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Posted on May 29, 2019

Great moments in stage names: from Angus Murdo McKenzie to Karl Denver

If ever a name sounded like a Hollywood Scotsman, it was Angus Murdo McKenzie. And if ever a name sounded like a Scottish fantasy of a Wild West cowboy, it…

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Posted on March 10, 2019March 9, 2019

#ChoralMarch – March 10th “Mó Ghile Mhear” (arranged Desmond Earley), UCD Choral Scholars

This ChoralMarch series probably wouldn’t exist were it not for Desmond Earley and the UCD Choral Scholars. A few years back they released a CD of choral works from Ireland…

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Posted on March 9, 2019February 22, 2019

#ChoralMarch – March 9th , “Scots Wha Hae”, Glasgow Phoenix Choir

As seems to be becoming a theme in this Choral March series of posts, this is not the version of “Scots Wha Hae” I would like to feature. In 2001…

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Posted on February 27, 2019February 27, 2019

Tipperary artist Claire Mulholland: stained glass window of St Elizabeth of Hungary, St Peter’s Church, Partick, Glasgow

I came across this striking window in St Peter’s Church, Hyndland Street, Glasgow: Here is a reflection by the artist: And another angle of the Saint: And what do you…

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