Welcome to The Scotsman Sessions
With the performing arts sector still impacted by the pandemic, we are commissioning a series of short video performances from artists all around the country and releasing them on scotsman.com, with introductions by our critics.
Highlights so far include
KT Tunstall performing her new song, Anything At All, from her home in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles
Scotland’s Makar Jackie Kay reading two lockdown poems, Still and Mask
Tam Dean Burn tackling the subject of Scotland’s salmon farming industry in an excerpt from his show Aquaculture Flagshipwreck
Scottish Chamber Orchestra cellist
Su-a Lee playing Dvořák’s Songs My Mother Taught Me in a forest near Grantown-on-spey
A locked-down C Duncan performing the aptly titled Stuck Here With You from his living room in Helensburgh
Johnny Lynch, aka Pictish Trail, playing an acoustic version of his single Double-sided from his studio on the Isle of Eigg
Actors Sean Hay and Keith Fleming performing a scene from Grid Iron’s new show, Doppler
The Maxwell Quartet playing a jig & reel combo from a fishing boat perched on top of a hill in Perthshire
MOTD Live: FIFA World Cup 2022, BBC1, 12pm
England were semi-finalists when the tournament was last held four years ago, but they arrive in Qatar on the back of a six-match winless run in the UEFA Nations League. Here, Gary Lineker introduces live coverage of their opening World Cup game against Group B rivals Iran at Doha’s Khalifa International Stadium. Despite their poor form, Gareth Southgate’s side will be optimistic about progressing to the knockout stage, while captain Harry Kane is looking to make history - he is chasing an 11th goal at major international tournaments. This evening, over on ITV, Wales’ long wait for a World Cup appearance comes to an end when they take on the USA at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium.