Journal Archive: Issue 4 - September 2003

September 2003 Preview: Wester Ross Festival (1) KENNY MATHIESON selects some outstanding events from the Wester Ross Festival.September 2003 Feature: Vocal Music on Yell ANDY ROSS, the co-organiser of the inaugural Vocal Music Festival on Unst and Yell, reports on the events of the weekend.September 2003 Feature: Scottish Guitar Quartet (1) MALCOLM MacFARLANE of Scottish Guitar Quartet tells Kenny Mathieson how they intend to explore their new technology within an acoustic guitar sound.September 2003 Feature:
Knitting an International Narrative (1) Shetland artist Roxane Permar describes the process of creating The Encyclopedia of Knitted Stories.September 2003 Feature:
A Comic's Tale (1) JOHN BURNS dispenses some sage advice on handling the fear factor inherent in the business of stand up comedy, and reflects on what it all means.September 2003 Feature: Torcuil MacRath on Henry David Thoreau (1) Gaelic writer TORCUIL MacRATH is the subject of a profile by Peter Urpeth this month. This essay on the American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau first appeared in the Gaelic literary journel Gairm.September 2003 Feature: Torcuil MacRath Profile (1) TORCUIL MacRATH of Grimshader celebrates his 80th birthday this year. He remains one of Gaeldom's most original poets and scholars yet his work is little known outside of Lewis and among the readership of the now silent Gaelic literary journal, Gairm. PETER URPETH met the Bard in his Grimshader home on the Isle of Lewis.September 2003 Preview: Ullapool Guitar Festival ANDREA MUIR reports on a significant step forward for her husband, Dingwall-based guitarist GRAHAM MUIR, and looks ahead to next month’s Ullapool Guitar Festival.September 2003 Feature: What goes on in Room 13 Room 13 is a classroom with a difference. FRANCES McLEOD reports on the unique artistic activites at Caol Primary School in Lochaber, where the pupils are firmly in charge.

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