Gun Sireadh, Gun Iarraidh – Spiral-bound

Acair, 2023 340 pages. Spiral-bound.

The work of one of the great unsung heroines of Scottish Gaelic song – Frances Tolmie – is celebrated in a new, expanded edition of her seminal collection of songs which has influenced generations of singers from the early 20th century right up to the present day. Championed by one of the contemporary Gaelic world’s leading tradition bearers, singer Kenna Campbell and one of her former students, Ainsley Hamill, Gun Sireadh, Gun Iarraidh (Without Seeking, Without Asking) promises to open Tolmie’s songs and life’s work up to new audiences in this edition, which re-unites songs, lyrics and background, and which returns Frances Tolmie to rightful prominence.