Just for Lent: a blog about the ‘Glutton’s Song’ (‘Cruachan Ben as crowdie, Loch Awe cream …’) recorded by Alexander Carmichael from Donald ...

Hornish Point, South Uist / Rudha Thornais, Uibhist a Deas Another song narrative recorded on 27 May 1869 by Alexander Carmichael was ...

A famous Gaelic song Ailein Duinn a shiùbhlainn leat (Brown-haired Allan, I would go with you) seems to have captured Alexander Carmichael’s...

Following on from the previous blog, the rest of the chapter offers not only a translation of the Gaelic song but also some musings about th...

As has been mentioned before in this blog Nether-Lochaber, or the Rev. Alexander Stewart (1829–1901) and Alexander Carmichael were old frien...

Dr Keith N. MacDonald – it may be recalled – was one of the foremost experts of his day on Highland music and was more than a competent play...

The previous blog gave different variations of the song narrative for A’ Bhean Eudach , or the Jealous Wife, as collected by Alexander Carmi...

The headline for this blog is a slight exaggeration, but nonetheless there is a strong tradition of song narratives in Gaelic culture and th...

It may be recalled from a previous blog – the fiftieth one to be precise – that we discovered a voice recording of Alexander Carmichael sing...

As with other collectors of oral traditions as well as scholars, Alexander Carmichael occasionally contributed pieces to The Highlander new...

For some time the Carmichael Watson team have been intrigued by a mysterious 152-page manuscript bundle of Gaelic poetry whose author is onl...