Scottish Bards

The Voice of the Bard. Living Poets and Ancient Tradition in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The bards profiled are ordinary men. Crofters, fishermen, seamen, soldiers, weavers, tinkers, roadmen, housewives and even a television personality. Their work is proof that the ancient bardic tradition is still alive in Scotland today. This is a book of great originality and importance to new Scotland and is illustrated with over two hundred previously unpublished photographs and a wide variety of song-poems. It reveals a fascinating, hidden layer in the long history of the Scottish Gaidhealtach and paints a mini-history of Highland life and thought in the twentieth century. The Voice of the Bard: Living Poets and Ancient Tradition in the Highlands and Islands.