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Às A’ Chladach... | The Art of Being Unable to Not Give ’Er By Cailín Laing (Colleen Lynk) The North Shore of Cape Breton is a stretch of small communities located along the shoreline in Victoria County, running from St. Ann’s Bay to Wreck Cove. With the majority of the people who settled in the … Continue reading Às A’ Chladach… | The Art of Being Unable to Not Give ’Er

It has been wonderful to be able to call in the energy and expertise of some additional members of the Language in Lyrics team recently. Working mostly on shorter-term projects, their input has been invaluable as we progress with song cataloguing, database management and developing plans to take the project further in the coming years... … Continue reading Sgioba ‘Language in Lyrics’ a’ leudachadh // ‘Language in Lyrics’ team expanding (1/2)

Seòl-sìdhe Chlann Anndra | Little Effort, Big Results By Colleen Lynk Known simply as Clann Anndra in North Uist, the Laings of Uist were known for being clever people with strong memories. They were also renowned for being able to accomplish easily what may have been difficult for others. I have heard an old tale … Continue reading Seòl-sìdhe Chlann Anndra | The Laings of North Uist

  It's always nice to put faces to names, and know the people behind a project, so here's a wee intro to the team behind Language in Lyrics:   Dr. Heather Sparling: project director Heather is the Canada Research Chair in Musical Traditions and an Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at Cape Breton University, where she … Continue reading A’ cur eòlas air an sgioba: the Language in Lyrics team

Fàilte oirbh! Welcome! We are delighted to be launching the Language in Lyrics project this month: a three-year partnership project with the aim of creating a comprehensive database of Nova Scotia Gaelic songs, and a lyrics-based corpus of  Nova Scotia Gaelic. Find out more details about the project here! We will be introducing the project through a … Continue reading Ag èirigh air na h-òrain: launching Language in Lyrics