The fidracollection's Podcast
Advent with Kat Healy, a podcast from The Fidra Collection. A series of short reflections on Advent featuring music and poetry.
Episodes
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
New podcast episode with singer-songwriter and poet, Kat Healy. Kat discusses the history and traditions around the feast of the Epiphany, how it came to be known as the 'twelfth night' of Christmas and why it might be ok to keep the festive decorations up for a little while longer...
A hopeful reflection for the year ahead as we navigate our way through this new period of lockdown. Also 'A Poem for a New Year' by Matt Goodfellow, and the song 'Veni Domine et noli tardare'.
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Week 4 of Advent with singer-songwriter Kat Healy. This week Kat shares a reflection on finding solace (as defined by poet, David Whyte) during this year's quieter Christmas celebrations to generate love and compassion to those around us. Kat also reads the poem, 'Forecasts' by Jean Kenward, a poem about searching for signs of hope, and shares the final verse of 'Light the Advent Candle (Advent Song)' by Mary Lu Walker. We hope you enjoy a happy and healthy Christmas.
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Episode 3 of the Advent podcast series with singer-songwriter Kat Healy. Kat reflects on the possibility of finding silver linings during challenging situations and discusses the process of nurturing creative practice and creative self-expression as a tool to strengthen our resolve and access joy in daily activities. She reads another winter poem 'Just ding my job' by Clare Bevan and shares verses 1,2 and 3 of 'Light the Advent Candle (Advent Song) by Mary Lu Walker.
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
The latest episode of our short Advent series podcast with Kat Healy. This week Kat shares the story of St Nicholas and her early childhood memories of enjoying the Feast of St Nicholas in Celle, Germany. These memories inspired her poem, 'Sankt Nikolaus', which she reads for us.
You can also enjoy the next verse and chorus of "Light the Advent Candle (Advent Song)" (Mary Lu Walker), sung by Kat, for her upcoming EP.
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Welcome to the first in a short series of podcast reflections around the theme of ‘Advent’, the title of the upcoming EP by Scottish singer-songwriter Kat Healy, to be released on 20th December 2020.
An introduction to Kat's new blog and EP. Verse 1 & Chorus of the Advent song, 'Light the Advent Candle' (Mary Lu Walker, 1975), plus a reading of 'Spellbound' by Emily Brontë.