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A Fresh Look at the Carmina Gadelica: Recent Research by Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart

25 January 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Image: from University of St Andrews Special Collection, first edition of “Carmina Gadelica” vol.1 (Edinburgh, T & A Constable, 1900), … Read more

Categories Articles Tags AlexanderCarmichael, Celticism, Charms, Folklore, Gaelic, Song, Songs Leave a comment
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Review: The “St Andrews Scottish Songbook”: A New Chapter in a Scots Drawing Room Singing

14 December 202213 December 2022 by Jane Pettegree

While some songs from this new anthology were performed by Seamus Begg in October during the 2022 St Andrews Voices … Read more

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Review: Katherine Campbell and Emily Lyle, “Robert Burns and the Discovery and Re-Creation of Scottish Song”

18 July 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Katherine Campbell and Emily Lyle, Robert Burns and the Discovery and Re-Creation of Scottish Song (Glasgow: Musica Scotica, 2020) is … Read more

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Waulking 18th century engraving

Review: Virginia Blankenhorn, “Tradition, Transmission, Transformation: Essays on Scottish Gaelic Poetry and Song”

11 July 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Virginia Blankenhorn, Tradition, Transmission, Transformation: Essays on Scottish Gaelic Poetry and Song (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2019) ISBN 978-1-78874-552-9 Virginia Blankenhorn … Read more

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Tolmie NLS MS14906

Frances Tolmie’s Skye Songs: manuscript sources from the National Library of Scotland

11 May 2022 by Jane Pettegree

The National Library of Scotland is continuing to add to its digital archives material and recent press releases draw our … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, Gaelic, Hebrides, Song Leave a comment
Stornoway Herring Girl

More on the Gaelic Songs of Hebridean Herring Gutters

10 May 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Meg Hyland, mentioned in an earlier Soundyngs post, has now published her first article on the Gaelic songs of herring … Read more

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Psalm Boat Singers by Mairi Martin

Gaelic Psalmody as a Soundscape to a Way of Life

28 March 2022 by Frances Wilkins

Photograph credit: Mairi Martin Since 2018, I have been working on the research project, ‘Seinn Coisrigte anns a’ Ghaidhealtachd an … Read more

Categories Articles Tags Gaelic, Highland, Islands, Lewis, Psalms, Songs, Soundscape Leave a comment
Society of H&I Historical Research

Society of Highland and Island Historical Research / Comann Rannsachaidh Eachdraidh na Gaidhealtachd : A Conversational Research Model

2 March 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Society of Highland and Island Historical Research homepage Formed in 1972 (originally the ‘Society of West Highland and Island Historical … Read more

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Women and Fishing Songs – celebrating Women’s History Month (a foretaste of March 2022)

17 February 2022 by Meg Hyland

Feature: early career researcher Meg Hyland talks about the singing culture of women herring workers. March is celebrated annually in … Read more

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MacEdward Leach Archive

Scottish Songs in Canada: MacEdward Leach and the Songs of Atlantic Canada

11 February 2022 by Jane Pettegree

While digital archives in Scotland hold many riches of traditional music, the Scots, of course, took (and still take) their … Read more

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