‘Give Me Your Hand’: Fife connections for this traditional tune
Image: The Towers, Dysart, Fife image from author’s own collection. The Towers, in Dysart’s East Quality Street, was an elegant … Read more
Image: The Towers, Dysart, Fife image from author’s own collection. The Towers, in Dysart’s East Quality Street, was an elegant … Read more
Image: Five naval colleagues at Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland, where the main naval base for the British fleet, … Read more
Image: Raasay House, photo attribution John Darcy, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. . This, the … Read more
Soundyngs editor writes: recently I visited Joan Busby, and a cup of tea turned into a wonderful private 2 hour … Read more
This week’s post on a talented but undeservedly neglected composer has been prompted by some recent chat with Jamie Reid … Read more
Robert Tannahill’s (1774 to 1810) contribution to Scottish song lyrics is known to Scots song enthusiasts but, in this 250th … Read more
Soundyngs welcomes guest writer Catherine Helferty, BMus BEd, who is an MLitt candidate in Sacred Music at the University of … Read more
As its local supermarket is currently awash with haggis, neeps, tatties, shortbread and that bright orange fizzy drink that provokes … Read more
Image: Castlebay, Barra’s, 2020 Christmas tree made by islanders who spent the Covid lockdown making squares for this wonderful thing. … Read more
Featured Image: The Celebrated Circus Tunes Performed At Edinburgh this Season, with the Addition of Some New Reels and Strathspeys … Read more
The story of the Scottish Reformation and its music is here brought into focus by the biography of Jhone (John) … Read more
Editor: as nights draw in and we begin to spend more time indoors, Rosa Michaelson invites us to think about … Read more