Tag: Scotland
Sonically, the Glasgow School of Art is not all that quiet. It’s a working art school, with students coming and going all the time. This last good while, too, …
The fiddle is one of the world’s more portable instruments. It is also one whose sound is often heard as recalling the human voice, and certainly often found in …
You know you’re in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland when McDonald’s greets you in Scottish Gaelic. Have no worries, this northern part of Scotland is not overrun with …
Songs, stories, and tunes from the Celtic world have a way of holding both joy and melancholy together in the same piece of music. It might be through a …
The road to Fort William, in the western highlands of Scotland, travels along the banks of Loch Lomond and rises up through the mountains near Glencoe. The road, and …
In the heart of any city, there are times when things take on a quiet aspect, times when a quiet view of a usually busy scene arises. That was …
Looking up at the sky is a good way to clear your mind and find quiet wherever you travel, whether you happen to be in the midst of a …
Every year around this time, the Scotsman newspaper in Edinburgh runs a competition for sighting of the elusive mythological creature known as the haggis, which is said to roam …
Coming up in mid January, the Celtic Connections Festival, will light up the winter season in Glasgow, Scotland with music. There will be pipe bands, cutting edge contemporary Scottish …
November 30 is the national day of Scotland, Saint Andrew’s day. It is celebrated with festivals, events, and family gatherings from Shetland off the far north coast to Hadrian’s …
Autumn in highland Perthshire, in Scotland, is a time for changing colors in the trees, a crisp edge ot the air, and a time for celebrating music, with a …
Part big band, part jazz combo, part folk, part orchestra: The Unusual Suspects are just that: unusual. They make music with harp, piano, saxophone, trumpet, bagpipes, uillean pipes, percussion, …
