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Kris Drever

Kris Drever is a person from Scotland, active since 1978.

Person Scotland since 1978 folk

TOTAL PLAYS

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2010-02-02 05:35 · 6 Music — "The Call and the Answer"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · 6 Music — "Doing This for Love"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2010 — 2026

20 15 10 5 0

'10 '13 '16 '19 '22 '25

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 40 63%

6 Music 24 38%

Radio 1 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Harvest Gypsies 11 2025-05-25

2 I Didn't Try Hard Enough 6 2026-05-02

3 If Wishes Were Horses 6 2021-08-26

4 Scapa Flow 1919 4 2020-11-11

5 The Call and the Answer 3 2024-07-24

6 Hunker Down / That Old Blitz Spirit 3 2020-08-22

7 Pilot Whales 2 2026-04-08

8 Pilot Whales (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk 2024) 2 2025-07-23

9 Where The World Is Thin 2 2020-10-14

10 Capernaum 2 2017-02-01

11 Doing This for Love 1 2026-08-16

12 Save a Space 1 2026-04-08

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-16 11:40 Doing This for Love 6 Music

2026-05-02 17:55 I Didn't Try Hard Enough Radio 2

2026-04-08 20:36 Pilot Whales Radio 2

2026-04-08 20:25 Save a Space Radio 2

2026-03-18 21:41 Change Radio 2

2026-01-28 21:40 Save a Space (Live) (feat. Michelle Willis) Radio 2

2025-07-23 20:08 Pilot Whales (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk 2024) Radio 2

2025-05-25 23:05 Harvest Gypsies 6 Music

2025-05-25 12:05 Harvest Gypsies 6 Music

2024-08-14 20:19 Pilot Whales (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk 2024) Radio 2

2024-08-04 20:30 Pilot Whales (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) Radio 2

2024-08-04 20:21 Steel And Stone (Black Water) Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

33 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

Capernaum —

2 2017-02-01 ▶

Catterline —

1 2023-03-29 ▶

Change —

1 2026-03-18 ▶

Doing This for Love —

1 2026-08-16 ▶

Harvest Gypsies —

11 2025-05-25 ▶

Hermless —

1 2016-06-22 ▶

Hollow Trees —

1 2020-09-23 ▶

Hunker Down / That Old Blitz Spirit —

3 2020-08-22 ▶

I Didn't Try Hard Enough —

6 2026-05-02 ▶

I Didn't Try Hard Enough (Live from Orkney Library 06/11/16) —

1 2016-11-09 ▶

I Didn't Try hard Enough - 6 Music Session Orkney Library - RX 06/11/2016 —

1 2017-01-01 ▶

If Wishes Were Horses —

6 2021-08-26 ▶

Mark The Hard Earth —

1 2010-02-25 ▶

More Than You Know —

1 2020-07-08 ▶

Oldenburg —

1 2018-11-10 ▶

Pilot Whales —

2 2026-04-08 ▶

Pilot Whales (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk 2024) —

2 2025-07-23 ▶

Pilot Whales (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) —

1 2024-08-04 ▶

Poor Man's Son —

1 2019-08-15 ▶

Sanday —

1 2020-10-14 ▶

Save a Space —

1 2026-04-08 ▶

Save a Space (Live) (feat. Michelle Willis) —

1 2026-01-28 ▶

Scapa Flow —

1 2019-06-05 ▶

Scapa Flow 1919 —

4 2020-11-11 ▶

Shady Grove (Live) —

1 2018-03-18 ▶

Song Title (6 Music Session, 6th Nov 2016) —

1 2016-11-06 ▶

Steel And Stone (Black Water) —

1 2024-08-04 ▶

Sweet Honey in the Rock —

1 2022-04-06 ▶

The Call and the Answer —

3 2024-07-24 ▶

The Holly & The Ivy —

1 2015-12-23 ▶

When The Shouting Is Over (Live) —

1 2016-07-20 ▶

Where The World Is Thin —

2 2020-10-14 ▶

Where The World Is Thin (Front Room Festival 2020) —

1 2020-04-15 ▶