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Caithness Town Bands and the performance of local identity in the 19th Century

4 March 20244 March 2024 by Jane Pettegree

Drawing aside the veil, Soundyngs is mostly written by Jane Pettegree of the University of St Andrews, and as that … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 19thCentury, Bands, Highland Leave a comment
book cover title 'Hungry Beat' with a foreward by Ian Rankin. A male punk rock musician singing into a microphone, with his eyes shut and clearly singing loudly.

Review: Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984)

26 June 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Douglas Macintyre, Grant McPhee, with Neil Cooper, and a forward by Ian Rankin, Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 20thCentury, Bands, Edinburgh, Popular Music, PopularMusic, Postpunk 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

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