Soundscapes and Natural Histories: Listening to Portmoak
Image: crosssection of a bank on the perimeter of Portmoak Moss, showing how deep the peat is, and its layers. … Read more
Natasha Currie
The Dupplin Cross: Harping on Kingship
In its summer visits, Soundyngs stood in front of a very beautiful thing in St Serf’s Church, in the Perthshire … Read more
Stirling, August 1594: Music at the Baptism of Prince Henry Stuart
Featured Image: Stirling Castle Ceiling Boss, Hercules, from the King’s Chamber. Attribution: dun_deagh, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons … Read more
Researching Music Publishing in Scotland before 1900: two databases
Featured image: Edinburgh in 1769, from G H Millar, The New and Universal System of Geography c1782 (Morris, Public Domain, … Read more
Remembering Dundee’s Music Halls
Featured Image: Dundee People’s Palace Programme 1891 (with thanks to Billy Rough) A recent exhibition in the Dundee Central Library … Read more
Robert Burns in the Belfast Linen Hall Library
Summertime is here, and Soundyngs is beginning to get a wee bit itinerant. This post finds us in Belfast’s Linen … Read more
Highland Rock Bands in late 20th Century Scotland
Image: Runrig’s final concert, ‘The Last Dance’ in Stirling, August 2018. Hic et nunc, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia … Read more
From Geneva to Stirling: Jean Servin in the Court of James VI
Another post this week on the topic of musical visitors to Scotland from Europe, intersecting this time on the strand … Read more
The Revelations: Gospel and Country Music in the Far North
Image: The Revelations. L to R: John Stewart, Sandy Bremner, Ricky Mackay and David Dunnet. It may come as a … Read more
Review: Robert Tannahill Songs. 250th Anniversary recordings
Robert Tannahill’s (1774 to 1810) contribution to Scottish song lyrics is known to Scots song enthusiasts but, in this 250th … Read more
Review: Franz Ferdinand and the Pop Renaissance
Franz Ferdinand and the Pop Renaissance, by Hamilton Harvey (London: Reynolds & Hearn, 2005) Tapping in again to the contemporary … Read more
Review: Strike Up, Strike Sure: The Pipes and Drums of the London Scottish Regiment
Strike Up, Strike Sure: The Pipes and Drums of the London Scottish Regiment by Duncan da Silva Scottish military music … Read more