by Gordon Mackay | Jul 25, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture
Myself and daryl are based in collieston, on the Buchan coast. I moved here in 2003 and Daryl a few years later and we started making music. Initially we developed a ‘village orchestra’ (Oxbow Lake orchestra) The Lang Reel O Collieston was written at one of those...
by Gordon Mackay | Jul 16, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
Doric matters! They say that language reflects a society’s culture, its’ way of life and its’ environment. If any of these changes, as they undoubtedly will over time, then a language will adapt and evolve. I use evolution in this context, because words and...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 7, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
I play moothie (mouth-organ) and diddle; I sing popular Scottish and Doric songs including own compositions; I recite my own Doric poem; I do some ceilidh dance calling; I talk about the Box & Fiddle magazine; and I describe another way in which I carry on the...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 7, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
(written especially for Doric Future) What does the North East doric mean to me?” To be honest I’ve never thought of it in that way, and there’s your greatest clue. Having been brought up speaking it, I don’t have to think about it – it’s just there. It’s my...
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