Karine Polwart

Karine Polwart joins Ewan Petrie for this weeks episode of "The Tracks That Take Us Back". Karine is a multi-award winning songwriter and musician, as well as a theatre maker, storyteller, spoken word performer and author. Prior to her music career, Karine gained a first class honours degree in Philosophy from the University of Dundee and spent her early adult life working for the Scottish Women's Aid Movement. Fortunately for us, Karine decided to pursue music full time in 2000 as the lead singer of the highly successful Scottish band "Malinky". The release of her debut solo album "Faultlines" soon followed and helped propel Karine's career to new heights, winning 3 awards at the 2005 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Numerous career highlights have since followed, helping to cement Karine's place as one of the finest singer/songwriters on the folk music scene.  Listen as Karine allows us to walk in her footsteps through her wonderful recollections of dear memories and stories from her life and career to date. From discussing the genius of the "Bard of Dundee" Michael Marra to reliving moments from her childhood of growing up near Banknock in Stirlingshire, Karine will take you on a trip down memory lane with her choices on "The Tracks That Take Us Back".