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  1. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson – Leaving St Kilda

    At last we turn away, and see them
    leading us: bow-riding dolphins,
    our grey familiars,
    and thirty gannets in a line
    drawing straight from Boreray:
    a gannet guard
    for this far passage,
    for the leaving of St Kilda.

    A collaboration between folk musician Alasdair Roberts & poet Robin Robertson, from their album Hirta Songs.

    youtube.com/watch?v=h2RUTp8vlkU

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #folksong #folkmusic #StKilda #islands

    #islands #stkilda #folkmusic #folksong #poetry #poem
  2. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    The last residents of St Kilda were evacuated by their own request in 1930, bringing to an end about 4000 years of human occupation. It is one of the few World Heritage Sites to hold mixed status for its cultural & natural qualities.

    historicenvironment.scot/prote

    #Scottish #history #Scotland #StKilda #Islands #WorldHeritageSite

    #worldheritagesite #islands #stkilda #scotland #history #scottish
  3. KLOF Mag @[email protected] ·

    We revisit Alasdair Roberts and Robin Robertson’s ‘Hirta Songs’, inspired by the people, landscape and history of the remote Scottish archipelago of St Kilda. The album also featured Robin Williamson of the Incredible String Band and Scottish harpist Corrina Hewat. #folk #folkmusic #scottishfolk #stkilda folkradio.co.uk/2023/07/revisi

    #folk #folkmusic #scottishfolk #stkilda