Review: Understanding Scotland Musically: Folk, Tradition and Policy
In Soundyngs’ very first post in January 2022 we suggested that this site had a working definition of ‘Scottish Music’ … Read more
Reviews
Hamish Henderson: centenary and legacy
This post is something of a late ripple washing back from the tsunami of writing that celebrated, back in 2019, … Read more
Review: The Eliza Ross Collection
Image: Raasay House, photo attribution John Darcy, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. . This, the … Read more
Review: A Social History of Amateur Music-Making and Scottish National Identity Scotland’s Printed Music 1880-1951
Karen McAulay has, until this summer, been a librarian at the Royal Scottish Conservatoire, and she brings her skills as … Read more
Review: Since Yesterday – the Untold Story of Scotland’s Girlbands
Image: Still from Since Yesterday, photo credit Euan Robertson A packed Dundee Contemporary Arts centre was the venue for those … Read more
Review: Marjory Kennedy Fraser’s Songs of the Hebrides: a virtual concert-lecture
Soundyngs editor writes: recently I visited Joan Busby, and a cup of tea turned into a wonderful private 2 hour … Read more
Review: MacDonald’s Compleat Theory of the Scots Highland Bagpipe
Soundyngs’ reviews are sometimes of recent works, and other times of books that have recently arrived on Soundyngs shelves and … Read more
Mats Melin and Scottish Dance: A Short Appreciation
In Soundyngs’ travels this summer, a highland library shelf threw up a rather interesting book called A Sutherland Dance (1977), … Read more
Review: Ronald Center (1913-73) : Centenary and Beyond
This week’s post on a talented but undeservedly neglected composer has been prompted by some recent chat with Jamie Reid … Read more
Review: Songs & Poems Old & New – a Mobile Archive project from Helmsdale
Image: Millie Rapson and Adeline MacPherson singing at the Gaelic MOD, mid-1950s. The Rapson family are local to Helmsdale – … 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