Scotland Today -> Music from Scotland
Who do not know 'Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot', by Robert Burns? And there are other folk tunes that are well known, such as 'The Skye Boat Song' or 'Loch Lomond'
And who have not heard and wondered about the strange sound of a bagpipe?
Also
today there is produced good Scottish music. Many people know Runrig but
there are of course other musicians.
Maybe you have heard about the folk singer Robin Williamson? He played
in The Incredible String Band many years ago and his brother was Roy
Williamson who played in the Corries and wrote the song, 'Flowers of
Scotland'.
Or have you heard about another Scottish folk singer, Dougie MacLean? He is also very good.
A
good general music site on the web is: www.ubl.com.Her you can find any band or musician you want. You can see their recordings and listen to parts of the music.
A. Bagpipe music
Go
to www.electricscotland.com/music.
Click 'Bagpipe web'.
Here you can read about
bagpipes and listen to music.
B. The Skye Boat Song
Go
to
www.contemplator.com/scotland/skyboat.html
Listen to a computer version of the tune and read the text about Bonnie Prince Charlie.
C. More Scottish tunes
Go
to www.contemplator.com/folk.html
Scroll to 'Songs
sorted by Country'. Click 'Songs of Scotland'. Here you can hear a
computer version of any Scottish song you like.
D. Runrig
Go
to www.ubl.com
Write 'Runrig'.
Click 'Beat the Drum'. Click 'Harvest Moon' and listen.
Listen to some of the other tunes from the cd.
Go
to www.jimwillsher.co.uk
Click 'Runrig'. Click 'Lyrics'. Click 'Harvest Moon' and read the
lyrics.
E. Robin Williamson
Go
to www.pigswhisker.com
Go
to www.thebeesknees.com
Find the cd-album 'Job of Journey Work'.
Listen to 'Banks of Bunclody'.
F. Dougie MacLean
Go
to www.dunkeld.co.uk
Find the cd-album
'Dougie MacLean Collection'.
Listen to 'This Love Will Carry'. Listen to 'Caledonia'.