Gaelic

album cover HARLAW with image of a desolate hillside and an effigy of a knight in armour

Review: Harlaw Scotland 1411

18 March 202517 March 2025 by Jane Pettegree

When Soundyngs started back in January 2022, we were already 11 years after the 600th anniversary of the Battle of … Read more

A Georgian country house set in lawns with a backdrop of forested hillside

Review: The Eliza Ross Collection

3 February 2025 by Jane Pettegree

Image: Raasay House, photo attribution John Darcy, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. . This, the … Read more

Songs of the Hebrides album cover with water colour suggesting waves and heather colours

Review: Marjory Kennedy Fraser’s Songs of the Hebrides: a virtual concert-lecture

2 December 2024 by Joan Busby

Soundyngs editor writes: recently I visited Joan Busby, and a cup of tea turned into a wonderful private 2 hour … Read more

old photograph with a castle on a hill, a harbour and fishing boats with sails

Gaelic Boating Songs: Ancient and (more) Modern

18 November 2024 by Jane Pettegree

Image: Harbour and Castle at Helmsdale, Am Baile ID QZP40_Card_5608 Highland Libraries Postcard Collection It’s a truism that the Gaels … Read more

6 rock musicians on a stage at the end of a concert, waving goodbye

Highland Rock Bands in late 20th Century Scotland

24 June 2024 by Jane Pettegree

Image: Runrig’s final concert, ‘The Last Dance’ in Stirling, August 2018. Hic et nunc, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia … Read more

Record cover, Isle of Lewis made in flower petals surrounded by Sea, Craig Armstrong and Calum Martin The Edge of the Sea

Review: The Edge of the Sea by Craig Armstrong and Calum Martin

15 April 2024 by Jane Pettegree

The Edge of the Sea by Craig Armstrong and Calum Martin. Featuring the Scottish Ensemble and Duncan Chisholm, and psalm … Read more

Book cover The life and legacy of Alexander Carmichael

Review: The Life & Legacy of Alexander Carmichael

2 April 20241 April 2024 by Catherine Helferty

Soundyngs welcomes guest writer Catherine Helferty, BMus BEd, who is an MLitt candidate in Sacred Music at the University of … Read more

Book cover page with title of Gun Sireadh Gun Iarraidh and a photo of Frances Tolmie

Review: Frances Tolmie – Gun Sireadh, Gun Iarraigh

4 April 202414 March 2024 by Jane Pettegree

Soundyngs’ editor laments their inability to speak Gaelic but this new collection of Tolmie’s collected songs is generously furnished with … Read more

A stone church on a hill with a blue sky

Seinn Spioradail (Sacred Singing): Sacred Soundscapes of the Highlands and Islands

22 January 202521 February 2024 by Jane Pettegree

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