him in Edinburgh. According to his booking agent, Gaughan entered a course of physiotherapy in February 2017 and will remain in physio and not performing "for the foreseeable future". Vocal and guitar styles Gaughan sings in Scots (his first language), English and, occasionally, Gaelic. His voice has been described by some as "capable of turning from aching tenderness to the high dudgeon of political rage within the space of a line, or, on occasion, even in the turn of a single word". He plays guitar in a variety of tunings, using both flatpicking and fingerpicking styles and has acknowledged Doc Watson and Hank Snow (flatpickers), Davey Graham, Bert Jansch and Martin Carthy (fingerpickers) as his prime influences. He has recorded extensively as a session musician and has been called "one of the finest and most original guitarists in the British Isles". Gaughan's live performances are noted for their passion and intensity. According to The Rough Guide to World Music "[his] passionate artistry towers like a colossus above three decades"; while another reviewer has commented that "in live performance he generates the sort of voodoo intensity you expect from the rawest blues, but hardly from the cosily insular world of British folk". Accolades Gaughan has been the subject of three television documentaries in the UK: BBC Two's Spectrum (1982), Scottish Television's NB (1989) and BBC Four's Sessions (2008) (featuring a live performance and documentary footage). In December 2009 he was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame and in February 2010 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at BBC Radio Two's annual Folk Awards ceremony. Discography Solo albumsNo More Forever (Trailer, 1972) Kist o' Gold (Trailer, 1976)Coppers and Brass (Topic, 1977)Gaughan (Topic, 1978)Handful of Earth (Topic, 1981)A Different Kind of Love Song (Celtic Music, 1983)Live in Edinburgh (Celtic Music, 1985)True and Bold: Songs of the Scottish Miners (STUC, 1986)Call It Freedom (Celtic Music, 1988)Sail On (Greentrax, 1996)Redwood Cathedral (Greentrax, 1998)Outlaws and Dreamers (Greentrax, 2001)Prentice Piece (Greentrax, 2002) (compilation)The Definitive Collection" (High Point, 2006) (compilation) Lucky for Some (Greentrax, 2006) Gaughan Live! at the Trades Club (Greentrax, 2008) Dick Gaughan - The Harvard Tapes (Greentrax, 2019) The Boys of the Lough The Boys of the Lough (Trailer, 1973 and reissued on Shanachie) Five Hand Reel Five Hand Reel (Rubber, 1976) For A' That (RCA, 1977) Ebbe, Dagmar, Svend og Alan (Sonet, 1978) (Alan Klitgaard with Five Hand Reel) Earl o'