PUBLICATIONS
Books
Book Chapters
‘Exhibiting Ethnomusicology: Curation across Cultures and Disciplines’, The Routledge Companion to Applied Musicology. Dromey, C. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., 2023, pp. 84-97, 14 pages.
‘Gifts from the Holy Spirit: Contemporary Song Composition and Performance in North-East Scottish Evangelicalism’ in Experiencing Religion: New Approaches to Personal Religiosity, ed. by Clara Saraiva, Peter Jan Magry, Lionel Obadia, José Mapril, and Kinga Povedak (Münster: Lit Verlag, 2016), pp. 161-82
‘Fishers of Men: Maritime Radio and Evangelical Hymnody in the Scottish Fishing Industry 1950–65’ in The Sea and the British Musical Imagination, ed, by Chris Scheer and Eric Saylor (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2015). pp. 127-149.
‘Strengthening Identity through Community Singing: Praise Nights in North-East Scotland's Deep Sea Missions’, in Taking Part in Music: Case Studies in Ethnomusicology, Elphinstone Institute Occasional Publications 9, ed. by Ian Russell and Catherine Ingram (Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, in association with the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology, 2013), pp. 150-65.
‘The Fiddle at Sea: Tradition and Innovation Among Shetland’s Sailors since the Eighteenth Century’ in Crossing Over (Elphinstone Institute and Memorial University, Newfoundland, 2010).
‘Sacred Song at Work: Gospel Songs and Psalmody in the Workplace Along Scotland's North-East Coast’, in Rethinking the Sacred: Proceedings of the Ninth SIEF Conference in Derry, ed. by Ulrika Wolf-Knuts and Kathleen Grant (Derry: Åbo Akademi University, 2008), pp. 125-38.
'The Role of Sacred Song in Religious Awakenings Among the Fisherfolk of North-East Scotland During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries' in The Travels and Travails of the Scots Herring Girls, ed. by Jill de Fresnes (Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye: UHI Press, 2007) pp. 20-29.
Journal Articles
‘Singing and the Dùsgaidhean: The Impact of Religious Awakenings on Musical Creativity in the Outer Hebrides’, Scottish Studies 40 (2024), pp. 111–124. doi:10.2218/ss.v40.9292.
‘Sound, Movement, and Emotion: an Historically-Informed Performance at a Viking Burial Site’, with Shane McLeod and Carlos Galan-Díaz, Northern Scotland 10.2, 2019, 121–131
‘Da Merry Boys O Greenland: Explorations into the Musical Dialogue of Shetland’s Nautical Past’, Folk Music Journal 10/1 (2016).
‘The Fiddlers of James Bay: Transatlantic Flows and Musical Indigenization among the James Bay Cree’, in MUSICultures 40/1: 57-99.
‘English Concertina Perfomance Practice’, Papers of the International Concertina Association, Vol. 9 (2012), pp. 40-45.
‘Precentor-led Praise: Northern Scottish Traditions of Unaccompanied Congregational Singing’, in Musiké, 5/6, III, 1 (2009). 181-200.
‘Gordon Haxton and Peter Donald: English Concertina Players from the Mission Halls of Glasgow’, Papers of the International Concertina Association, Vol. 6 (2009), pp. 7-12.
Encyclopedia Entries
‘Leadbelly’ and ‘Alan and John Lomax’, Music Around the World: A Global Encyclopedia Vol. 1: The Americas, Ed. by Matthew Mihalka and Andrew Martin (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2020).
‘John and Alan Lomax’, in AR Martin & M Mihalka (eds), Music Around the World: A Global Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO Greenwood, Santa Barbara. Forthcoming.
Magazine/Newspaper Articles
‘Tobar an Dualchais: Spiritual tradition of Gàidhealtachd’s female bards’, West Highland Free Press, 1 May 2024.
‘Tobar an Dualchais: A Hebridean Christmas Tradition in the hymn “Taladh Chrìosda”’, West Highland Free Press, 16 December 2022.
‘Gaelic psalm singing: why the ancient tradition is in danger of disappearing’, The Conversation (2022).
‘Celebrating 25 years of the Elphinstone Institute: Becoming an Ethnomusicologist in Scotland’, Living Tradition, December 2020, pp. 38-39.
‘Tobar an Dualchais: Gaelic’s haunting psalmody was a soundscape to a way of life’, West Highland Free Press, 17 November 2020.
‘How to Recreate a Viking Funeral - Minus the Human Sacrifice’, with Shane McLeod and Carlos Galan-Díaz ,The Conversation, 20 March 2015.
‘Bringing the Music Home’, Leopard Magazine, February 2015. pp.28-30.
‘Button Boxes & Moothies: Celebrating the Free Reed Tradition in the North-East’, Leopard Magazine, October 2015, pp. 28-30.
The Cree Fiddlers of James Bay: Notes on a Musical Tradition, Hearth Music, 2012.
‘Notes from the Field: The Cree Fiddlers of James Bay’ in Canadian Folk Music, Vol. 45, No. 4 (2011).
‘Precentors and Pitchpipes: Congregational Singing in Brethren Assemblies’ in Heirskip (April 2008)
‘The Gospel Singing Tradition and the Fishing Industry of Buchan’, Heirskip (2007), 25-7
‘The Singing Fishermen’, Leopard Magazine 333 (March 2007), 23-4.
Articles on sound archive work at Cecil Sharp House, English Dance and Song Magazine, Music Maker Magazine (2004)
Reviews
Review of Amazing Grace: The Cultural History of a Beloved Hymn, in Folk Music Journal, Vol. 12, no. 5., pp. 126-127. 2024.
Review of Music and Society in Cork, Notes (2019), pp. 443-446
Review of Simon McKerrell and Gary West, Eds, Understanding Scotland Musically: Folk, Tradition and Policy in Folk Music Journal, vol. 11, no. 4. 2019,
‘Button Boxes & Moothies’, Living Tradition, Issue 113 (2016), p.46.
Review of Heather Sparling, Reeling Roosters and Dancing Ducks, in International Review of Scottish Studies, vol.41, pp. 122-124. 2016.
Review of Irish and Scottish Encounters with Indigenous People, International Review of Scottish Studies, vol. 40, 2015.
CD Review: Traditional Dance Music from Orkney, Folk Music Journal, vol. 10, no. 5. 2015.
Review of British Library Archival Sound Recordings, Yearbook for Traditional Music. 2011.
Review of Our Ancient National Airs: Scottish Song Collecting from the Enlightenment to the Romantic Era, Notes:The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 714-716. 2015.
Review of Fenella Bazin, The Everlasting Hills, in Folk Music Journal 9/4 (2008), 439-41.
Review of Karen Ahlquist, ed., Chorus and Community (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006) in Folk Music Journal. 2006.
Review of Kirsten Sass Bak & Svend Nielsen, Spiritual Folk Singing: Nordic and Protestant Traditions in The Swedish Journal of Musicology Vol. 11.
Exhibitions
‘Seinn Spioradail: Musical Soundscapes of the Highlands and Islands’ (2024-2025). Multimedia exhibition touring venues in Hebridean communities. Includes panels, objects, film, digital archive, listening stations, childrens’ activities.
‘Nimitaau | Let’s Dance: Fiddle-Dancing through Scots and Eeyou Cultures (2018) Special Collections Gallery, Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen. In partnership with Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute, Oujé Bougoumou, Quebec.
‘Funeralscapes: Re-experiencing Sound and Rites in a Viking, Early Christian, and Pre-Christian Landscape’, with Shane McLeod and Carlos Galán-Día Aberdeen , Stirling, Eigg. 2014-15.
‘The Cree Fiddlers of James Bay: Musical Traditions from the Fur Trade’, University of Aberdeen, Derry, Québec. 2012.
‘Soundscapes Rostock’, photography, text, audio installation and website. Haus Böll, Rostock, with Dr Barbara Alge, in association with the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock. 2011.
Websites
Seinn Spioradail: Sacred Soundscapes of the Highlands and Islands, www.seinn.org (2024). Website and digital archive for the project.
Funeralscapes: Re-Experiencing Sound and Rites in a Viking and Christian Landscape with Shane McLeod and Carlos Galán-Díaz (2014), https://funeralscapes.wordpress.com
‘Soundscapes Rostock: An Ethnomusicological View of City Sound’ with Barbara Alge (2011) Rostock: HMT Rostock and Wismar.