With Sunday’s enticing hourlong program, salon met saloon culture, mixing traditional Scottish folk tunes and pieces taken from the rarely heard trove of Scottish folk songs that were arranged ...

Fans of Scottish folk songs are in for a treat, as Jim and Susie Malcolm return to Little Rock for a show Saturday at Hibernia Irish Tavern.

One of his most notable poems and songs, “Auld Lang Syne,” is traditionally sung on New Year’s, even in the U.S. Burns also collected traditional Scottish folk songs and revised many of them.

"Auld Lang Syne" — which roughly translates to "times gone by"— was written by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788 and is thought to have been based on a Scottish folk song.

The combination of an old Scottish poem and a Canadian bandleader is the reason most of sing "Auld Lang Syne" on New Year's Eve.

IrishCentral Contributor Patricia Killeen catches up with Maureen O'Donoghue and Jordan Kay who together form the musical duo Saelkie Folk.