This is Alistair's first volume of traditional tunes. Over the years he has penned around eighty tunes and we get forty of the finest in this collection, with jigs, reels, marches, slow airs and waltzes. What an absolutely fantastic collection it is too! I can honestly say it is one of the very best collections I have reviewed to this date. Maybe it's something to do with Alistair being a fiddler, so the tunes lie better for me to bash out; or perhaps it's because of his style of composition, all the tunes are very catchy with plenty of dunt to them. Testament to this is, as Alistair says on his cover notes, "Over thirty of the tunes have been previously recorded by dance bands, folk groups and fiddle orchestras". That must be a great sense of achievement to any composer, when other musicians appreciate your work. http://www.boxandfiddle.com

This edition is a book and a CD which is great because you can play along to the CD making sure you are getting the tunes right!