Review: Understanding Scotland Musically: Folk, Tradition and Policy: Simon McKerrell and Gary West (eds.)

Jane Pettegree

doi:10.2218/weqpqa13

Review: Understanding Scotland Musically: Folk, Tradition and Policy: Simon McKerrell and Gary West (eds.)

Jane Pettegree

Music Centre

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Abstract

Review of this collection of essays, published Routledge 2019.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	120
Number of pages	124
Journal	Scottish Studies
Volume	42
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2218/weqpqa13
Publication status	Published - 25 Feb 2026

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Keywords

Scottish
music
practice
musicians
media
policy
folk music
tradition
folk revival
Simon McKerrell
Gary West
politics

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https://open.journals.ed.ac.uk/ScottishStudies/issue/view/49/9Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

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