by Gordon Mackay | Sep 16, 2020 | Walking / Well-being
Summwe 2019 Jill looks back on last years memorable adventure Walking in The Quaring on Skye. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today We very much hope you will join our Doric TV Community by clicking on the...
by Gordon Mackay | Sep 16, 2020 | Language / Culture
Doric is the dialect spoken in N.E Scotland . Today we hear many other dialects intertwined in our present day culture . We return to Finnyfaul to listen to Angus McCurrach, Huggadrum and George Emerson, Woodturner demonstrate the art of making Brose ! which was a...
by Gordon Mackay | Sep 14, 2020 | Press Release
Hing on a minty! A university has launched a Doric course in a bid to elevate the dialect from its associations with humour and ‘hame’ and place it on an equal footing with other languages. By Alison Campsie Sunday, 13th September 2020, 7:30 am Doric, a form of North...
by Gordon Mackay | Sep 5, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
I’m relatively new to following Jill, but I’m fair enjoying it. I’d hate wir heritage to disappear as I love the Doric and I dabble in writing Doric poems. I wrote a wee booklet a lang time ago caad “Smile a Fyle” which I sold and split...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 29, 2020 | Music / Culture
The second part of Iona Fyfes Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe talking about her Doric Roots and her passion for the Scots language, she also goes into more detail about her work with Oor Vyce. Iona Fyfe Scots Singer https://ionafyfe.com/ Join the Doric TV...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 29, 2020 | Music / Culture
Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become one of Scotland’s finest young ballad singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. Winner of Scots Singer of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2018, Iona has been...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 28, 2020 | Language / Culture
#1: ‘The Scots Leid: Whar we ar an whar we want tae be’ The video here features an extract from a longer Round Table event by Oor Vyce, following a recent interview with Doric TV, Round Table chairperson Iona Fyfe gave a name check to Doric TV. It seems they’re...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 28, 2020 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
I think it is very important to keep the Doric dialect alive. Growing up in a fishing community which is rich in folklore and culture is very much of who I am and do not wish memories of the past to be lost. During lockdown I ventured into a Youtube career making...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 25, 2020 | Music / Culture
25th Aug 2020 This is part 2 of a 2 part Doric TV’s exclusive with Dame Evelyn Glennie who continues with her talks about the importance she places in her Doric Roots. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Click here to read Evelyn’s...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 25, 2020 | Music / Culture
25th Aug 2020 This is part 1 of a 2 part Doric TV’s exclusive with Dame Evelyn Glennie who talks from the heart about her Doric Roots. I had the privilege of interviewing Dame Evelyn Glennie for Doric TV recently in the coming weeks when it will be feature in...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 18, 2020 | People / Culture
18th August 2020 In Jill’s second Facebook Live video message she takes viewers on a guided tour around her studio in Cruden Bay. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today We very much hope you will join...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 18, 2020 | People / Culture
18th August 2020 Jill takes centre stage in this video where as the Doric TV presenter delivers her first Facebook live video stream on the 18th August. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today We very much hope...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 10, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture
Doric Future work hard at promoting the Doric Culture where ever it can, our Doric TV episode shown on the 9th of July was of Fraserburgh singer Alan Reid (Thr Doric Min), our video went viral andwas picked up by the Press and Journal who ran this wonderful article on...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 10, 2020 | Press Release
A woman is calling for the north-east’s dialect to be better represented on screen through the launch of a new website. Jill McWilliam, from Cruden Bay, has started a new online video project in an effort for Doric “to be seen and heard” better. Doric TV was launched...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 7, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
As the world becomes ever more generic, indigenous and minority languages, dialects and cultures struggle to survive. Language is built on not only what is spoken but what is unspoken; the richness of the social structure, climate, landscape, industry and many other...
by Gordon Mackay | Jul 28, 2020 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
My hame toon is Seattle, Washington US; I was born and raised here. Ten years ago I made friends with a neighbor who is a Fifer, fae Bowhill, and who has lived in the US for some time. He introduced me to all things Scottish, including a language I didn’t...
by Gordon Mackay | Jul 26, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
Looking for something different from your luthier?If you are looking for a Martin, Taylor, Gibson, Fender, PRS look-alike, this is not the place to be, these guys do their thing with all the tradition expertise skill and panache that years of manufacturing have...
by Gordon Mackay | Jul 26, 2020 | People / Culture
26th July 2020 Davie Cherry bespoke guitar maker talks to Doric TV on his life long experience of making and repairing guitars. A wonderful insight in the art of guitar making. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community...
by Gordon Mackay | Jul 26, 2020 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
I have taken an interest in ‘why doric matters‘ after seeing some very interesting videos from Jill. The new information I have gained about places of interest that are local to me has defiantly been insightful. The effort and enthusiasm I see from Jill also makes me...
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...
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