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portada They Sent a Wumman: The Collected Songs of Nancy Nicolson
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
238
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.5 x 19.1 x 1.3 cm
Weight
0.42 kg.
ISBN13
9781907676864
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They Sent a Wumman: The Collected Songs of Nancy Nicolson

Bort, Eberhard ; Gunn, George ; Stevenson, Gerda (Author) · Grace Note · Paperback

They Sent a Wumman: The Collected Songs of Nancy Nicolson - Bort, Eberhard ; Gunn, George ; Stevenson, Gerda

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Synopsis "They Sent a Wumman: The Collected Songs of Nancy Nicolson"

Cultural Crofter is a very apt description for Nancy Nicolson - she is a Scottish folk singer and a tradition bearer, a songwriter and a storyteller and a melodeon player. Brought up on a croft in Caithness, the former Edinburgh teacher has worked with the BBC, Celtic Connections, and the New Makars Trust. It was high time that her songs were collected and published, and Grace Note Publications has done just that, to coincide with her 75th birthday in 2016. They sent a Wumman: The Collected Songs of Nancy Nicolson contains an autobiographical piece by Nancy herself, as well as contributions by her fellow-Caithnessian writer George Gunn, by singer, songwriter, actor and director Gerda Stevenson and the folk singer, songwriter and publisher Ewan McVicar. But the focus is, as editor Paddy Bort writes in his introduction, firmly on the songs, in all their glorious diversity. Like few others, Nancy Nicolson has the gift - as writer, singer and storyteller - to communicate the life and culture of Scotland, with rare warmth and energy and her very own brand of wit and wisdom. As can be seen in this volume, Nancy Nicolson covers (nearly) every subject under the sun - from bootleg whisky to the Miners' Strike, from bairns' play to the grim and cruel games of war, and from 'hauf-hinget' Maggie to 'Maggie's Pit Ponies'. Some of her songs have assumed almost 'traditional' status by now - among them Nancy's greatest hits: ''Listen tae the Teacher', 'The Moon in the Morning', 'The Brickie's Ballad' and, of course, 'They Sent a Wumman'. Among others, Gerda Stevenson, The McCalmans and Ed Miller have recorded her songs.

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