Fiona Ritchie, producer/host of NPR's nationally syndicated weekly show The Thistle & Shamrock, invites you to discover 20 of her favorite Scottish vocal and instrumental tracks.

This recording features the very best of a vibrant generation of singers, songwriters, composers, and musicians who through their own voices, tunes, and interpretations are writing the next chapter in a tradition that stretches back centuries.

Scotland the Real: Music From Contemporary Caledonia is the ultimate insider's view of a vital part of the pan-Celtic revival, filled with talented, creative artists who build on the best of Caledonia's musical past to forge the Scottish music traditions of tomorrow.

Extensive notes and lyrics, 20 tracks, 74 minutes.

Click on any underlined track to hear an audio sample.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Atlantic Reels: Mac Iain Oig's/The Scot Erin Reel/Yester Man's Hand/The Old Man's Answer  Brian McNeill
2. Norland Wind  Cilla Fisher
3. Ruileadh Cailleach, Sheatadh Cailleach/The Bird's Nest/Harris Dance  Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis
4. The Last Trip Home/The Luckenbooth  Battlefield Band
5. Flashmarket Close/MacArthur/Colonel Fraser/The Swallow's Tail  The Tannahill Weavers
6. Garden Valley  Dougie Maclean
7. C�nan Nan G�idheal  Catherine-Ann Macphee
8. The Silver Darlin's  Battlefield Band with Alison Kinnaird
9. Miss Wharton Duff/The Mare  Tony Cuffe
10. Thaney  Malinky
11. Slave's Lament  Chantan
12. No Gods and Precious Few Heroes  Dick Gaughan
13. Eynhallow Soond/The Halloween Flit  Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley
14. Jimmy's Gone to Flanders  Jim Malcolm
15. Two Waulking Songs  Maggie Macinnes
16. Men o'Worth  Ed Miller
17. The Pearl  Aly Bain & Phil
18. Oor Hamlet  Adam Mcnaughtan
19. Da Sneck o' Da Smaalie/Doon Fae Nort/Jenna Reid of Quarff  Fiddler's Bid
20. Both Sides the Tweed  Capercallie