Distant Echoes: Records of Early Modern Soundscapes from Crail Parish Church
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
Frances Tolmie’s Skye Songs: manuscript sources from the National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland is continuing to add to its digital archives material and recent press releases draw our … Read more
More on the Gaelic Songs of Hebridean Herring Gutters
Meg Hyland, mentioned in an earlier Soundyngs post, has now published her first article on the Gaelic songs of herring … Read more
Perth and Musical Muses in 1638
‘Reading Scotland before 1707’ is the title of the symposium co-hosted by the Folger Research library and the University of … Read more
Gaelic Psalmody as a Soundscape to a Way of Life
Photograph credit: Mairi Martin Since 2018, I have been working on the research project, ‘Seinn Coisrigte anns a’ Ghaidhealtachd an … Read more
Scottish Fiddle: traces of oral culture in printed 18th century collections?
Today’s post discusses one area of ongoing research: the relationship between literate and oral cultures of transmission in the 18th … Read more
Hugh Cheape: A Fresh Look at the Bagpipe as a ‘National’ Instrument
Where would you look if you wanted to start researching the Scottish bagpipes? In recent decades, academic research into Highland … Read more
Society of Highland and Island Historical Research / Comann Rannsachaidh Eachdraidh na Gaidhealtachd : A Conversational Research Model
Society of Highland and Island Historical Research homepage Formed in 1972 (originally the ‘Society of West Highland and Island Historical … Read more
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