Review: The Edge of the Sea by Craig Armstrong and Calum Martin
The Edge of the Sea by Craig Armstrong and Calum Martin. Featuring the Scottish Ensemble and Duncan Chisholm, and psalm … Read more
The Edge of the Sea by Craig Armstrong and Calum Martin. Featuring the Scottish Ensemble and Duncan Chisholm, and psalm … Read more
Imagine if going to church didn’t involve driving or walking … but a boat trip. This was, and possibly sometimes … Read more
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
The story of the Scottish Reformation and its music is here brought into focus by the biography of Jhone (John) … Read more
With thanks to Bodil Partridge, who told me recently about Thomas Kingo, a 17th century Danish composer with family roots … Read more
Image: cover of a 1600 edition of the Gude and Godle Ballatis, from Wikipedia / Project Gutenberg Soundyngs has posted … Read more
Scottish musical identity has steered a course through national history navigating between the devil’s fiddle and the psalm book of … Read more
Photograph credit: Mairi Martin Since 2018, I have been working on the research project, ‘Seinn Coisrigte anns a’ Ghaidhealtachd an … Read more