Hi everyone, I have been being mentored in ballad and folk singing by Anne Neilson, since October 2014. It’s been a great journey, so far –appropriately I was with Anne today demonstrating my efforts thus far on “Tramps and Hawkers” a beautiful “Road Trip” song. I have done cabaret singing for a number of years […]
Paths to Songs
Paths to Songs is an idea that was launched in 2012 through the Scotland Sings website. The idea is for more experienced singers to pass on their tradition of how to sing a song to younger singers. Through our work it is often said to us that young singers have trouble passing on the emotions of […]
The Singer and the Song featuring Amy Leach with Sheena Wellington
This exciting project came our way. Read more below. Amy Leach is a final year student of traditional music at Newcastle University who has also been mentored by leading folk singing authority Sheena Wellington. Earlier this year, 1320Radio took the opportunity to make an audio/visual record of Amy in performance at the Wighton Centre in Dundee. We also recorded […]
Sing for your heart!
From Heart Research UK This December, we’re asking the nation to warm up their vocal chords so we can continue helping people to live happier, healthier, longer lives. Over the last nine years our Sing for your Heart campaign has raised over £95,000 and in 2014 we want you to join us as we Sing […]
Paths to Songs, Blog number 4 – more songs, more noise.
I must admit that I have fallen behind on my blog, but have been to see Ellen a few times since I last wrote and I think things are going well. I have been on an exploration into musicology – specifically Women’s Songs of defiance and social change and I have been doing a course […]
Sing for your heart!
A great article by Heart Research UK about the effects singing has on your body! “Singing even helps you live longer according to the findings of a joint Harvard and Yale study which showed that choral singing increased the life expectancy of the population of New Haven, Connecticut. The report concluded that this was because […]
£100,000 Medicine vs Singing
This is another amazing example of the health benefits of singing! “A new study has found that the lung health of Scots cystic fibrosis sufferers drastically improved after singing lessons.” Read the full article here: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/singing-helps-cystic-fibrosis-sufferers.23316808
The Voice As An Instrument by Amy Leach
Travelling through to Dundee on the windiest, rainiest day of the year (albeit only the third day of the year…) would have been totally miserable, if I didn’t have a warm cup of tea and a friendly welcome waiting for me! Once I arrived at Sheena’s, and warmed up, the singing began. It had been […]