Submitted by Kerry Dexter on Wed, 10/15/2014 - 14:11
If you, a speaker of English, found yourself unexpectedly dropped back into the Highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, as protagonist Claire Randall does in the Outlander books and television series, one of the things you’d notice right aw ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Thu, 06/13/2013 - 14:11
Are you intrigued by the Standing Stones in Scotland? Recumbent stone circles? Paths of the sun? Have I got a film for you! It's called Standing with Stones, and covers England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland.
What does archaology have to t ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Mon, 06/10/2013 - 12:11
Beneath the streets of Edinburgh lurks a labyrinth of man-made tunnels that were originally designed to hide clandestine activities from the light of day. Once a refuge for everyone from renegade kings to common criminals, this subterranean netwo ...
Submitted by Kerry Dexter on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 09:10
Highland Perthshire has glen and Highland, waterfall and rock face. It’s a landscape Perthshire native singer and songwriter Dougie MacLean knows well. Perthshire has inspired much of his music, and it is perhaps what was in his mind w ...
Submitted by Kerry Dexter on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 18:06
Writer Charles Dickens, statesman Benjamin Disraeli, comedian Billy Connolly, explorer David Livingstone, fiddle player Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh, singer Julie Fowlis, singer Kathy Mattea, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: a varied mix of folk, and what ...
Submitted by Kerry Dexter on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 16:45
Emily Smith has long been drawn to the landscapes and history of rural Dumfriesshire in southwestern Scotland. She was raised there, and so was Robert Burns. Smith’s travels with music take her across the world. Her home ground, though, ...
Submitted by Kerry Dexter on Wed, 08/22/2012 - 16:45
From Thurso to Inverness to the Isle of Skye, all across the Highlands of Scotland, the Blas Festival brings a celebration of Gaelic music and tradition. In 2012, it is coming up from 7 through 15 September.
There will be tributes to the ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 16:45
The beauty and tales of the Borders have long been extolled in words and music.
And now a local charity is bringing many of them together in order to raise funds and awareness of its work.
Borders Talking Newspaper has been recording t ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 16:45
The Cèilidh Trail participants began their summer holidays with a week of training and preparing their sets at Fèis Alba, being held at the Centre of Excellence for Traditional Music at Plockton High School.
This year there are ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 16:45
You are able to hear the skirl of bagpipes every day of the year somewhere in Scotland.
In early August, though, Glasgow becomes a focus of pipers the world over as the Piping Live! Festival takes place, with comp ...
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