A C484
Artist: Sheila Stewart
Event: Scottish ballad singing class during the 1985 Augusta Summer Programming.
Tunes:
- Unnamed Tune (Possibly called The Devil’s Courtship)
- The Black Bird
- The Drowning Tragedy/Willie Leonard
- The Echo Mocks the Corncrake
- Hatton Woods
- Skibbereen
- MacDonald of Glencoe
- Discussion of “Conyich” music style
Collected/Recorded by:
Date: 08/16/1985
Notes: Sheila Stewart is a Scottish Highland Traveller, and the daughter of famed folk singer Belle Stewart. Scottish Highland Travellers are different from the Roma people in Scotland, who are also called travellers. Scottish Highland Travellers are indigenous to Scotland.
Location: Elkins, WV
The Augusta Programming Collection contains recordings of events produced by the Augusta Heritage Center, beginning in the early 1970s. A number of people contributed to this collection, including Flawn Williams, Gerry Milnes, and Bob Smakula. The collection features recordings of Augusta concerts, cultural sessions, Master Artist visits, and more, which showcase a variety of musical and cultural traditions.