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Review: Mary-Jannet Leith, on Scottish Musicians, Music-Making and Culture in Eighteenth Century London 1741-1815

14 April 202514 April 2025 by Jane Pettegree

Image: cartoon by Isaak Cruikshank of Jane, 2nd Duchess of Gordon as ‘A Tartan Belle’ (1792) (p.165) Mary-Jannet Leith is … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 18thCentury, 19thCentury, bagpipes, HighlandSocietyofLondon, JamesOswald, JohnGow, RobertBremner, ScottishDance Leave a comment
Story to Every Dance book cover with Scottish dancers and newspaper montage

Mats Melin and Scottish Dance: A Short Appreciation

11 October 20247 October 2024 by Jane Pettegree

In Soundyngs’ travels this summer, a highland library shelf threw up a rather interesting book called A Sutherland Dance (1977), … Read more

Categories Articles, Reviews Tags Dance, Melin, ScottishDance, ScottishDanceMusic, StepDance Leave a comment
Scottish dance band from mid 20th century with men playing 2 accordions and keyboard

The Scottish “Big Box” Accordion

13 February 20238 February 2023 by Jane Pettegree

You could put a pin in a map of any town and village in Scotland and find somewhere a photograph … Read more

Categories Articles Tags accordion, dancebands, GraemeMackay, JimMackay, JimmyShand, ScottishDance Leave a comment

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