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So here we are at BBC Glasgow, stealing a blogging moment on one of their foyer PCs. We can't upload pics or audio here, but here for now we've posted our setlist. The ones in italics are new songs, written during the Gathering; we're also going to play through all 12 of the original winning songs. To find out more about the songwriters go to the main Burnsong site.

It's been an amazing week, and the winners have generated a huge amount of high-quality material. We'll be putting the full audio for tonight's gig online here in the next blog. As ever, I've used this experience to learn more about how different songwriters approach their craft, and it's been a privilege (and really good fun) to work with such enthusiastic and hard-working musicians.

Time to tune up!

The Gathering setlist

Nov 30th 2007 - BBC Glasgow

Home - Andi Neate

Hell of a Ride - David Ferrard

My Bonnie Red-haired Lassie - Paraig MacNeil

Reverse The Hearse - Tom Murray

The John McGlinchy Bridge - Stevie Palmer

Gowany Banks - Lori Watson and Mairi Campbell

Albasylum - Lisa Paton

Garvock's Ghaist - Rodger Lyall

Stepping Stone - Mary Barclay (Carroll)

Too Busy Playing God - Andi Neate

Smile or Cry - Mairi Campbell and Dave Francis

You've Been Leithed - Aly Macrae

Blackbird - Mary Barclay (Carroll)

The Pig & Its Mistress - Rodger Lyall

My Dad - Amy Duncan

Black Is The Sun - Stevie Palmer

Merl - Lori Watson (Lori's on tour in Germany - the song will be sung in her absence by Mairi Campbell)

Hope Inside - Lisa Paton and Amy Duncan

I Can't Believe - Dave Francis

Honours for Fees - Paraig MacNeil (trad tune "Bonnie Dundee")