Song and the Crofters War: Mhàiri Mhòr nan Òran
Once again, Soundyngs hangs its head in shame for not being a Gaelic speaker, which is particularly unfortunate given that … Read more
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Revisiting the Gesto Collection: Karen Marshalsay and St Fillans Monastery
Image: The Remains of St Fillans Priory, by Andrew Bowden – https://www.flickr.com/photos/bods/3724892950/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94461645 Modern traditional musicians are … Read more
The Waters of Kylesku
Image: Ben Klibreck from Strath Vagastie Road, Photo by Anthony Jeffrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2671872 This post is a meditation … Read more
Review: The Cadence of A Song, The Life of Margaret Fay Shaw
Fiona Mackenzie brings to her biography of Margaret Fay Shaw two significant gifts. Firstly, she spent almost 9 years as … Read more
Review: Songs of Gaelic Scotland Anne Lorne Gillies
Soundyngs doesn’t speak Gaelic. There it is; and sorry, the failing memory and current work pressures means that it won’t … Read more
Review: The Coigach & Assynt Collection
Music, place, and people are woven together in this collection from the far north-west of Scotland. Subtitled ‘òrain, sgeulachdan, puirt’ … Read more
Canna House Reopens – a wish for the archive
Image: Canna House before refurbishment, Peter Van den Bossche, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The National Trust for Scotland … Read more
Review: Harlaw Scotland 1411
When Soundyngs started back in January 2022, we were already 11 years after the 600th anniversary of the Battle of … Read more