The Wire-Strung Harp in Scotland: traditions and transformation
(featured image – modern reproductions of historical wire-strung harps, made by Ardival Harps) The wire-strung harp – or Clàrsach or … Read more
Women and Fishing Songs – celebrating Women’s History Month (a foretaste of March 2022)
Feature: early career researcher Meg Hyland talks about the singing culture of women herring workers. March is celebrated annually in … Read more
Dr Peter Cooke (1930-2020). From Ugandan Songs to Shetland Fiddlers: a remarkable digital memorial
Ethnomusicologists were saddened to learn last year of the death of Dr Peter Cooke, for many years a leading figure … Read more
Dundee Street Songs, Rhymes and Games: The William Montgomerie Collection, 1952
Dundee Street Songs, Rhymes and Games: The William Montgomerie Collection, 1952 Introduced, edited and annotated by Margaret Bennett, and illustrated … Read more
Scottish Songs in Canada: MacEdward Leach and the Songs of Atlantic Canada
While digital archives in Scotland hold many riches of traditional music, the Scots, of course, took (and still take) their … Read more
Singing the Gospel along Scotland’s North-East Coast, 1859-2009
Editor: Northern Scotland’s Evangelical revival is an important aspect of religious cultural and tradition which this book, published in the … Read more
Historic organs in Scotland: a new online survey of surviving instruments
Sowne of Organe presents detailed surveys of surviving historic organs in Scotland. Each survey includes technical and historical overviews, extensive … Read more
Harry Linn, Music Hall Artist: “Scotland’s Premier Comic Philosopher”
Editor: digitised historic newspaper adverts and short reviews are a great resource for mapping historical musical activity, as this … Read more
Digitised Aberdeen records shed new light on Robert Carver’s connections with the city
For some time now it has been known that the Renaissance Scottish composer Robert Carver, spent most of his life … Read more
Review: Concerto Caledonia, Songs of Home and Distant Isles
Released in 2020 from the growing HIP stable of Concerto Caledonia, this fascinating project explores the music taken by Scots … Read more
What is ‘Scottish’ music?
The category of ‘Scottish’ could include: music that is played on “indigenous” instruments? But typical instruments are not always purely … Read more
Soundyngs: Conversations on the History of Scottish Music
Soundyngs is a blog of short-format articles and reviews, together with signposting to completed open-access digital research sources. It aims … Read more