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Watch and listen to archival recordings from the School Of Scottish Studies.

The audio track above is of Miss Mary Morrison singing a pibroch song followed by canntaireachd, Erisary, 1959. SSS Archive Ref.: SA1959.70

Below, watch footage of a waulking song sung by Kate Nicolson & friends while washing new tweed. Fieldworker: Peter Cooke; Camera operater: FE Kent; Recorded South Uist, 1970. SSS Archive Ref.: VA1970.01

Selected by Aileen Campbell with the help of the Archive Trails project – a twelve week residency at the School Of Scottish Studies Archives with Campbell, Alasdair Roberts, and Drew Wright – featured in The Wire 325

Adrián de Alfonso: Pleamar

Watch a short film that accompanies three tracks from sound artist and musician Adrián de Alfonso’s new album Viator.

goat (jp): Joy In Fear

Watch a 16 minute concept film of tracks from Joy In Fear, the 2023 album by Japanese rockers goat (jp)

Steph Richards “Power Vibe”

The US trumpeter shares a supernatural LA noir created with the help of generative AI for a track from her latest album Power Vibe

Xhosa Cole All Roads

The saxophonist shares a film in which he dances with his two brothers beneath Birmingham’s Spaghetti Junction

ECHOS: L'Ocelle Mare “Objets Chargés”

French label and platform Murailles Music shares the first episode in a new series of music documentaries highlighting the unique methodologies of artists on their roster

Galya Bisengalieva “Chagan”

Directed by artist Nicol Vizoli, the video for composer Galya Bisengalieva's “Chagan” reflects on the haunting nature of a radioactive lake in Kazakhstan