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Front page to James Aird Collection with engraving of 18th centuryBritish solders

Flute music in the Atholl Collection: Military Echoes

25 July 20226 July 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Photo credit: author, reproduced by kind permission of Culture Perth & Kinross Local & Family History. I had a very … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 18thCentury, 19thCentury, Flute Leave a comment
James Cheechoo playing fiddle at the Blue Lamp, Aberdeen

James Cheechoo (1929-2022), the ‘Last of the James Bay Fiddlers’, and his Scottish Connection

4 July 202230 June 2022 by Frances Wilkins

James Cheechoo (1929-2022), who passed away at the age of 92, on 11 February 2022 in Moose Factory, Northern Ontario, … Read more

Categories Articles Tags Canada, Fiddle, JohnRae, Orkney Leave a comment
Cover page of the Atholl Collection Catalogue

The Atholl Collection in Perth – catalogue pdf available

25 July 202220 June 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Cover of catalogue – reproduced by kind permission of Culture Perth & Kinross Local & Family History The A K … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 18thCentury, 19thCentury, Bagpipe, Dance, Fiddle, Flute, Song Leave a comment
Lesmahagow Missal NLS229918121

Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts from the National Library of Scotland

25 May 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Of interest to medievalists and early modern historians more generally, the NLS has completed its digitisation project for Medieval and … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 13thCentury, 15thCentury, 16thCentury, Medieval, Renaissance, Sacred, SacredMusic, Song Leave a comment
Crail Parish Church

Distant Echoes: Records of Early Modern Soundscapes from Crail Parish Church

13 May 2022 by Dr Bess Rhodes

As live voices gradually began to re-sound in Scotland’s churches after the COVID-19 shutdowns, many have been dismayed to learn … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 16thCentury, Medieval, Reformation, Renaissance, SacredMusic Leave a comment
Tolmie NLS MS14906

Frances Tolmie’s Skye Songs: manuscript sources from the National Library of Scotland

11 May 2022 by Jane Pettegree

The National Library of Scotland is continuing to add to its digital archives material and recent press releases draw our … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, Gaelic, Hebrides, Song Leave a comment
Muses Threnodie Title Page

Perth and Musical Muses in 1638

12 May 20224 May 2022 by Jane Pettegree

‘Reading Scotland before 1707’ is the title of the symposium co-hosted by the Folger Research library and the University of … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 17thCentury, Bagpipe, Guitar, Lute, Perth, Protestant, Song Leave a comment
Psalm Boat Singers by Mairi Martin

Gaelic Psalmody as a Soundscape to a Way of Life

28 March 2022 by Frances Wilkins

Photograph credit: Mairi Martin Since 2018, I have been working on the research project, ‘Seinn Coisrigte anns a’ Ghaidhealtachd an … Read more

Categories Articles Tags Gaelic, Highland, Islands, Lewis, Psalms, Songs, Soundscape Leave a comment
Hugh Cheape

Hugh Cheape: A Fresh Look at the Bagpipe as a ‘National’ Instrument

17 March 202217 March 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Where would you look if you wanted to start researching the Scottish bagpipes?  In recent decades, academic research into Highland … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 18thCentury, 19thCentury, Bagpipe Leave a comment
Society of H&I Historical Research

Society of Highland and Island Historical Research / Comann Rannsachaidh Eachdraidh na Gaidhealtachd : A Conversational Research Model

2 March 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Society of Highland and Island Historical Research homepage Formed in 1972 (originally the ‘Society of West Highland and Island Historical … Read more

Categories Articles Tags Bagpipe, Gaelic, Harp, Highland Leave a comment
Ardival Harps reproduction of historical wire-strung harps

The Wire-Strung Harp in Scotland: traditions and transformation

28 February 202222 February 2022 by Jane Pettegree

(featured image – modern reproductions of historical wire-strung harps, made by Ardival Harps) The wire-strung harp – or Clàrsach or … Read more

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Guts Galore poster

Women and Fishing Songs – celebrating Women’s History Month (a foretaste of March 2022)

17 February 2022 by Meg Hyland

Feature: early career researcher Meg Hyland talks about the singing culture of women herring workers. March is celebrated annually in … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, Fishing, Gaelic, Song, Women Leave a comment
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