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Old record cover showing a choir seated in ranked seats

The Glasgow Orpheus Choir: roots, growth, and legacy

22 February 202322 February 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Image: Glasgow Orpheus Choir v1, recorded in the early 1950s as a heritage album A few years ago, preparing to … Read more

Categories Articles Tags Choir, Glasgow, HughRoberton, Orpheus, Song Leave a comment
Close up image of a concertina in the hands of an informal player

Research Profile: Stuart Eydmann on the Concertina in Scotland

15 February 202315 February 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Soundyngs’ last post discussed the importance of ‘big box’ accordions to Scottish dance music and called for more writing on … Read more

Categories General Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, 21stCentury, accordion, Ceilidh, Concertina, dancebands, ScottishDanceMusic Leave a comment
Scottish dance band from mid 20th century with men playing 2 accordions and keyboard

The Scottish “Big Box” Accordion

13 February 20238 February 2023 by Jane Pettegree

You could put a pin in a map of any town and village in Scotland and find somewhere a photograph … Read more

Categories Articles Tags accordion, dancebands, GraemeMackay, JimMackay, JimmyShand, ScottishDance Leave a comment
A folk-rock band from the 1960s The Clutha

Review: Eleanor Bell and Linda Gunn (eds.), The Scottish Sixties: Reading, Rebellion, Revolution?

1 February 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Image source: Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame (Hands up for Trad) – on The Clutha.   This year marks … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags Edinburgh, Festival, FolkMusic, FolksongRevival, Glasgow, Jazz, Pop, Rock Leave a comment
Page of a book with parallel Gaelic and English texts

A Fresh Look at the Carmina Gadelica: Recent Research by Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart

25 January 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Image: from University of St Andrews Special Collection, first edition of “Carmina Gadelica” vol.1 (Edinburgh, T & A Constable, 1900), … Read more

Categories Articles Tags AlexanderCarmichael, Celticism, Charms, Folklore, Gaelic, Song, Songs Leave a comment
Classical musicians - violinists and cellists - on a beach beside the sea, looking happy

The Nevis Ensemble: the end of a chapter of “music for everyone, everywhere”

24 January 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Sometimes histories are cut short before they have fully played out.  Soundyngs is sad to hear that the Nevis Ensemble … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 21stCentury, Classical, NevisEnsemble Leave a comment
Early music ensemble with a bass viol, lute, recorder and singer, with a tapestry behind them

The Spinacino Consort: The Music of Elizabeth Melville

23 January 202323 January 2023 by Eric Thomas

Editor: The Spinacino Consort is based in Scotland, and its performances draw on careful research about the early modern song … Read more

Categories Articles, Reviews Tags AaronMcGregor, Calvinist, ElizabethMelville, EricThomas, Lute, Recorder, Renaissance, Song, Viol, Violin Leave a comment
Celtic Connections logo from the Festival - just that text

Celebrating Celtic Connections: A Very Short History

20 January 202320 January 2023 by Jane Pettegree

The musical feast which is Celtic Connections is starting this week, running from 19th January to 5th February 2023 in … Read more

Categories Articles Tags CelticConnections, Celticism, Festival, Glasgow Leave a comment
The Testament band playing at Glasgow Trades Hall

Radical Glasgow Songsters

16 May 202316 January 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Can history be taught through song?  Well yes, according to a new band, The Tenementals, who are working on their … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, 21stCentury, Bands, FolksongRevival, Glasgow, Song Leave a comment
James Hogg painted as the Ettrick Shepherd by Sir John Waton Gordon

Review: “James Hogg, Contributions to Musical Collections and Miscellaneous Songs”, ed. Kirsteen McCue

9 January 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Image: “James Hogg, Poet, ‘The Ettrick Shepherd’”, painted by Sir John Watson Gordon in 1830.  CC Wikimedia Commons, courtesy of … Read more

Categories Articles, Reviews Tags 19thCentury, JamesHogg, KirsteenMcCue, Romantic, Scots, Song, Songs, WalterScott Leave a comment
Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh's George Street

Dancing in the Athens of the North

31 December 2022 by Jane Pettegree

New research continues to add detail to our understanding of the role played by dancing in the historical musical life … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 16thCentury, 17thCentury, 18thCentury, 19thCentury, AssemblyRoom, Dance, Edinburgh, Reel, Strathspey Leave a comment
Engraving from a 19th century book illustration of Auld Lang Syne of men amicably shaking hands

Linking Arms for Auld Lang Syne: Celebrating Friendship

23 December 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Image: Illustration to Robert Burns’ ‘Auld Lang Syne’ by J.M. Wright and Edward Scriven. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: … Read more

Categories General Tags 18thCentury, 19thCentury, 20thCentury, AuldLangSyne, Burns, Song Leave a comment
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