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HE is regarded as one of the greatest poets Scotland has ever produced; now some of William Soutar’s work has been recreated in a CD of poignant songs. The music aims to both celebrate Soutar and bring his early 20th century works into the 21st century with renewed meaning and strength. A leading figure of the Scottish literary renaissance, Soutar, from Perth, died of tuberculosis in 1943 after many years of ill health. He was 45 years of age. His biographer Alexander Scott later said: “His poetry was the prize wrested from a battle against death and despair which he fought for ha...

Celtic Connections is going online a week today - for a 19 day festival By Louise Glen  |  Updated: 10:19, 08 January 2021 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper The Celtic Connections online festival will begin one week today. Across 19 days, the festival will present over 30 online performances between Friday January 15 and Tuesday February 2 2021. St Lukes. Picture: Gaelle Beri World class concerts will be available to view online with some of the biggest names on the Scottish music scene and beyond appearing o...

Musician of the Year Tim Edey releases emotional track in tribute to lost son © Mhairi Edwards Tim Edey at home in Dunning Scotland’s newly crowned Traditional Musician of the Year has released a poignant charity single in memory of his much missed baby boy. Tim Edey, from Perthshire, said recording the track during lockdown was a form of therapy and helped him deal with the grief and shock of losing little Griogair at just two months old. The single, an instrumental cover of Sting’s Fields of Gold, will raise money for SANDS UK – the Stillbirth and neonatal death charity – and help ...