Musicologist Alan Lomax came to Scotland in 1951 and, along with Calum MacLean and Hamish Henderson, set about collecting songs and tunes from as far and wide as time allowed.
The selections here come from Aberdeenshire and the Hebrides and feature artists that have, since that time, gone on to become THE backbone of almost ALL traditional music in Scotland.
So it's not a bad wee collection then!!

1) Blanche Wood - I'm A Young Bonnie Lass.
2) Jeannie Robertson - Never Wed A Young Man.
3) Jimmy McBeath - He Widn'a Wunt His Gruel.
4) Jeannie Robertson - My Rovin' Eye.
5) John Strachan - Jock MacGraw.
6) John Burgess - Hail Ro Ruadh Waternish - Daldowmnie's Reel - Cork Hill - The Spider In the Gaff - Slow Gaelic Air.
7) Jeannie Robertson - My Son David.
8) John Strachan - Johnny o' Braideslee.
9) Davie Stewart - MacPherson's Lament.
10) Flora McNeill - Lament for William Chisholm.
11) John Burgess - Blue Bonnets Over the Border.
12) Annie Nicholson - Waulking Songs.
13) Kate Nicholson - Gentle Lady.
14) Alan MacDonald - The Soldier's Song.
15) Allister McLean & Friends - Mouth Music.
16) Flora McNeill - The Sister's Lament.
17) Calum Johnson - The Song of the Thrush.
18) Mary Morrison - Pipe Imitations.

Musicologist Alan Lomax came to Scotland in 1951 and, along with Calum MacLean and Hamish Henderson, set about collecting songs and tunes from as far and wide as time allowed.
The selections here come from Aberdeenshire and the Hebrides and feature artists that have, since that time, gone on to become THE backbone of almost ALL traditional music in Scotland.
So it's not a bad wee collection then!!

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