Jock Duncan - Aikey Brae to Ythanside

Tom Hughes - Traditional Fiddle Music of the Scottish Borders

Jim Reid - I Saw the Wild Geese Flee

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sprcd 1015 - Jim Reid's 'Wild Geese' album, first issued in 1984, established him as one of Scotland's finest singers. In 2005 he was voted Scots Singer of the Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards.

Sprangeen - Sprangeen

sprcd 1013 - An elegant collection of jigs, reels, traditional folk songs played on fiddles, metal and gut strung Celtic harps, concertinas, flute, whistle and double bass.

Gordon Easton - The Last of the Clydesdales

ah05 - From the Blackhills of Tyrie near Fraserburgh, Gordon's family had crofted for generations. He learned many of his old songs from his mother and grandmother and, at the age of 84, he recorded this his first CD.

Shepheard, Spiers & Watson - Over The High Hills

sprcd 1043 - Three individuals with a long experience of traditional song bring together a wealth of repertoire accompanied on melodeon, fiddle and whistle - songs gleaned directly from the many traditional singers they have known.

Old Songs & Bothy Ballads 6 - There's Bound To Be A Row

ah08 - Recorded in May 2009 at the Fife Traditional Singing Festival: Bob Lewis from Sussex. Singer and fiddle player Jo Miller from Stirling. Local singers Chris Miles from Kirkcaldy and Jimmy Hutchison originally from Skye and now living in Newburgh. The great northeast ballad singer Jock Duncan from Pitlochry. Henry Douglas from Hawick - renowned for his repertoire of border common riding songs and Jim Taylor from Aberdeenshire.

The Foundry Bar Band - Rolling Home

sprcd 1026 - The unique and unmistakable sound of the Foundry Bar Band has been an important part of the Scottish Music scene for several decades. Rolling Home was their third album recorded after returning home to Arbroath from a summer tour to Orkney.

Jane Turriff - Singing Is Ma Life

sprcd 1038 - Jane Turriff was one of Scotland's legendary traditional singers first recorded by Hamish Henderson in 1955 for the School of Scottish studies. This album was compiled from recordings made over several decades at festivals, folk clubs and in Jane's own house in Mintlaw. Jane gained a reputation for her passionate ballad style, coupled with a powerful and beautifully controlled voice..

John Watt & Davey Stewart - Shores of the Forth

sprcd 1002 - Fife's Got Everything according to the song by John and Davey. A slightly exaggerated claim perhaps, but the two Fifers from Dunfermline and St Andrews respectively go a long way to prove it. Comedy songs, serious songs and recitations paint both a contemporary and past picture of this beautiful part of Scotland.

Shepheard, Spiers & Watson - They Smiled As We Cam In

sprcd 1042 - Simple, powerful and effective fiddle, whistle and melodeon underscore three big voices as Pete, Tom and Arthur revel in a colourful, broad sweep of traditional Scots and English song learned in many cases direct from the traditional singers they have known in the last decades.

Jim Reid & John Huband - Freewheeling Now

sprcd 1030 - Jim Reid's first solo album I Saw the Wild Geese Flee established him as one of the country's finest interpreters of Scottish song and the title song The Wild Geese/ Norland Wind has become classic of the repertoire. For this, his second song album, Jim teamed up with John Huband, the well-known Dundee accordionist and band leader.

Old Songs & Bothy Ballads - For Friendship and For Harmony

ah03 - A second volume of songs from the annual gathering - the Fife Traditional Singing Festival of 2005. Singers include Joe Aitken from Kirriemuir, Norman Kennedy now living in Vermont but originally from Aberdeen, Sheila Stewart from Blairgowrie, Louis Killen from Gateshead, Stanley Robertson from Aberdeen and Elizabeth Stewart from Mintlaw.

Aly Bain & Young Champions

sprcd 1032 - Aly Bain's brilliant fiddle playing has won him wide acclaim and brought new audiences to traditional music - on tour with Scotland's Young Champions - recorded live during a week long tour from Arbroath to Glasgow, Strathdon to Thurso.

Old Songs & Bothy Ballads - Hurrah Boys Hurrah

ah10 - Another great collection recorded at the Fife Traditional Singing Festival with songs from Jeff Warner from New Hampshire - a singer with an extensive repertoire of old songs from the New England states, Phyllis Martin from Dalbeattie, Geordie Murison from Stonehaven, Sheila Stewart from Blairgowrie, Jill Pidd from Yorkshire, Terry Conway from Allandale, Joe Aitken from Kirriemuir, Jimmy Hutchison from Newburgh, Pete Shepheard from nearby Balmalcolm and Danny Couper from Aberdeen.

Iain McLachlan - An Island Heritage

sprcd 1022 - Iain McLachlan's music comes as fresh as the sea breezes wafting over the Uist machair - Highland and Gaelic as his island heritage. Iain McLachlan accordion, melodeon, fiddle, Calum Iain McCorquodale fiddle and Calum Campbell pipe chanter/ goose and jews harp.

Jock Duncan - Ye Shine Whar Ye Stan!

sprcd 1039 - Jock Duncan is one of Scotland's great traditional singers - a magnificent style and a unique repertoire of old songs and bothy ballads of the north east. Joined by a supporting band of musicians and sigers

Old Songs and Bothy Ballads 8 - The Little Ball of Yarn

ah11 - Another great collection of singers: Len Graham from Newry, Emily Portman, a young singer now based in the North East of England, the legendary Brian Dawson from Lincolnshire, John Valentine from Cove Bay near Aberdeen, Elizabeth Stewart from Mintlaw, Jimmy Hutchison, originally from Skye and now living in Newburgh and Pete Shepheard from Fife.

The Foundry Bar Band - Foundry Bar Band

sprcd 1007 - Few bands, professional or otherwise, can so well convey the essential lilt of Scottish music with such enjoyment and enthusiasm. This, their first album, was issued in 1981 and it has been a top selling album ever since. Ten musicians led by Jim Reid.

The Leda Trio - Airs For The Seasons

sprcd 1036 - Scottish music of the 1700s. Rare, interesting and beautiful music from 18th century Scotland - music that would have been an important part of social life in Edinburgh at the time. Music of David Foulis and James Oswald performed by Peter Campbell-Kelly violin, Katherine Thomson harpsichord and Kevin McCrae cello.

Savourna Stevenson - Tickled Pink

sprcd 1016 - Savourna Stevenson has long been regarded as one of the leading exponents of the Scottish small harp or clarsach. Originally released as an LP in 1985 the CD includes a remastered extended 6 minute version of Savourna's magnificent version of The Trip We Took Over the Mountains played as a duet with Aly Bain on fiddle and Frank Usher guitar..

Bill Black - The Dawning

sprcd - 1037 Scottish dance music played with a rich style and a solid enthusiasm that has ensured the popularity of Bill and the band at ceilidhs and dances for over 30 years. Based in Perthshire, this is Bill's fourth album on Springthyme.

Ossian - Ossian

sprcd 1004 - Ossian, named after the legendary 3rd century Celtic Bard and folk hero, was formed in 1976, and this was their first album of Scottish/Celtic music - released in 1997 on CD. William Jackson: Celtic Harp, Uillean Pipes, Whistle, Vocals; John Martin: Fiddle, Mandolin, Cello, Vocals; George Jackson: Fiddle, Mandolin, Flute, Whistle, Guitar, Vocals and Billy Ross: Lead Vocals, Guitar, Whistle, Dulcimer.

Katherine Campbell - Scots Songs and Ballads

sprcd 1041 - Ballads and songs from the unique family repertoire of sisters Amelia and Jane Harris who inherited a wealth of ballads and songs from a Perthshire family tradition dating back to the mid 1700s. Katherine Campbell: vocals; Mairi Campbell: fiddle; Tony McManus: guitar; Peter Shepheard: melodeons; Gary West: small pipes.

The Michael Philip Ceildh Band - At the Riverside

sprcd 1035 - Live recordings from the famous Riverside Club in Glasgow ?�� centre of Glasgow's ceilidh dance revival. The Michael Philip Ceilidh Band are: Michael Philip from Cardenden on accordion, Robert Ross from Kincardine on accordion, Suzanne Gray from Alloa on string bass, Paul Clancy from Dundee on keyboards and Gordon Robertson from Larbert on drums.

Old Songs & Bothy Ballads 4 - Nick Knack on the Waa

ah06 - Recorded at the Fife Traditional Singing Weekend of 2007. Singers include Gordeanna McCullough from Glasgow, Elizabeth Stewart from Mintlaw, many of whose songs came to her from her traveller family the Fetterangus Stewarts, Gordon Easton singer, fiddle player and raconteur from Tyrie in Aberdeenshire, Alex Clarke from Dundee, Duncan Williamson of Ladybank, Jock Duncan from Pitlochry, Pete Coe and Hector Riddell.

Old Songs & Bothy Ballads - Here's a Health to the Company

ah02 - The first CD collection of songs from the Fife Traditional Singing Festival - recorded during the first and second festivals weekends of 2003 & 2004. Singers include Gordon Easton from Tyrie, Aberdeenshire, Roisin White from Armagh, Duncan Williamson from Ladybank, Sheila Stewart from Blairgowrie, Jock Duncan from Pitlochry, Elizabeth Stewart from Mintlaw, Alison McMorland from Dunblane and Jim Taylor from Skene, Aberdeenshire.

Old Songs & Bothy Ballads 5 - Grand to be a Working Man

ah07 - The fifth collection of Old Songs and Bothy Ballads recorded at the Fife Traditional Singing Festival - (May 2008). Singers including Shona Donaldson a fine young singer from Huntly, Ellen Mitchell from Glasgow, Brian Watson from Prudhoe in Northumberland, Sara Grey originally from the USA and now living in Perth, Yorkshire based Chris Coe, Alex Clarke from Dundee and Jock Duncan from Pitlochry.

Billy Ross & John Martin - Braes of Lochiel

sprcd 1029 - This album brings together two original members of Ossian - Billy Ross and John Martin. John was also a member of the innovative Edinburgh based band Easy Club and he now tours regularly as a member of the Tannahill Weavers.