Review: Strike Up, Strike Sure: The Pipes and Drums of the London Scottish Regiment
Strike Up, Strike Sure: The Pipes and Drums of the London Scottish Regiment by Duncan da Silva Scottish military music … Read more
Joe Aitken and Bothy Ballads
Image: Joe Aitken winning the Bothy Ballands Champion of Champions in 2020, photo credit Daniel Forsyth, from Grampian Online. The … Read more
Review: The Edge of the Sea by Craig Armstrong and Calum Martin
The Edge of the Sea by Craig Armstrong and Calum Martin. Featuring the Scottish Ensemble and Duncan Chisholm, and psalm … Read more
Review: The Life & Legacy of Alexander Carmichael
Soundyngs welcomes guest writer Catherine Helferty, BMus BEd, who is an MLitt candidate in Sacred Music at the University of … Read more
Review: Edinburgh’s Greatest Hits
Image: The Bay City Rollers in Edinburgh before they were famous, from Edinburgh Live, photo credit Len Cumming. This post … Read more
Review: Frances Tolmie – Gun Sireadh, Gun Iarraigh
Soundyngs’ editor laments their inability to speak Gaelic but this new collection of Tolmie’s collected songs is generously furnished with … Read more
Caithness Town Bands and the performance of local identity in the 19th Century
Drawing aside the veil, Soundyngs is mostly written by Jane Pettegree of the University of St Andrews, and as that … Read more
Psalm Boats
Imagine if going to church didn’t involve driving or walking … but a boat trip. This was, and possibly sometimes … Read more
Seinn Spioradail (Sacred Singing): Sacred Soundscapes of the Highlands and Islands
Image: St Michael’s Church, Eriskay (Father Allan MacDonald’s parish) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Church,_Eriskay#/media/File:St_Michael’s_Church,_Eriskay_20090608.jpg Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 Soundyngs directs readers to a new … Read more
Valentine’s Day with the Corris in Regency Edinburgh
Image: “The Lass of Pattie’s Mill”, lyrics by Allan Ramsay, arranged by Dominico Corri, from his “A New & Complete … Read more
Poles in Exile: Refugee contributions to Scottish Music
This month many of you might be thinking about the latest waves of enforced migration from regions experiencing war and … Read more
The Burns 1859 Centenary
As its local supermarket is currently awash with haggis, neeps, tatties, shortbread and that bright orange fizzy drink that provokes … Read more