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Transatlantic Sessions
Transatlantic Sessions is the collective title for a series of musical productions by Glasgow-based Pelicula Films Ltd, funded by- and produced for BBC Scotland, BBC Four and RTÉ of Ireland. The productions comprise collaborative live performances by various leading folk, bluegrass and country musicians from both sides of the North Atlantic, playing music from Scotland, Ireland, England and North America, who congregate under the musical direction of Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas to record and film a set of half-hour TV episodes. The Television director is Mike Alexander and the producer is Douglas Eadie.
Following the end of the TV series there has been an annual touring version, with similar format, starting at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, then visiting venues in Scotland and England. These received critical acclaim in the press. . Retrieved 23 February 2026 .
The six series have been released in both CD and DVD format by Whirlie Records.
The first (Original) Transatlantic Sessions episode was produced in 1995 - a project conceived at that time by Douglas Eadie, Mike Alexander and Aly Bain. Subsequent sessions were produced in 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013. To date, the series comprises the six sessions shown below in the History (listed in chronological order).
The producer and directors select a special setting for each session – typically a country manor, lodge or hotel in Scotland where the musicians perform and stay while the session is recorded (see also below). Each session was filmed in a different location with the exception of Series 4 and 5, which were filmed in the same house (the hunting lodge at Glen Lyon near Aberfeldy, Perthshire). Series 6 was filmed and recorded at a location on the banks of Loch Lomond.
Participating musicians vary from session to session but, since the first session, a format has been followed where a core of musicians forms the House Band and each session features additional guest artists.
(1995 / directed by Aly Bain and Jay Ungar). Recorded at Montgreenan Mansion House Hotel in Ayrshire.
Main performers in brackets (not necessarily the composers).
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Transatlantic Sessions
Transatlantic Sessions is the collective title for a series of musical productions by Glasgow-based Pelicula Films Ltd, funded by- and produced for BBC Scotland, BBC Four and RTÉ of Ireland. The productions comprise collaborative live performances by various leading folk, bluegrass and country musicians from both sides of the North Atlantic, playing music from Scotland, Ireland, England and North America, who congregate under the musical direction of Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas to record and film a set of half-hour TV episodes. The Television director is Mike Alexander and the producer is Douglas Eadie.
Following the end of the TV series there has been an annual touring version, with similar format, starting at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, then visiting venues in Scotland and England. These received critical acclaim in the press. . Retrieved 23 February 2026 .
The six series have been released in both CD and DVD format by Whirlie Records.
The first (Original) Transatlantic Sessions episode was produced in 1995 - a project conceived at that time by Douglas Eadie, Mike Alexander and Aly Bain. Subsequent sessions were produced in 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013. To date, the series comprises the six sessions shown below in the History (listed in chronological order).
The producer and directors select a special setting for each session – typically a country manor, lodge or hotel in Scotland where the musicians perform and stay while the session is recorded (see also below). Each session was filmed in a different location with the exception of Series 4 and 5, which were filmed in the same house (the hunting lodge at Glen Lyon near Aberfeldy, Perthshire). Series 6 was filmed and recorded at a location on the banks of Loch Lomond.
Participating musicians vary from session to session but, since the first session, a format has been followed where a core of musicians forms the House Band and each session features additional guest artists.
(1995 / directed by Aly Bain and Jay Ungar). Recorded at Montgreenan Mansion House Hotel in Ayrshire.
Main performers in brackets (not necessarily the composers).