The Glasgow Orchestral Society Celebrates 150 Years of Amateur Music-Making
150th Anniversary Concert – 7:30pm Saturday 25th March 2023, Glasgow City Halls The Victorian age was a great age of … Read more
Review: Concerto Caledonia, “Shepherds & Tea Tables: Songs of Allan Ramsay”
Concerto Caledonia currently lead the field in historically-informed performances of Scottish music, and bring to their work awareness of both … Read more
The Fisk Jubilee Singers in Scotland
A picture of the Fisk Jubilee Singers is available from the Library of Congress: no restrictions on reproduction. Scotland’s historic … Read more
Review: Freeland Barbour, “The White Rose of Gask: The Life of Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne” (2019)
Freeland Barbour, accordionist, composer, radio and record producer, is a descendent of Lady Nairne’s sister, and this alongside his own … Read more
The Glasgow Orpheus Choir: roots, growth, and legacy
Image: Glasgow Orpheus Choir v1, recorded in the early 1950s as a heritage album A few years ago, preparing to … Read more
Research Profile: Stuart Eydmann on the Concertina in Scotland
Soundyngs’ last post discussed the importance of ‘big box’ accordions to Scottish dance music and called for more writing on … Read more
The Scottish “Big Box” Accordion
You could put a pin in a map of any town and village in Scotland and find somewhere a photograph … Read more
Review: Eleanor Bell and Linda Gunn (eds.), The Scottish Sixties: Reading, Rebellion, Revolution?
Image source: Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame (Hands up for Trad) – on The Clutha. This year marks … Read more
A Fresh Look at the Carmina Gadelica: Recent Research by Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart
Image: from University of St Andrews Special Collection, first edition of “Carmina Gadelica” vol.1 (Edinburgh, T & A Constable, 1900), … Read more
The Nevis Ensemble: the end of a chapter of “music for everyone, everywhere”
Sometimes histories are cut short before they have fully played out. Soundyngs is sad to hear that the Nevis Ensemble … Read more
The Spinacino Consort: The Music of Elizabeth Melville
Editor: The Spinacino Consort is based in Scotland, and its performances draw on careful research about the early modern song … Read more
Celebrating Celtic Connections: A Very Short History
The musical feast which is Celtic Connections is starting this week, running from 19th January to 5th February 2023 in … Read more