The Voice of the Bard
Living Poets and Ancient Tradition in the Highlands and Islands

Forming the second part of a four-book oral history of Scotland in the 20th century, this text offers a series of interviews and portraits on the village bards of Scotland, part of a tradition that still flourishes today.

This groundbreaking study of the village bard in Scotland paints a compelling portrait of the humanity and depth of these poets and their lives. The book forms the second part of a four-book oral history of Scotland in the 20th century, which began with Tim Neat's The Summer Walkers.