The music on ‘Scotland For Me' features the talented ‘bright young stars’ of the Scottish traditional music scene and represents a rich musical heritage and thriving culture. All of the featured tracks are on CDs which are available to buy on the Foot Stompin Celtic Music Website. Instruments: bagpipes, fiddles, flute, whistle, guitar, accordion, Scottish & Gaelic song and more. Artists featured are Ally Mackenzie and Colin Melville, Finlay MacDonald Band, Emily Smith, Eilidh Shaw with Ross Martin and Leo McCann, Back of the Moon, the Unusual Suspects, fine Friday, Borders Young Fiddles, The Unit, James Graham, Filska.
Ally Mackenzie and Colin Melville: 'Fits o' Giggles.'
Strathspeys & Reels - an accomplished blend of accordion, pipes and whistles.
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James Graham: ‘Siubhal'
Mo bhò dhubh mhòr/Puirt - A stunning album of beautiful Gaelic song from one of Scotland's brilliant rising stars, the winner of the 2004 Young Traditional Musician Award.
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Finlay MacDonald Band : ‘Pressed For Time'
Pressed For Time - A rocking set of tunes with Finlay and the guys cranking up the action to deliver a strongly rhythmic and compelling piping album for the 21st century. Celtic music at it's brilliant best.
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Eilidh Shaw, Ross Martin and Leo McCann: 'Flowers of Edinburgh'
March, Jig & Reels - Edinburgh with its vibrant traditional music scene is the place where hundreds of leading musicians, composers and performers have chosen as home in the last decade.
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Fine Friday: 'Mowing The Machair'
When I first Came to Caledonia - Fine Friday, an enormously talented trio featuring Anna Wendy Stevenson, Nuala Kennedy and Kris Drever. With exquisitely articulated fiddle, percussive accented flute, guitar wizardry and choice vocal harmonies.
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The Unit: ‘Playing Giants’
Reel D'issoudun / The Little One (Ewan MacPherson). One of Scotland's exciting new bands. Amy Geddes, Paul Jennings & Ewan MacPherson.
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Anna Massie 'Glad Company'
7/8's. A set with an unusual time signature. Anna is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist whose first album has been described as "full of vivacity and verve"
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Emily Smith: ‘A Different Life"
Always A Smile. Emily wrote this beautiful song for her grandmother. Not only is Emily a fine composer and singer with a lovely natural expressiveness, she is also a winner of the BBC Young Musician Award.
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Filska: A Thousand Miles Away
Coolies Reel / Miss Lyall / Paddy Fahy's - A great demonstration of the art of Shetland-style fiddling featuring Filska, a talented quartet from these northern Scottish isles.
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Borders Young Fiddles 'Borders Young Fiddles'
Lads and Lasses - This group of five fiddlers from the Scottish Borders area play traditional and self-penned tunes with great thought and skill.
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'Gillian Frame & Back of the Moon'
O' Gin I Were a Baron's Heir - A beautiful traditional love song from a young four piece band who combine fiddles, pipes, guitar piano and vocals to great effect.
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Live in Scotland 'The Unusual Suspects'
The Big Set - Scotland's acclaimed "Big band" phenomenom featuring 22 top traditional musicians recorded 'live' in concert.
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