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Perth-based singer brings new life to poetry of William Soutar
The collection of songs and musical arrangements put together by Debra Salem with jazz pianist Paul Harrison and guitarist and composer Kevin MacKenzie is titled ‘In a Sma Room’ and is available to download digitally or hear on CD
Singer/songwriter and composer Debra Salem performing ‘In a Sma Room’, a musical theatre show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Image: submitted by Wendy Niblick)
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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 half a lifetime.”