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The Foot Stompin' Performers
We're very proud of the Scottish artists whose work we have available to buy at Foot Stompin'. There are fabulous bands, wonderful fiddlers, bagpipers, Scots and Gaelic singers and they rank amongst the finest exponents of traditional and contemporary music to be found anywhere in the celtic world. Below are listed the top ten artists whose CDs and DVDs are our best sellers this week, but you can check out all of the artists in the alphabetical index on the right. See also our free downloads. Check our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for answers to common questions.
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Top 10 Artists
| Emily is the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2002. She is an excellent performer on both accordian and piano, however, it is through her exceptional voice that Emily is really making a name for herself. | |
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| The Peatbog Faeries are one of Scotland's top 'live' bands. Exciting onstage show has seen the group play to ecstatic audiences all over the world. They have 5 great CDs to their credit too... | |
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| Some fantastic Highland musicians grace Charlie MacKerron's new group with band members of Salsa Celtica, Croft No. Five, Wolfstone, Fine Friday & Capercaillie all represented. | |
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| Paisley born Tony McManus has both extended and transcended the parameters of contemporary Celtic music. Ranked by peers and predecessors alike alongside the guitar world's all-time greats, his fiendishly dexterous, dazzlingly original playing draws on traditions from the entire Celtic diaspora. | |
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| Hailing from Shetland, Jenna grew up immersed in the islands rich fiddle tradition. At the age of nine, she began to learn the fiddle, and was taught by the late Dr Tom Anderson. | |
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| Christina Stewart comes from a Highland background and the singing of lullabies and other traditional songs around the house was taken for granted as she was growing up. | |
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| The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are three pipers and two percussionists who have all played at the highest level with some of Scotland’s most famous pipe bands. | |
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| Raised in the isolated Gaelic- speaking community of Glenuig, Allan MacDonald started piping when he was nine and went on to pursue a competitive career which included winning the Inverness Clasp on two occasions | |
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| Margaret Stewart from the Island of Lewis is a native Gaelic speaker and a natural singer from childhood who has also won the "classical" accolade of a Gold Medal at the Mod. | |
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| Mary Ann has gathered together seven of Gaeldom's finest male singers.. | |
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