Tradition Bearers

It is generally agreed by folklorists that the Scottish travelling folk are among our finest oral traditional bearers, be it song or tale. A singer, songwriter and poet, Belle was a member of the Stewart family.

Songs of the Scottish Borders

Many of the fifteen songs display the sharp tang of north east humour and you will surely derive much pleasure and amusement in listening to them.

The voice of Dundee born Maureen Jelks is one of the finest of Scotland's traditional music scene. In this collection, she sings such gems as Mary Mild - better known under the title The Four Marys..

A collection of folk songs and folk music from Aberdeenshire and the Hebrides collected by Alan Lomax, Calum McLean and Hamish Henderson in 1951.

A memorial album of this great Aberdeenshire singer, containing 34 recordings of the best of her songs not currently available on CD, many of which have never been published before.

Another superb collection of old songs and bothy ballads recorded at the Fife Traditional Singing Weekend of 2006. Singers include Gordon Easton, Anita Best, Geordie Murison, Ellen Mitchell and Maureen Jelks.

Jimmy MacBeath, John MacDonald, Charlie Murray, Jamie Taylor etc. A great collection of traditional singing and tunes from the archives of the School of Scottish Studies.

Although no longer performing Seonag Niccoinnich remains one of the great traditional singers of the post-war period.

Sixteen tracks of Scottish musical tradition and a story, displaying fiddle, pipes, Gaelic song, Scots songs and ballads, and an amazing tune set on the Jew’s harp.