Review: Understanding Scotland Musically: Folk, Tradition and Policy
In Soundyngs’ very first post in January 2022 we suggested that this site had a working definition of ‘Scottish Music’ … Read more
FolkMusic
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
Summer Festival or Fèis?
Soundyngs posted earlier in the year about Celtic Connections, Scotland’s premier international festival for Celtic music. The summer months are … Read more
The Fisk Jubilee Singers in Scotland
A picture of the Fisk Jubilee Singers is available from the Library of Congress: no restrictions on reproduction. Scotland’s historic … Read more
Review: Eleanor Bell and Linda Gunn (eds.), The Scottish Sixties: Reading, Rebellion, Revolution?
Image source: Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame (Hands up for Trad) – on The Clutha. This year marks … Read more
Review: Josephine Miller’s “Community-based Traditional Music in Scotland”
Image: the John Wheatley Building and Community College, Haghill, in East End Glasgow, used as the venue for many classes … Read more