Rolo’s Stories from Isle of Lewis oral tradition includes: genealogy, landmarks, clan battles and warlord characters. John Murdo MacDonald ‘s stories span bow and arrow battles in the 1600s to tacksmen evicting families in the 1850s by setting the thatch alight.
Traditional songs from the Isle of Harris now available on CD. The South Harris Waulking group were recorded in 1988 by Lewis Recordings. The authentic sound, it is what those ladies grew up hearing in their own community in their younger days. Tweed fulling was carried out by the young women of a village regardless of which weaver had woven …
Chan eil eilean eile cho beag ri Scalpaigh às an do dh’èirich uimhir de bhàrdachd. Buinidh a ’chuid mhòr de na dh’fhuirich anns an dualchas don fhicheadamh linn, mòran dhi a tighinn o chianalas le bhith a’ falbh chon an dàrna cogaidh.
Mar sin tha cianalas, moladh air an àite is gaol a’ luib a chèile anns na h-òrain. Bhiodhte ghann …
Tonkan the singer and accordion player, is well known as an entertainer in Isle of Lewis homes, at mainland concerts and at many social gatherings in ports all over the world. The entertainment continues in Tonkan at 90, with memories of Port Na Giùran and the escapades of his working life