tracks

The Atlantic Reels: Mac Ian Oig's/The Scot Erin Reel/Yester Man's Hand/The Old Man's Answer
Norland Wind
Ruileadh Cailleah Sheatadh Cailleach/The Bird's Nest/Harris Dance
The Last Trip Home/The Luckenbooth
Flashmarket Close/ Macarther/ Colonel Fraser/ The Swallow's Tale
Garden Valley
Cana Nan Gaidheal
The Silver Darlin's
Miss Wilson Duff/ The Mare
Thaney
Slave's Lament
No Gods And Precious Few Heros
Eynhallow Soond/ The Halloween Flit
Jimmy's Gone To Flanders
Two Waulking Songs
Men o'Worth
The Pearl
Oor Hamlet
Da Sneck O' Da Smaalie/ Doon Fae Nort/ Jenna Reid Of Quarff
Both Sides The Tweed

notes

Fiona Ritchie, producer/host of NPR's nationally syndicated weekly show The Thistle & Shamrock, Invites you to discover 20 of her favorite Scottish vocal and instrumental tracks. This recording features the very best of a vibrant generation of singers, songwriters, composers, and musicians who through their own voices, tunes, and interpretations are writing the next chapter in a tradition that stretches back centuries. Scotland The Real is the ultimate insider's view of a vital part of the pan-Celtic revival, filled with talented, creative artists who build on the best of Caledonia's musical past to forge the Scottish music traditions of tomorrow.

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