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Tag Archives: Scottish music
Musical Journeys – Following the Songlines
Our lives take us through so many different phases, twists and unknown turns; well certainly mine has. Sometimes it’s interesting to look back and see what crazy things we were preoccupied with in years gone by; given perspective, we might … Continue reading
Posted in In Scotland, Music, Wild Places
Tagged Aberdeenshire, Animism, asceticism, Assynt, Atlantic coast, Australian Aborigines, blues, Bruce Chatwin, Clearwater Studio, cultural heritage, folk, folklore, Gaelic Music, guitar, Heartbeat, Hebrides, Highland Perthshire, Julie Fowlis, landscapes, nature, Niel Gunn, Perthshire, Peter Matthiessen, power places, rock, Rory and Callum MacDonald, Runrig, Scottish music, shamanism, singing, Songlines, songwriting, Sorley Maclean, Spirit Creek, spirit of place, Taoism, The Band from Rockall, The Last Child in the Woods, The Mill Studio, The Snow Leopard, Tibetan Buddhism, World Music, Zen
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Surviving the Worst of Times: Recording an Album
It was one of these days when all your worst nightmares come true. You arrive at work to find that the boss has other plans for you; you’ve been made redundant ! So you go home to find a phone message saying that the … Continue reading
Posted in In Scotland, Music
Tagged blues, folk, guitar, life events. Scotland, recording, redundancy, rock, Scottish music, singing, song writing, survival
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Three Men in 3 Boats: a Hebridean tale of Cowardice and Mediocrity
It’s hard getting used to being landlocked here in continental Europe. Any piece of water, whether it’s a reservoir, stagnant pond or small stream now starts to take on a special spiritual significance, if like me, you are used to living … Continue reading
Posted in Canoe Trips, In Scotland, Wild Places
Tagged Bernerey, Canoe Trips, Clearances, Cuillins, Eilen Donan, Gealic, Hebrides, legends, Loch Duich, Lochmaddy, Machair, North Uist, Raasay, Ratagan, Runrig, Scottish coastline, Scottish History, Scottish music, Scottish wildife, sea kayaking, Skye, Sleat, Snoring, Sound of Harris, The Minch, Three Men in a Boat, Trotternish
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