The Glasgow Orpheus Choir: roots, growth, and legacy
Image: Glasgow Orpheus Choir v1, recorded in the early 1950s as a heritage album A few years ago, preparing to … Read more
Research Profile: Stuart Eydmann on the Concertina in Scotland
Soundyngs’ last post discussed the importance of ‘big box’ accordions to Scottish dance music and called for more writing on … Read more
The Scottish “Big Box” Accordion
You could put a pin in a map of any town and village in Scotland and find somewhere a photograph … Read more
Review: Eleanor Bell and Linda Gunn (eds.), The Scottish Sixties: Reading, Rebellion, Revolution?
Image source: Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame (Hands up for Trad) – on The Clutha. This year marks … Read more
A Fresh Look at the Carmina Gadelica: Recent Research by Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart
Image: from University of St Andrews Special Collection, first edition of “Carmina Gadelica” vol.1 (Edinburgh, T & A Constable, 1900), … Read more
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
The Spinacino Consort: The Music of Elizabeth Melville
Editor: The Spinacino Consort is based in Scotland, and its performances draw on careful research about the early modern song … Read more
Celebrating Celtic Connections: A Very Short History
The musical feast which is Celtic Connections is starting this week, running from 19th January to 5th February 2023 in … Read more
Radical Glasgow Songsters
Can history be taught through song? Well yes, according to a new band, The Tenementals, who are working on their … Read more
Review: “James Hogg, Contributions to Musical Collections and Miscellaneous Songs”, ed. Kirsteen McCue
Image: “James Hogg, Poet, ‘The Ettrick Shepherd’”, painted by Sir John Watson Gordon in 1830. CC Wikimedia Commons, courtesy of … Read more
Dancing in the Athens of the North
New research continues to add detail to our understanding of the role played by dancing in the historical musical life … Read more
Linking Arms for Auld Lang Syne: Celebrating Friendship
Image: Illustration to Robert Burns’ ‘Auld Lang Syne’ by J.M. Wright and Edward Scriven. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: … Read more