Auld Lang Syne... posted 16 Jun 2014 08:24 by Simon McKerrell With reference to the blog post below re. early recordings, Morag Grant writes: 'In the late 1870s, Auld Lang Syne was one of the songs Alexander Graham Bell used to demonstrate his new-fangled invention, and there is an 1890 recording probably made by Emile Berliner himself … Continue reading Auld Lang Syne
Month: June 2014
New edition of cultural trends on Scottish cultural policy
New edition of cultural trends on Scottish cultural policy posted 11 Jun 2014 02:42 by Simon McKerrell There are a number of extremely valuable articles and commentaries just published in the journal Cultural Trends: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/.U5gi3hYWmsg Many thanks to David Stevenson at QMU for having the vision for the conference, and the work that has gone into preparing … Continue reading New edition of cultural trends on Scottish cultural policy
Folk and Traditional (definitions)
'Folk' and 'Traditional' posted 2 Jun 2014 02:07 by Simon McKerrell [ updated 2 Jun 2014 04:10 ] There's been some really interesting responses so far to the survey on Scottish traditional music and also the range of papers are now published for the conference in October (see elsewhere on this site). Interestingly, there's always been controversy … Continue reading Folk and Traditional (definitions)
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