Ali Burns, Emily Smith, Jamie McClennan, Robyn Stapleton, Aaron Jones, Claire Mann, Wendy Stewart, Tom Pow, The Feral Choir

Ali Burns, Emily Smith, Jamie McClennan, Robyn Stapleton, Aaron Jones, Claire Mann, Wendy Stewart, Tom Pow, The Feral Choir

at St John's Town of Dalry Town Hall, Castle Douglas
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MacMath - The Silent Page

The Macmath Collection of Songs.

William MacMath, 1848 – 1922, grew up in Galloway before moving to Edinburgh as a young man and his huge and largely unacknowledged legacy was in helping the great American ballad collector and academic Francis Child with his definitive publication: English and Scottish Popular Ballads 1882 – 1898.

Although working entirely in his spare time, Macmath worked tirelessly and meticulously over a period of almost thirty years, to track down and verify details relating to the Scottish ballads included in Child’s collection.

The National Trust for Scotland’s Broughton House and Garden, Kirkcudbright, holds many of the letters between Macmath and Child written over their long association.

More pertinently to the project there are two books of mostly unpublished songs and song fragments written down by Macmath. It is these two volumes that they’re looking at in this project.

Ali Burns

Emily Smith

Emily Smith appearing at this event

Dumfriesshire born singer Emily Smith first made her mark on the Scottish music scene when she won the 2002 BBC Radio Scotland's Young Scottish…

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Jamie McClennan

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Robyn Stapleton

Robyn Stapleton appearing at this event

Winner of the BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. Passionate about community singing, Robyn is also building a strong…

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Aaron Jones, Claire Mann, Wendy Stewart

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St John's Town of Dalry Town Hall

Main Street
Castle Douglas
DG7 3UQ

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St John's Town of Dalry Town Hall

Main Street
Castle Douglas
DG7 3UQ

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