IN the long-expected work of which the first part lies before us, Professor Child undertakes to give every existing version of every popular English ballad, together with its comparative history, ...

Night visiting song -- Sixteen come Sunday -- A student boy cam' courting me -- A beggarman cam' o'er yon lea -- The fause knight upon the road -- Mouth music: The gay gordons ; Schottishe ; The ...

These ballads – known as laoidhean – are heroic folk tales telling the stories of mythical beasts, brave warriors and ancient kings and queens, and have been an important part of Celtic folklore since ...

Lewis Capaldi’s chart-topping ballad Someone You Loved has become one of Scotland’s most requested songs at funerals. The Scottish singer, 28, was propelled to international fame in 2019 thanks to the ...

The music from major new Scottish folk musical Ballad Lines will be released as an ambitious 18 track concept album on 12th September, bringing together leading female folk and theatre artists from ...