Pete Shepheard remembers Scottish Folk Festivals and TMSA Competitions
Image: Festival at Blairgowrie (Topic Records, Topic 12T181, 1967), recorded by Pete Shepheard. An interview with Pete Shepheard held on … Read more
Travellers
Review: Jeannie Robertson: The Queen Among the Heather
Following up on our previous post about the music associated with the Battle of Harlaw, Soundyngs is reviewing a recording … Read more
Review: Caroline Macafee, “Scots Folk Singers and their Sources: A Study of Two Major Scottish Song Collections”
Caroline Macafee, Scots Folk Singers and their Sources: A Study of Two Major Scottish Song Collections (Leiden: Brill Rodopi, 2021), … Read more
Dr Peter Cooke (1930-2020). From Ugandan Songs to Shetland Fiddlers: a remarkable digital memorial
Ethnomusicologists were saddened to learn last year of the death of Dr Peter Cooke, for many years a leading figure … Read more