Borne on the Carrying Stream: The Legacy of Hamish Henderson - Softcover

Borne on the Carrying Stream: The Legacy of Hamish Henderson.
Hamish Henderson poet, soldier, scholar, folklorist, song-maker and political activist. Eighteen essays engaging with aspects of Hamish Henderson's remarkable contribution to contemporary Scottish culture - from song-writing and song-collecting to poetry and politics.

Edinburgh Folk Club's annual Carrying Stream Festival celebrates the life and legacy of Hamish Henderson. A selection of the Festival's Hamish Henderson Lectures, together with the other contributions, paint a fascinating picture of this multi-facetted Scot-'Father of the Scottish Folk Revival'.(http://www.hendersontrust.org/index.php/en/).

EDITOR: EBERHARD 'PADDY' BORT - works at the Institute of Governance at the University of Edinburgh. He is also chair of Edinburgh Folk Club who, since 2002, have organised the annual Carrying Stream Festival--a celebration of he life and legacy of Hamish Henderson (www.carryingstreamfestival. co.uk).