Outlander theme song singer Raya Yarbrough joins Mary & Blake to explain how “The Skye Boat Song” became Claire’s voice, what it is like working with Bear McCreary, and why her vocals feel like another character in the show. If you have ever wondered who sings the Outlander theme song, the answer is Raya Yarbrough….
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Claire can travel through the stones because she appears to have an inherited time-travel gift tied to bloodlines, gemstones, Samhain, Master Raymond, and blue-light mythology.
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 8, “Both Sides Now,” is not painful simply because Claire almost gets home. It is painful because she is wanted in two lives, and neither one feels false. Frank wants his wife back. Jamie wants to keep his wife safe. Claire is caught between two marriages, two centuries, two versions of…
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 3, “The Way Out,” is the episode where Claire Randall learns that being right can still get you burned. Claire wants out of Castle Leoch. She wants back to the stones. She wants back to Frank. She wants to believe that if she is useful enough, careful enough, and smart enough,…
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Outlander Director Mike Barker Interview: The Devil’s Mark, Lallybroch And Claire’s Impossible Truth
Outlander director Mike Barker joins Mary & Blake to explain how the show made Claire’s impossible truth feel real. That is the center of this interview. Yes, Barker directed two hugely important Outlander Season 1 episodes: “The Devil’s Mark” and “Lallybroch.” Yes, those episodes include the witch trial, Geillis Duncan’s reveal, Claire telling Jamie she…
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