Pete Shepheard and Springthyme Records
Image: Scots Songs and Music Recorded at the Kinross Festival of Traditional Music and Song (Springthyme Records SPR/SPRC 1001 LP, … Read more
FolksongRevival
Pete Shepheard remembers … the St Andrews Folk Club, and the early days of the traditional song revival
Image: Imperial Hotel, South Street, St Andrews, from late 1905s postcard “Dig from where you stand” is a precept that … Read more
Hamish Henderson: centenary and legacy
This post is something of a late ripple washing back from the tsunami of writing that celebrated, back in 2019, … 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
Radical Glasgow Songsters
Can history be taught through song? Well yes, according to a new band, The Tenementals, who are working on their … Read more