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Monday, September 19, 2016

Shetland 101

I recommend A-Z of Shetland for a humorous look at the islands,
A-Z of Shetland

and a lovely introduction to Shetland dialect by poet Christine deLuca:
Shetland dialect

Hurra fur da Fiddler Lang may he live Tae dra da bow Never may he die!
(‘A Toast to the Fiddler’ - Shetland, anonymous)

Reinventing 'Springs'   (article on Shetland fiddling)

A sample of Shetland fiddle:
  Tom Anderson, Catriona MacDonald, Peerie Willie Johnson

  Aly Bain and Willie Hunter

  Catriona MacDonald

  Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham






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