Horse McDonald and Hannah Jarrett-Scott

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The second of our weekly round-table discussions with fab guests in arts spaces around the country is here right now! It's thanks to singer, songwriter and - let's face it, total legend - Horse McDonald, and the brilliant actor and musician Hannah Jarrett-Scott.

Following trailblazing hits like Careful, and The Speed of the Beat of My Heart, Horse is currently touring her outstanding new album, The Road Less Travelled - a joyous and fired-up rallying cry that navigates life, love, the ghosts of those we leave behind, the loneliness / solace of the night sky - and the super-power of finding your own path, in spite of its obstacles. Who could help but be won over?

There's also quite a lot of kissing in it. Just an academic observation.

Hannah starred in glorious BBC Scotland TV drama Float, and hugely-loved comedy Two Doors Down, and she's joining that show's Elaine C Smith in Peter Pan at Glasgow's King's Theatre later this year - not to mention theatre credits like Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) and Medea on the Mic at A Play, A Pie, and A Pint. Her gorgeous band, CLR Theory, have just released a live EP; and their debut album, Waves, is sublime.

We recorded this at the National Galleries of Scotland's Women In Revolt exhibition at Modern Two in Edinburgh, which is a righteous call to arms, a constant eye-opener, and an absolute joy.

So, if you want to hear about Linder's meat dress (decades before Lady Gaga), and three-minute screams via the Raincoats, and leotards via Throbbing Gristle - not to mention Horse's new-found life manifestos - and whether Hannah's going to rock a moustache when she plays Captain Hook in the panto this Christmas - well, it's all here...