During the 1997 Edinburgh International Festival numerous singers and musicians, including many of Gaeldom's finest, performed at eight events in the heart of the city. BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal recorded at these concerts which were then broadcast as a series of ten programmes and subsequently led to the eighteen tracks on this CD. All the artists are from Scotland, most from many of the islands where Gaelic is still an everyday language. The CD gives some sense of the quality and vibrancy of Gaelic song.

Singers include Ishbel MacAskill, Murdo MacDonald, Mary Ann Kennedy, Margaret Stewart, Roddy Campbell, Fred Morrison on pipes, Margaret Bennett, Catherine-Ann MacPhee, Kenna Campbell, Donnie MacLeod, Maggie MacInnes, Maeve MacKinnon, Flora MacNeil, Rona Lightfoot and Rory Campbell on pipes.