” – Eric Bibb with Dirk Powell

•“Oh Mama” – Aoife O’Donovan with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Karen Matheson, Tim O’Brien, Julie Fowlis and Teddy Thompson

•“Falani” – Béla Fleck with Sam Bush

•“Boat’s Up the River” – Dirk Powell with Sam Bush

•“I Believe in You” – Alison Krauss

•“Gone to Fortingall” / “Wired to the Moon” – Jerry Douglas and Michael McGoldrick

•“My Girl’s Waiting for Me” – Tim O’Brien

•“Hùg Air A’ Bhonaid Mhòir” (“Celebrate the Big Bonnet”) – Julie Fowlis

TRANSATLANTIC SESSIONS is on Facebook.

Jerry Douglas is on Facebook, and you can follow @JerryDouglas on Twitter. Sam Bush is on Facebook, and you can follow @sam_bush on Twitter. Mary Chapin Carpenter is on Facebook, and you can follow @M_CCarpenter on Twitter. Julie Fowlis is on Facebook, and you can follow @juliefowlis on Twitter. Béla Fleck is on Facebook. Alison Krauss is on Facebook, and you can follow @AlisonKrauss on Twitter. James Taylor is on Facebook, and you can follow @JamesTaylor_com on Twitter. Dan Tyminski is on Facebook.

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