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
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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
Review: Scottish Vernacular Discography, 1888-1960
Soundyngs was rummaging around in the internet this week and found this resource in the webpages of the National Library … Read more
Review: ‘Music by Subscription’: music publishing in Scotland in the 18th and early 19thc
Featured Image: The Celebrated Circus Tunes Performed At Edinburgh this Season, with the Addition of Some New Reels and Strathspeys … Read more
The Scottish Students’ Song Book: University Freshers’ Fun, old-style
Editor: as nights draw in and we begin to spend more time indoors, Rosa Michaelson invites us to think about … Read more
Review: The Life of a Showman: David Prince Miller
Review: The Life of a Showman: David Prince Miller A review is normally of a new book, but in this … Read more
Broughton House and Border Ballads Part 3: songs and chapbooks
Featured Image: Cover of a 19th Chapbook printed in Newton Stewart, Galloway (author’s own photograph) This is the last of … Read more
Broughton House and Border Ballads Part 2: The Mansfield Manuscript
Featured Image: Kirkcudbright, by Kenny Lam, from Visit Scotland Website In Soundyngs’ last post, I discussed the song collecting activity … Read more
Broughton House and Border Ballads Part 1: The Macmath Manuscript
Featured Image: Broughton House, photograph by Lorna M Campbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Soundyngs went to Galloway this … Read more