PhD candidate Meg Hyland has a wonderful blog for her project Women’s Music in the Herring Industry. Meg recently partnered with Fife Council and the Scottish Fisheries Museum to run two events as part of Seachdain na Gàidhlig [Gaelic Week]. Gut-a-long, Sing-a-long was a workshop and singing session, and Meg gave a public talk entitled […]

All of the Celtic and Scottish Studies community, past and present, and all with an interest in the unique contents of the Sound Archive at the University of Edinburgh, indeed, all for whom Scottish music has a real meaning, owe a profound debt to Ian Green, founder of Greentrax Recordings Ltd, who passed away on […]

COTHROMACHD AGUS BUNTANAS: AM BEATHA CRUTHACHAIL SÒNRAICHTE AIG LUCHD-CIÙIL TRAIDISEANTA BALANCE AND BELONGING: THE UNIQUE CREATIVE LIFE OF TRADITIONAL MUSICIANS Sunday, May 7, 2023, 2:00 PM Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge Street Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2ED   Event page: https://edinburghtradfest.com/schedule/2023/1/20/rebellious-truth-23-mischa-macpherson Register here (free event): https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/edinburgh-tradfest-rebellious-truth-mischa-macpherson-spring-23 This event will be hosted by Dr Lori Watson, Lecturer in […]

Join us for an afternoon celebrating the culture, heritage and history of Scotland’s Traveller communities. The afternoon’s celebration includes live performances from community members Jess Smith, Joss Cameron and Sam Donaldson. Wednesday 26th April 2023, 2pm Project Room (1.06), 50 George Square This event is hosted by Robert Fell, SGSAH Postdoctoral Fellow in Celtic and […]

Seo a’ chiad chuirm phoblach bho thòisich mi san dreuchd is abair gu bheil fadachd orm bàrdachd, òrain is fuinn Mhurchaidh MhicPharlain a chluinntinn beò! Feuch gum bi sibh nar cuideachd. Gheibhear leabhraichean air an oidhche, ach son airgead a-mhàin! Do join us for this first public event in my new post as Gaelic Writer […]

A Celebration of Scotland’s Music and Song Traditions Join us in celebrating St Andrew’s Day in music and song at the University of Edinburgh’s annual concert. Date and time Wed, 30 November 2022, 19:30 – 21:30 GMT (Doors open at 19:15) Location St Cecilia’s Hall Niddry Street Cowgate Edinburgh EH1 1NQ Key Information All are […]

Sreath ùr a’ comharrachadh 70 bliadhna de Sgoil Eòlais na h-Alba, 1951-2021. A new series marking 70 years of the School of Scottish Studies, 1951-2021. With thanks to all the presenters, staff at BBC Radio nan Gàidheal and at the School of Scottish Studies Archives. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000yfx1/episodes/player Tha an t-sreath phrògraman ùra Sgaoileadh an Eòlais a’ […]

Celebrating the “cultural jewel box” of the School of Scottish Studies Archives in their 70th year (1951-2021) ‘Sunday 8 August will see two concerts marking the anniversary with cross-generational line-ups. A Folk Song Sharing features the veteran Caithness singer, songwriter and storyteller Nancy Nicolson, Gaelic singer Arthur Cormack OBE and a rising young singer-songwriter in […]

Opportunity   Dr Lori Watson is looking for a research assistant to contribute to a pilot project developing a new collection/archive of music composed by traditional musicians in Scotland. The post is for 56 hours during July-August 2021 paid at the UoE Grade 6.1 £15.52 p/h plus holiday pay and is funded by the Creative […]

A digital TradFest We were delighted to present our first annual Rebellious Truth lecture in association with Edinburgh TradFest on 10th May 2021. After postponing last year’s festival, which always brings together a wide variety of live folk music performances, the 2021 festival was entirely digital. The podcast series is live for a year on […]