After years of turmoil and despair, the residents of St. Kilda evacuated their island in 1930. 86 years later, songs from the fated community were recorded by a surviving student of the island’s musical tradition. “Soay”, for instance, is a ballad with haunting melodies that conjures misty valleys and vast lakes.
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