Jean Redpath Would Have Been 80
The celebrated Jean Redpath would have been 80 this year, and Bibliolore blog is marking the anniversary. Read RILM's posting about Jean Redpath and Robert Burns.
(RILM is an online music abstract and indexing service. Their Bibliolore blog https://bibliolore.org/ is full of fascinating detail about a huge variety of different musical topics - well worth following.)
Since Robyn is an alumna of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, we thought we'd help promote her forthcoming performance in Dundee:-
Frigate Unicorn, Victoria Dock, Dundee - Robyn Stapleton
Scotland’s finest young traditional singer, BBC Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician 2014, Scots Singer of the Year nominee, will be singing on board the Unicorn on Friday 10th July.
Robyn, who hails from Stranraer, is touring Scotland to celebrate her debut album “Fickle Fortune” which was released in May to critical acclaim.
Recent career highlights include being commissioned to record “Coming Thro The Rye” for Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, and performances at the Trad Music Awards and, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, at Proms in the Park!
Robyn is no stranger to Dundee having given two recitals at the Wighton Heritage Centre. Sheena Wellington, who tutored Robyn during her honours year at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, said of her former student:-
‘Robyn was gifted with a beautiful voice, warm, rich, flexible and distinctive. Couple this with a true love and respect for her material and the ability to engage an audience anywhere from a care home to a Prom concert hall and you have a very special singer indeed.’
Robyn will be accompanied by band members Kristan Harvey of Blazin Fiddles (Young Traditional Musician 2011), David McNee in guitar and bouzouki and Alistair Iain Paterson on piano and harmonium (Young Traditional Musician Finalist 2014).
Friends of Wighton, Wighton Heritage Centre
Central Library, Wellgate
Dundee DD1 1DB
www.friendsofwighton.com
Friends of Wighton gratefully acknowledge the support of Leisure & Communities Dundee, MMG Archbold, Chartered Accountants and The Weavers Café, Dundee Central Library
'Whittaker' takes leave from his annual leave to share this irrestistible link from the Irish Traditional Music Archive with you:-
Singers - Songs - Publications - Videos
http://www.itma.ie/inishowen
Inishowen Song Project
A unique 2,000-item online microsite presenting the traditional singers and songs of the Inishowen peninsula, Co Donegal,
and incorporating digital sound and video recordings, books,
photographs, transcriptions of song texts, and metadata catalogue
information for each item. Click here...
