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Scottish musician Ken Hyder explores the dwindling tradition of Gaelic psalm-singing.

It is hard to believe that the strange, exuberant sound of Gaelic psalm-singing is a European, let alone British form of worship. It has been likened by some to Ethiopian Orthodox chant and cited by others as the root of gospel music. Yet beyond the handful of congregations that keep this centuries-old tradition alive, Gaelic psalm-singing is little known.

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