Most Gaels, whether religious or not, will recognise the sound of Gaelic psalmody (psalm singing) as a truly emotive heartbeat of their communities and the sound accompanying the happiest, most ...

After a year in hiatus, reissues label Arc Light Editions return with an album of Gaelic psalm singing from the Hebrides, released for the first time on vinyl. You can listen to Psalm 79 3-4 ("They ...

The Back Free Church is an austere, harl-walled building on the wild, beautiful coast of northwest Lewis. The setting is astonishing but remote, and numbers are shrinking with congregations across the ...

Craig Armstrong is best known as a multi-award winning composer for films such as Moulin Rouge, Love Actually and the biopic Ray. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can ...

Sung in Gaelic by various inhabitants of the island of Lewis with Harris, Hebrides, Scotland. Notes: "The tunes ... are to be found in the Revised Church Hymnary and in The Scottish Psalter (1929).

The eagerly-awaited CD Salm Volume lll, a collection of Gaelic Psalms from the Hebrides, will be available in April. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...

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The Battle of Culloden was fought 279 years ago today - but the emotional pull of the last battle fought on British soil remains strong. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you ...

There’s just something about Gaelic psalm singing that moves me. It doesn’t matter where I am. If I hear it, it just brings me back to my youth in Staffin. It brings me back to happy events … and very ...

Frances Wilkins receives funding from The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and the British Academy. There’s just something about Gaelic psalm singing that moves me. It doesn’t matter ...