17th Century Danish Music with Scottish Connections
With thanks to Bodil Partridge, who told me recently about Thomas Kingo, a 17th century Danish composer with family roots … Read more
With thanks to Bodil Partridge, who told me recently about Thomas Kingo, a 17th century Danish composer with family roots … Read more
Image: The Bog Trotters Band, in Galax, Virginia, 1937. Autoharp, fiddlers, guitar. Geologically, the Appalachians are a continuation of the … Read more
Image: from the Thysius Lutebook, 17th century lute tablature (French style) Soundyngs went on a trip to the Netherlands recently … Read more
Image: cover of a 1600 edition of the Gude and Godle Ballatis, from Wikipedia / Project Gutenberg Soundyngs has posted … Read more
Image: ‘hear no evil’ gargoyle on Paisley Abbey. Creative Commons Licence CC BY-SA 3.0 Recent posts from Soundyngs have been … Read more
Featured image: from article, Jane Flanagan, ‘Skirl of the bagpipes thrills Nigeria’, The Times Feb 29 2020 At the end … Read more
Featured image: The Battle of Camperdown October 1797, by Thomas WhitcombeRoyal Museums Greenwich catalogue CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license A new EP release … Read more
Douglas Macintyre, Grant McPhee, with Neil Cooper, and a forward by Ian Rankin, Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground … Read more
Featured image: DUNIH 353.22 Dundee linen workers, c.1865, at Cargill & Co. Bleachworks up by DIghty Burn, with thanks to … Read more
Glasgow-based choir Cappella Nova, and their off-shoot all-female group Canty, has for over 40 years (!) pioneered performances and recordings … Read more
Soundyngs features in this post research by Dr Nina Baker, independent engineering historian, on the unexpected connections between the great … Read more
In a month when the music for a coronation has been discussed intensively, the BBC broke the news this week … Read more