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
Sometimes histories are cut short before they have fully played out. Soundyngs is sad to hear that the Nevis Ensemble … Read more
Editor: The Spinacino Consort is based in Scotland, and its performances draw on careful research about the early modern song … Read more
The musical feast which is Celtic Connections is starting this week, running from 19th January to 5th February 2023 in … Read more
Can history be taught through song? Well yes, according to a new band, The Tenementals, who are working on their … Read more
Image: “James Hogg, Poet, ‘The Ettrick Shepherd’”, painted by Sir John Watson Gordon in 1830. CC Wikimedia Commons, courtesy of … Read more
New research continues to add detail to our understanding of the role played by dancing in the historical musical life … Read more
‘Claimed from Stationers’ Hall’ was an AHRC-funded research network (2017-2018), bringing together academic and special collections librarians, book historians and … Read more
While some songs from this new anthology were performed by Seamus Begg in October during the 2022 St Andrews Voices … Read more
The Society of Highland & Island Historical Research (see Soundyngs post 2/3/22) celebrates this year the 50th anniversary of its … Read more
Mostly, this blog concentrates on the kind of ‘history’ that feels like it sits in the past. However, history is … Read more
Although the design has changed over the centuries, from the 18th century onwards Scottish luthiers have embraced the Italian violin … Read more
“Archaeoacoustics” is the name of relatively new field of interdisciplinary studies which – as the name suggests – combines archaeology … Read more