Music in the Great Tapestry of Scotland
Image: Scottish Pop Music – author’s own photo History is a literary genre, but history telling can take other material … Read more
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A Multiplicity of Charlies: the winding path connecting Airlie to Loch Lomond
Image: Airlie Castle By Simon Cotterill – https://www.flickr.com/photos/137828720@N06/51368183908/, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=179738954 If you have patience to read to the end of … Read more
Competitive Music Festivals in Scotland
This spring, various social media posts told me that the Caithness Music Festival was celebrating its 70th anniversary (1956-2026). The … Read more
Review: Concerto Caledonia, Songs of Home and Distant Isles
Released in 2020 from the growing HIP stable of Concerto Caledonia, this fascinating project explores the music taken by Scots … Read more