Review: Franz Ferdinand and the Pop Renaissance
Franz Ferdinand and the Pop Renaissance, by Hamilton Harvey (London: Reynolds & Hearn, 2005) Tapping in again to the contemporary … Read more
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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
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
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
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
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: Made in Scotland: essays on Scottish Popular Music in the 20th and 21st centuries
History starts, I guess, “yesterday”, and this book pushes right at the threshold of what is “history” and what is … Read more
Review: Are Ye Dancin’? Scotland’s 20th Century Dance Halls
Soundyngs recently reviewed a book on 19th century popular entertainment. Today’s post reviews a picture-book history of Scottish dance halls … 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
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