Review: Jhone Angus: Monk of Dunfermline & Scottish Reformation Music
The story of the Scottish Reformation and its music is here brought into focus by the biography of Jhone (John) … Read more
Review: Are Ye Dancin’? Scotland’s 20th Century Dance Halls
Soundyngs recently reviewed a book on 19th century popular entertainment. Today’s post reviews a picture-book history of Scottish dance halls … Read more
The Scottish Students’ Song Book: University Freshers’ Fun, old-style
Editor: as nights draw in and we begin to spend more time indoors, Rosa Michaelson invites us to think about … Read more
Review: The Life of a Showman: David Prince Miller
Review: The Life of a Showman: David Prince Miller A review is normally of a new book, but in this … Read more
Broughton House and Border Ballads Part 3: songs and chapbooks
Featured Image: Cover of a 19th Chapbook printed in Newton Stewart, Galloway (author’s own photograph) This is the last of … Read more
Broughton House and Border Ballads Part 2: The Mansfield Manuscript
Featured Image: Kirkcudbright, by Kenny Lam, from Visit Scotland Website In Soundyngs’ last post, I discussed the song collecting activity … Read more
Broughton House and Border Ballads Part 1: The Macmath Manuscript
Featured Image: Broughton House, photograph by Lorna M Campbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Soundyngs went to Galloway this … Read more
Dunkeld Fiddlers and Music Archives
With thanks to Pete Clark and Munro Gauld for filling in some of the gaps. Dunkeld is widely known as … Read more
Review: Window to the West: Culture and Environment in the Scottish Gàidhealtachd
Image: cover art from Window to the West This book, jointly authored by Meg Bateman and John Purser, is an … Read more
17th Century Danish Music with Scottish Connections
With thanks to Bodil Partridge, who told me recently about Thomas Kingo, a 17th century Danish composer with family roots … Read more
Review: Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia
Image: The Bog Trotters Band, in Galax, Virginia, 1937. Autoharp, fiddlers, guitar. Geologically, the Appalachians are a continuation of the … Read more
17th Century Lutes around the North Sea Littoral
Image: from the Thysius Lutebook, 17th century lute tablature (French style) Soundyngs went on a trip to the Netherlands recently … Read more