Drawing from the arts of the past and historical archives, this book captures the true spirit of the fiddle and what it meant to those fortunate enough to have been captured by its distinctive sounds.

A portrait of crofting life in the bare and sometimes bitter landscape of Scotland’s North-east lowlands. The second part of Cameron’s trilogy of rural life.

With an introduction by Jack Webster.

A rich and captivating insight into life in a Scottish farm town in the mid nineteenth century. Together with Willie Gavin, Crofter Man and The Cornkister Days, this volume forms a remarkable trilogy on life in rural Scotland.

With an introduction by Jack Webster.

This is the first history of the musical culture of the worldwide piping community.

A well-researched biography of one of Britain’s best musicians renowned for his rock antics.

The only comprehensive book of piping in print, Roderick Cannon provides a great wealth of information for those lovers of the pipes.

The fiddle has long played an important part in Scottish musical tradition: here are lively stories that reflect that importance.

Stuart McHardy introduces Scotland’s national musical instrument, its history, development and repertoire­ and examines the part that the piper himself has played in Highland and Lowland society over the centuries.

The Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society, the first of its kind, was formed in 1881, ’for the practice or promotion of Scottish National Music, more especially Reel and Strathspey playing in the old Highland fashion’.

This book forms a rich compendium of Gaelic song and history, and is a striking record of the vigour and range of the Gaelic tradition in Canada.

WINNER OF THE 2006 RATCLIFF PRIZE

In this anthology, Anne Lorne Gillies has compiled a collection of Gaelic songs collected from the deepest parts of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Including English translations, this book is truly a unique compendium that will preserve the ancient Gaelic arts.

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