Scotland Inspired: Margaret Bennett

Margaret Bennett is widely regarded as one of Scotland's foremost folklorists

Who and what has shaped some of Scotland's most creative minds?

<link> <caption>BBC Scotland has launched a major series - Scotland Inspired - tracing Scotland's artistic family tree</caption> <url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01h5zqx" platform="highweb"/> </link> , with prominent figures choosing Scots who have inspired them.

Margaret Bennett is a singer, storyteller and widely regarded as one of the major figures of the modern Scottish revival in folklore studies.

She is a singer of great versatility and sensitivity.

Margaret has written several award-winning books and recorded CDs with a range of musicians, including her son, the piper Martyn Bennett.

<link> <caption>BBC Radio Scotland - Scotland Inspired, Episode 3 - Tuesday 15 May at 13:45 </caption> <url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hkz0d" platform="highweb"/> </link>