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a rock band before a show in a scruffy back room, possibly rehearsing

Review: Edinburgh’s Greatest Hits

18 March 202418 March 2024 by Jane Pettegree

Image: The Bay City Rollers in Edinburgh before they were famous, from Edinburgh Live, photo credit Len Cumming. This post … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 20thCentury, Edinburgh, RockMusic Leave a comment
Sheet music with a lace love heart

Valentine’s Day with the Corris in Regency Edinburgh

15 February 202414 February 2024 by Jane Pettegree

Image: “The Lass of Pattie’s Mill”, lyrics by Allan Ramsay, arranged by Dominico Corri, from his “A New & Complete … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 18thCentury, 19thCentury, Concerts, Edinburgh, Italy, Songs Leave a comment
Scottish and Polish flags

Poles in Exile: Refugee contributions to Scottish Music

5 February 2024 by Jane Pettegree

This month many of you might be thinking about the latest waves of enforced migration from regions experiencing war and … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, ClassicalMusic, Concerts, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Piano Leave a comment
cover page of a book of Circus tunes, reels and strathspeys published in 1791

Review: ‘Music by Subscription’: music publishing in Scotland in the 18th and early 19thc

11 December 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Featured Image: The Celebrated Circus Tunes Performed At Edinburgh this Season, with the Addition of Some New Reels and Strathspeys … Read more

Categories General Tags 18thCentury, 19thCentury, Book, Edinburgh, MusicPublishing, NielGow, Reel, Song, Strathspey Leave a comment

Broughton House and Border Ballads Part 2: The Mansfield Manuscript

18 September 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Featured Image: Kirkcudbright, by Kenny Lam, from Visit Scotland Website In Soundyngs’ last post, I discussed the song collecting activity … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 18thCentury, 19thCentury, Ballads, Edinburgh, Galloway, Songs 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
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
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

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