Introduction to The Moss O Burreldale

Audio file

Date recorded: August 31, 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: Henderson, Hamish; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: spoken
Culture: Lowland Scotland, Scottish
Instruments: voice
Setting: The Ceilidh of the People's Festival Fringe, Oddfellows Hall
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3430
Track Number: 18
Archive ID: T3430R18
Transcript:
Belongs to: Edinburgh 8/51
About the session: Recordings from the first People's Festival Ceilidh, part of the 1951 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Ballads and songs sung by Jimmy MacBeath, John Strachan, Jessie Murray, and Blanche Wood; Gaelic pieces by Calum Johnson and Flora MacNeil; piping by John Burgess; MC'd by Hamish Henderson.
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