In popular myth, the word ' documentary ' was coined by Scottish documentarian John Grierson in his review of Robert Flaherty's film Moana ( 1926 ), published in the New York Sun on 8 February 1926, written by " The Moviegoer " ( a pen name for Grierson ).

St Andrews pioneered the admission of women to Scottish universities, creating the Lady Licentiate in Arts ( LLA ), which proved highly popular.

Haggis remains popular with expatriate Scots in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, owing to the strong influence of Scottish culture, especially for Burns Suppers.

Category: Scottish monarchs in popular culture

The Tattie scone is a popular Scottish dish containing potatoes.

* Irish Harp: Also called the Clàrsach in Scottish Gaelic, or the Cláirseach in Irish, during the Middle Ages it was the most popular instrument of Ireland and Scotland.

In 2002, as the ratings continued to fall for Scottish serial High Road ( formerly Take The High Road ), BBC Scotland launched River City, which proved popular and effectively replaced High Road when it was cancelled in 2003.

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet ( 15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832 ) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time.

Scott's fame grew as his explorations and interpretations of Scottish history and society captured popular imagination.

In November 1844, the anonymously published popular science book Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, written by Scottish journalist Robert Chambers, widened public interest in the concept of transmutation of species.

However, Scotland has a tradition of popular sovereignty as opposed to parliamentary sovereignty and the fact that the Scottish parliament was established following a referendum would make it politically difficult to significantly alter its powers without popular consent.

The instrument became popular in several musical traditions namely ; English, Scottish, Irish and American traditional music.

The jig is second in popularity only to the reel in traditional Irish dance ; it is popular but somewhat less common in Scottish country dance music.

Max Bruch wrote a popular Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, César Franck wrote Les Djinns and Variations symphoniques, and Gabriel Fauré wrote a Ballade for piano and orchestra.

Although strategically successful and, historically at least, " a successful piece of policy making ", Isabella's Scottish policy was by no means popular and contributed to the general sense of discontent with the regime.

Garden's impressions of the legendary rugby league commentator Eddie Waring and the popular Scottish TV presenter Fyfe Robertson, Oddie's frequent send-ups of the game-show host Hughie Green and Cleese's occasional but manic impressions of Patrick Moore ( astronomer and broadcaster ) built these people into eccentric celebrities in a way that the Mike Yarwood, Rory Bremner, Spitting Image and Dead Ringers programmes would do for other TV presenters with similar disrespect years later.

* Scottish author Sir Walter Scott featured Charles and the 1745 Jacobite uprising in his popular 1814 novel Waverley.

It was not altogether a popular re-entry to Scottish affairs, since James had fought on behalf of Henry V and at times against Scottish forces in France.

Some Bluegrass fiddle songs popular in Appalachia, such as " Leather Britches ", and Pretty Polly, have Scottish roots.

The efforts of the SCDS became quite popular, and its influence on the training of physical education teachers meant that most Scottish children learn at least a minimum of SCD during school.

The original population of the colony also derived overwhelmingly from certain areas of north-west Europe ( the Scottish highlands, Ireland and the Basque country ) commonly linked in popular belief and tradition with a high level of supernatural abilities such as the second sight.

Although Cleutin seems to have been universally popular, the resentment of the Scottish nobility at these appointments fuelled the coming crisis.

With the help of Ziggy Elman, also in the band, he transformed a traditional Jewish melody into a popular song, `` And The Angels Sing ''.

Articolo 31 was a popular band from Milan, Italy, melding hip hop, funk, pop and traditional Italian musical forms.

The Afghan Hound features prominently in the avant-garde music video of popular French band M83's, " Set in Stone ( M83 Remix ).

Nonetheless, he and his band continued to be a popular touring act, enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1960s with the Rock and roll revival movement and the signing of a lucrative record deal with the European Sonet Records label.

The manager of a popular auditorium in the LA Basin town of Wilmington, California: " Although Monday night dancing is frankly an experiment it was the only night of the week on which this outstanding band could be secured.

In 1962 and 1963, with his next band, Harmoniler (" The Harmonies "), he recorded cover versions of some of popular American twist songs and rearrangements of Turkish folk songs in rock and roll form, marking the beginning of the Anatolian rock movement, a synthesis of Turkish folk music and rock.

Beginning in the 1930s, he wrote songs in the big band and swing genres that were popular at the time.

Other Chicano / Mexican American singers include Selena, who sang a variety of Mexican, Tejano, and American popular music, but was killed in 1995 at the age of 23 ; Zack de la Rocha, lead vocalist of Rage Against the Machine and social activist ; and Los Lonely Boys, a Texas style country rock band who have not ignored their Mexican American roots in their music.

* Cradle of Filth, a popular British extreme metal band, has produced an album called Dusk ... and Her Embrace inspired by " Carmilla ", and have also recorded an instrumental track titled " Carmilla's Masque ".

Rock musician David Bowie also made three popular concept albums ; The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, about the fictional character, Ziggy Stardust and his band ; Aladdin Sane ; and Diamond Dogs.

Within the realm of popular music and jazz, " drums " usually refers to a drum kit or a set of drums ( with some cymbals ) and " drummer " to the actual band member or person who plays them.

In Mexico, the popular mariachi band includes a range of guitars, from the tiny requinto to the guitarrón, a guitar larger than a cello, which is tuned in the bass register.

Sweetheart of the Rodeo was originally conceived by band leader Roger McGuinn as a sprawling, double album history of American popular music.

Their 1969 album The Gilded Palace of Sin was a modernized version of the Bakersfield style of country music made popular by Buck Owens, and the band appeared on the album cover wearing Nudie suits emblazoned with all sorts of hippie accoutrements.

Using a full blues band, he became a popular act in the South with his daily broadcasts on the ' King Biscuit Time ', originating live from Helena, Arkansas.

The members of the band Rin ' are popular jūshichi-gen players in the modern ( pop / rock ) music scene.

Throughout much of North America, live band karaoke is also popular.

But, it has been applied to all students that are in band or orchestra, even the ones with little involvement ( see School band # Stereotypes and popular culture ).

In Australia, two popular groups, skatecore band Frenzal Rhomb and pop punk act Bodyjar, also established followings in Japan.

He and his friends, it turns out, were just a decoy set up by VALIS to detour the government from stopping a much more popular A-List band from releasing a similar record with a better-established recording company.

Following the death of Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia in the summer of 1995 and the appearance of " Down With Disease " on Beavis and Butthead, the band experienced a surge in the growth of their fan base and an increased awareness in popular culture.

The web has been a popular medium for storing and sharing photos ever since the first photograph was published on the web by Tim Berners-Lee in 1992 ( an image of the CERN house band Les Horribles Cernettes ).

This is done via interviews with popular musicians, music industry professionals, and the band members themselves.

They soon established themselves as the second most popular UK band ( after The Beatles ) and led a second wave of the " British Invasion " of the US pop charts.