A Traveller's Life by Sheila Stewart

A Traveller's Life by Sheila Stewart

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The acclaimed story teller and ballad singer takes us through the story of her life, from working on farms, experiencing the highs and lows of the travelling lifestyle, to becoming a star of the folk scene. Stewart is a unique voice, and one of the last representatives of a tradition that has all but disappeared.

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A Traveller's Life by Sheila Stewart

Sheila Stewart is the last in the line of the Stewarts o' Blair, a travelling family who have made a unique contribution to the musical and oral traditions of Scotland. Her mother was the legendary 'Queen amang the Heather', the singer and storyteller Belle Stewart, and her father, Willie Stewart, was a noted piper. Sheila spent her childhood wandering with them all over Scotland, working on farms and experiencing all the highs and lows of the traveller lifestyle. From 1954 she sang in concerts with her parents and her sister Cathie, and they became stars of the folk scene. An acclaimed storyteller and ballad singer, she is in huge demand and has continued to perform up to the present day. This, her long-awaited autobiography, is graphic in its depiction of the sometimes harrowing circumstances of her life, but is also a tribute to the rich and dramatic tradition of which she is one of the last representatives.

'Sheila Stewart is a natural storyteller'

* English Dance and Song *
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ISBN 13 9781841589794
ISBN 10 1841589799
Title A Traveller's Life
Author Sheila Stewart
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Birlinn General
Year published 2011-03-21
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.