Scottish Bands

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Boys Of The Lough Traditional Scottish, Irish, English and Shetland music and song from the ever-popular group.	Capercaillie Glenfinnan (Songs Of The '45) features music taken from the BBC Scotland film Raising The Standard, about the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
Croft No Five One of Scotland’s hottest young roots-fusion outfits. Talk Of The Future takes in a wealth of rock, dance and world music influences.	Daimh Keeping the emphasis firmly on the Gaelic culture with latest release Diversions, Dàimh are a traditional band based on the west coast.
GiveWay Lost In This Song is the third album from the four young and talented Johnson sisters.	The Iron Horse The Iron Horse received critical acclaim through their imaginative and contemporary settings of traditional and self-composed music.
Lau - Kris Drever, Aidan O'Rourke and Martin Green The multi-award-winning trio of Kris Drever, Martin Green and Aidan O'Rourke - also their solo recordings.	MacUmba A unique and exciting Scottish bagpipe, Caribbean and Brazilian Samba drum crossover group from Scotland.
Old Blind Dogs Wherever Yet May Be is the tenth studio album from the contemporary folk band with roots in the North East of Scotland.	Ossian - Ossian One of the first internationally renowned bands from Scotland, with strong arrangements for sets with pipes, fiddle, flute, whistles, cello,...
The Poozies Latest release Yellow Like Sunshine from the all-female group.	Salsa Celtica Latest album El Camino (The Road) from the popular Scottish Latin band featuring pipes, fiddle, banjo and whistles alongside percussion and brass.
Saltfishforty Netherbow - the multi-talented duo of Douglas Montgomery and Brian Cromarty.	The Shee An exceptional all-female band showcasing three powerful vocalists and an astonishing level of instrumental prowess.
Shooglenifty Murmichan - double CD from the group still at the forefront of the folk/fusion Celtic music scene.	Skerryvore Blazing bagpipes, fiddle and accordions, electrically fused with funky rhythms and soul-gripping songs from the Isle Of Tiree band.
Skipinnish Their latest album recorded live at The Skipinnish Ceilidh House in Oban.	Steam Jenny Four albums from one of Scotland's most popular folk song outfits - Dumbarton's Drums, Glencoe, Welcome Back and The Skye Boat Song.
Treacherous Orchestra A turbo-charged thirteen-piece supergroup comprising some of Scotland's finest young instrumentalists.	The Waterboys An Appointment With Mr Yeats features new songs created by Mike Scott, who formed The Waterboys in 1983, from the lyrics of Ireland's greatest poet, W B Yeats.
Wolfstone Latest album Terra Firma from the Scottish band Wolfstone, whose unique blend of rock, folk and Celtic music has produced two gold albums.	The Angus Nicolson Trio - Lasses That Baffle Us Debut album from three talented young musicians from the Highlands.
Babelfish - International Disgrace Featuring members of Peatbog Faeries, Croft No 5 and Blazin' Fiddles - a melting pot of musical influences.	Bachue The husband-and-wife jazz/traditional harp and piano duo of Corrina Hewat and David Milligan.
Back Of The Moon Scottish Folk Band of the Year 2005 (Scots Trad Music Awards). Back Of The Moon blend fiddle, bagpipes, vocals and three part harmonies with a solid ...	Bellevue Rendezvous Salamander - the Scottish-based acoustic trio with a broad European repertoire.
Blackeyed Biddy Multi-instrumental folk group.	Black Rose Roisin Dubh - White Rabbit A lively 5-piece Scots-Irish-American roots and folk-rock band with uilleann pipes, fiddle and whistle leading the charge.
Bodega Under The Counter is the second release from this young band, who met whilst they were studying at Plockton's National Centre of Excellence.	Breabach One of the most inventive and diverse bands to have emerged from the Scottish folk scene in recent years.
Calluna Charlotte Peterson, Anna Wendy Stevenson Rebecca Knorr and Wendy Weatherby collaborate to produce music that is fresh and spirited. ...	Canntaireachd A group of Gaelic-speaking teenagers from around Inverness, who sing traditional and self-penned Gaelic songs.
Cantrip Dual fiddle and pipe led band.	Ceolbeg Ceolbeg - An Unfair Dance and more.
The Dangleberries - Nae Sleep Tae Regent Street A band who add bagpipe influences into rock music with a unique blend of vocals, drums and guitars.	Deaf Shepherd Ae Spark O' Nature's Fire and more.
Drop The Box Drop The Box and more.	The Easy Club Formed in 1982 in Sandy Bell's Bar in Edinburgh, The Easy Club blended traditional music with the influence of jazz and modern music.
Eriskay Lilt Home To Me is the band's sixth album, featuring a fine mix of original material combined with a selection of popular favourites.	Face The West High energy Celtic fusion from the four young lads from the Isle Of Lewis.
Fine Friday Anna Wendy Stevenson (fiddle), Nuala Kennedy (flute, whistle) and Kris Drever (guitar, vocals) - imaginative arrangements and a high standard of ...	Harem Scarem Harem Scarem's third studio album Storm In A Teacup continues to showcase their individual musicianship and instrument mastery, but has a more ...
Hom Bru Rowin Foula Doon and No Afore Time on CD from the popular Shetland band.	Hoogie Lively songs and tunes from the boys of Hoogie, steeped in Scottish dance music traditions.
MeanTime Authentic Gaelic music and song.	India Alba - High Beyond Two Indian classical musicians and two Scottish traditional musicians combine their influences.
Jock Tamson's Bairns One of the country's most respected traditional groups, having carried the torch for truly Scottish music since their inception at the end of the 197...	JiggeryPipery Jiggery Pipery and more.
La Boum! - Marionette 9-piece longstanding Edinburgh based funky celtic groovers sweep the dance floors with world music latin disco rhythms and rock/pop/easy ...	Malinky Latest release Flower And Iron from Malinky, one of Scotland's finest song and instrumental bands.
Mouth Music - Seafaring Man Pioneering the bringing together of traditional Gaelic vocalising with world grooves. Arrangements that are are spare yet intimate, ...	Mystery Juice - Open My Mouth and Do Nothing Donald Hay (drums), Joe Peat (bass), Tim Mathew (fiddle, vocals) and Donald MacDougall (guitar) take Scottish music in a whole new ...
Oidche Chiadain - Ciaradh A young band that met through the Wednesday Night (Oidhche Chiadain) group music classes run by Feis Eilean an Fhraoich.	The Outside Track - Curious Things Given Wings Ailie Robertson, Fiona Black, Mairi Rankin, Norah Rendell and Cillian O'Dalaigh.
Pipedown - The First Measure The hypnotic rhythms and seductively seditious syncopations will command interest and fascination even from those who shrink from the '...	Rhythmnreel Ross-shire folk-rock band.
Saor Patrol Rippin' electric guitar and rocking drums under the dramatic sound of the great Highland bagpipes.	Shoormal Latest album Turning Tide from the three-part harmony group performing contemporary folk music from Shetland. Plus their earlier album Migrant.
Slange Ava The Country-style band recorded live in concert at the Lyth Arts Centre in Caithness.	Tabache Are You Willing? and more.
Tannas Tannas took Gaelic and Scottish music and song and gave it a distinctive new feel.	The Whistlebinkies One of Scotland's longest established folk groups - formed during the great surge of interest in traditional and Celtic music and song in the late 19...
Albanatchie - Native Rhona Sutherland (fiddle), Stuart McCartney (guitars), Derek McCoy (wooden flutes and whistles), and Ian F MacLeod (mondola, mandolin, ...	An Audience with Crooked Jack and Billy McGuire Crooked Jack at their best; great songs; great crack and a great atmosphere.
Arran Bede - The Gossamer Mansions Singer-songwriter Ciaran Dorris began working with Kentucky-born fiddler Kate Kramer in 1992, a relationship which spawned the band Arran ...	Badenoch - Caledon Half of each of two popular bands, The Picts and The Cutting Edge, combined in 1998 to provide a short taster album highlighting the fresh ...
Bag O' Cats - Out of the Bag Blues, jazz, sitar-like sonorities, Arabic winds and Balkan rhythms are underlaid with Celtic consiousness to create an amazing musical ...	Band-Re - Strathosphere A Scots piper and Sardinia bouzouki player formed Band-Re in 2003 gigging in outback Sardinia. Blending their traditions, particularly ...
Big Sky - The Source Charlie McKerron (fiddle, guitar, keyboards, vocals) and John Saich (guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals), two of the core members of ...	Boogalusa Boogalusa and more.
Caerketton An energetically eclectic C.D. for ceilidhing to, strutting your stuff to, or phasing out to totally! Mildly manic but intensely musical. ...	Calasaig Making For The Shore and more.
Calico - Songdogs Calico's second album, and another stunning collection. The fiddles of Tola Custy and Deirdre Moynihan combined with the uilleann pipes and ...	Cannach - The Moons of Glenloy The debut album from a five -piece band from Aberdeenshire, with a Shetland fiddler, and several multi-instrumentalist/singers, including ...
Canterach The trademark of the distinctive Canterach sound has been the strong involvement of pipes and fiddle driving the tunes. The band's line-up ...	Cantychiels An impressive collection of musicians. A great band with a wealth of experience, resulting in an album of great depth and subtlety. ...
Cauther Fair - Something Old, Something New Comprising strong vocals and an array of instruments.. . a pleasing folk mix.	Clan MacJazz and Clyde Valley Jazz Scottish 'trad jazz' featuring George Penman's Jazzmen, Clan MacJazz, Alz Jazz Palz and Quattro MacJazz.
The Clydesiders - Crossing The Borders A Celtic folk sound influenced by country, rock and traditional Scottish music, brought to you by this long established group of musicians ...	Coila - Full On Coila started off as a ceilidh band, but have subsequently developed into one of the leading contemporary folk groups of the new millenium. ...
Coinneach Ice, Trees And Lullabies and more.	The Colour of Memory - The Old Man and The Sea A conceptualised album of Gaelic and English vocals against a background of gentle pulsing music. Pictures in words and sound; very ...
Conundrum - Tomorrow's Tradition Michael Philip leads this contemporary ceilidh band in a dozen tracks for dancing and listening. Vocals are provided by Hilary MacLean and ...	Corner House - Caught Up Lively Scottish/Irish tunes and songs performed by Leo McCann (button box, whistles), Paddy Duncan (fiddle), Gary Keenan (guitar, vocals, ...
Corran Raa Traditional style self penned tunes alongside well-known songs from this four piece band from Midlothian.	Crannog - The Stars That Guard The Sky UR/CDA2 Touches of Runrig and Capercaillie but with many of their own songs given the contemporary Crannog treatment make this a distinctive Celtic ...
Cuig - Prospect CU1CD11 Excellent debut album from this English-based Irish band. Sean Taylor, Norman Holmes, Martin Matthews, Paul Ruane, and Deirdre Ruane together ...	Cythara Cythara and more.
Deaf Heights Scottish Cajun group - Heart Songs and Les Flammes D'Enfer.	Deep Sky Divers - Highlands and Skylands An album of deeply aesthetic music and words, painting sound pictures of the country the Divers love so well and find so inspiring. Not easy ...
The Dull Fudds - Gibberish Borders band featuring Katie Forbes, Jenny Miller, Anna King and James Knowles.	Eclipse - Never Say Goodbye This three-piece band from Wick has been together since 1998 performing covers and self-penned material. They are the perfect wedding band, ...
Empty House - Gone But Not Forgotten SBRS001 Sally Edwards and Katrina Scott - well-known as a vocal duo - are joined by Charlie McIntosh on guitar, with assorted other musician friends ...	Enter The Haggis - Let the Wind Blow High Powerful,anarchic,Scottish/Celtic sounds that thunder out from this new Canadian based band. Raw energy and beautiful melodies combine to ...
Farrar - Up All Night Self-penned songs of Scotland performed by John Strachan (vocals, guitar) and Kevin Bain (vocals harmonies, guitar, bodhran).	The Fife - Gypsy Spirit SMD612 A rip-roaring collection of traditional Scots and Irish songs and tunes. Art Wilson (vocals, guitar), John Pauley (electric violin), Tom Annan ...
Follow That Camel - Alba Vinyl And now for something.. . Celtic-based yet integrating Gallagher and Lyle, Lieber and Stoller, and assorted trads. in supreme style. Vocals, ...	Folk 'N' Roll - A Far Away Place High energy acoustic music from the Isle of Lewis, in a folk-rock style.
Foundry Band - Up To Date At long last and due to popular demand, The Foundry Band have put together another CD, some eleven years since their last album. Geordie ...	Fridarey - Across The Waters An unusual but beautifully balanced CD from a group firmly rooted in Frideray, the old Norse name for Fair Isle. Most of the singing is ...
Hamish MacGregor and The Blue Bonnets Top traditional musicians play tunes associated with place names.	Heartland - The Red Shed Folky, fun and funky, Heartland are just the trick to brighten up a dull night. Celtic classics in breezy style on fiddle, guitar, mandolin; ...
Heritage - Tell Tae Me Invigorating 7-piece band. Jack Beck, Pete Clark, George Haig, Alan MacDonald, Alistair Marshall, Lindsay Porteous, Mike Ward, Dominique ...	Highland Connection - Gaining Ground The combined talents of three very talented performers and composers, Janice Clark (guitar and vocals), Dagger Gordon (mandolin) and Ian ...
Highlander - Born To Be A Warrior This exciting folk-rock band from Fife plays rip-roaring instrumentals and stirring, patriotic songs by the distinctive voice of Glen ...	Hobotalk - Notes On Sunset CR1005 A gentle contemporary ballady album, with Marc Pilley's songs counterpointed by guitars and piano, keyboards, bass and drums. Life analysed, ...
Hot Toddy Purely Medicinal and more.	The Hudson Swan Band Flyte Of Fancy and more.
Journeyman - Live DVD Gavin Marwick (fiddle and composer), Ruth Morris (nyckelharpa), Gregor Lowrey (accordion), Fraser Fifield (sax, whistles, kaval, cajon), ...	The Journeymen - Wanderlust The Journeymen play and sing mainly self-penned material with a full-frontal sound led by highland bagpipes, fiddle, keyboard, and guitars.
Junction Pool Innovative, exceptionally skillful in arrangement and musicianship, full of rich harmony and instrumental blending. Bright and playful ...	Keep It Up Keep It Up and more.
Kingdom Folk Band - Restless With George Mackie on mandolin, tenor banjo, bodhran, whistles and vocals, and Alex Killin on guitar, bodhran and vocals. Kingdom presents ...	Kinnell - Donald's Dog Kinnell's Scottish and Irish roots permeate through a cosmopolitan collection of tunes meshed together intoa fabric of melody rich in ...
The Keltz The Mystery Of Amergin and more.	Klass Jenny Simpson (vocals), Bobby Sinclair (guitar) and Eddie Kay (keyboards).
Koshka - Shara A contemporary fusion of Russian folk, European Gypsy and HotClub music, making for a tremendous style and swing. Guitarist Nigel Clark and ...	Label - Revealed Inverness-based band. Olivia Ross (vocals, violin), Nigel Fuller (drums), Alec Brockie (bass) and Tommy Mackay (guitars).
Laverock - By Design Trad. tunes and new arrangements, breezy ceilidh stylings and a bright rumbunctious sound. Fiddles, keys, guitars and percussion create a ...	The Lions Rampant - Freedom! Turbo charged stadium rock for today's Scotland. A new Tartan Rock Band featuring pipes, drums, bass, whistles and many other instruments. ...
Lomond Cornkisters The popular group Lomond Cornkisters from the 1980s.	Looking East - Looking East The combined talents of Vijay Kangutkar (tabla, vocals and percussion), Michael Magg (flute, alto flute and bansuri), Graham High (acoustic ...
The Lorelei - Progression This band from Aberdeenshire create a compelling mix of folk, punk and other genres - described as "Total Thrash Speed Folk"!	The Lush Rollers Out Of The Woods (Ep) and more.
The MacDonald Bros Latest release Young Celts from the X-Factor pop vocal duo, plus earlier recordings.	Makfolk - Then And Now Fine fiddle music and folk song.
Mike Travis' EH15 - The View From Where Omnivorous jazzers playing original compositions in an old church hall in Joppa, Edinburgh. Reggae feel, Brazilian percussion, African ...	Muckle Ado By Request and more.
New Celeste - It's A New Day Burns with beat, and folk with a flourish. Tunes and songs from a multi-talented traditional/Scottish/bluesy supergroup. Fiddles and pipes ...	No Sweat - Six Whole Days Shetland's longest serving Rock Band - still going strong after 30 years! Recorded live on their home island of Yell.
The Oatcakes - Never Mind The Bannocks Lively wild ceilidh music with a touch of rock, a hint of roll, and loads of enthusiasm. Grab one before the packet's empty.	On The Wagon Songs and tunes.
Orchestra Macaroon - Breakfast In Balquhidder Superb, sublime and totally stylish, they fuse the instruments and rhythms of several cultures into a coherent and pulsating whole. Gaitas, ...	PaddyRasta - Listen To Your Heart A wonderfully funky-folky ethno-eco CD. Afro-Irish reggae-rap with conscience. Banjo, bass, whistle, percussion and button box, plus ...
Pagan Poets Runes and more.	Parcel O' Rogues A young group (all under 20) with Battlefield Band's future fiddler John McCusker and the fine voice of Patrick Murphy. Rave reviews.
The Picts Moving Sands and more.	The Porridge Men - Planet Porridge Exciting young contemporary ceilidh band with a highly infectious mix of pipes, fiddle and accordion.Guaranteed to get any party swinging to ...
Ragged Glory - Quiet Days The folk vocal group of George Archibald, Jim Weatherston, May Weatherston and Charlie Milne, born from The Nitten Folk Club of Midlothian.	Rallion Latest release One For Sorrow (CD) from the acoustic folk group.
Rankin File - For The Record Rankine File was a full professional band in the early 70's, touring the UK and Europe and appearing in folk clubs, concerts and at ...	Real Time Another Place, Another Time - Judy Dinning, Tom Roseburgh and Kenny Speirs.
Reel Time - Keeping It Reel Pipe-led ceilidh mayhem! Bagpipes, large and small, played by Roddy Deans, are mixed with musical flavours from around the world, with a ...	Scocha The popular Borders folk group.
Scottish Step Dance Company - Sole Music Scottish and Cape Breton stepdancing styles with full volume footwork to music that segues from traditional through folk-funk to blues and ...	Sgiobalta - 2007 Eight young musicians perform in various combinations, on fiddles, pipes, flute, guitar, clarsach and flute. The tunes are either traditional ...
Shindig - The Rolling Waves Celtic cool! A fascinating mix of traditional tunes and contemporary riffs, standard sounds and dead cool groove! Fiddle, whistles, guitars, ...	Shoramere - Still Around Nine brilliant young Orcadian fiddlers skip and slide their way through a wide selection of island and Scottish tunes. Grand harmonies, ...
Skelbo - Skelbo Madonna's wedding band and regulars at Skibo Castle, Skelbo play for dancing and showcase the superb blues-ey vocals and guitar of Iain ...	Skelpaig - Aye? Lively, energetic music from this dynamic young group: Katherine Liley (fiddle), David Adam (pipes, whistle, flute), David Sutherland (...
Skotrok - The Hills Are Alive Well-known Scottish songs and tunes given the screaming guitars and rock drumming treatment!	Smalltalk A very talented and experienced trio of musicians: Billy Ross (Ossian), Iain MacInnes (Tannahill Weavers), Stuart Morrison (Ceolbeg), song, ...
The Smoking Stone Band - Coming Through Using Shetland, Scottish, Irish and American numbers flavoured with hints of The Byrds, The Animals and Fleetwood Mac.. .brilliant! Douglas ...	Solan - Northern Shore Concertina, vocals and fiddle blend together to create a very harmonious piece of listening. Haunting airs, songs with a story, waltzes and ...
Stringjammer - Long Road Home Acoustic project, the brainchild of former Shooglenifty bassist Conrad Ivitsky.	Sunhoney - November Fiddler and composer Aidan O'Rourke and friends get together for a contemporary session, with Aidan's trad-influenced tunes sets offset ...
Suntreader - The Voyage Scottish composer Morris Pert is joined by Peter Robinson and Neville Whitehead for a great session of jazz improvisation. Long believed lost, ...	Tandem Band - The Arduthie Waltz SMD604 Compilation of their three previous albums 'Crossing Borders', 'Black Cat' and 'Out Of The Dark'. Vocals, guitar, mandolin, tenor mandola, ...
Tarneybackle Songs by Burns and Tannahill sit alongside newer compositions on Tarneybackle's CD Winds Of Freedom.	Tartan Amoebas Evolution and more.
Tattie Jam - Jam (vocals, guitar, didgeridoo, banjo).	Three Peace Sweet Three Peace Sweet - Generations and more.
Torridon The Bog (CD) and Highland Pride (CD).	The Train Journey North - First Tracks Train Journey North are a young traditionally based band steadily establishing themselves on the Scottish folk scene. Brought up in ...
Trudge Euphoria - The Face That? Shooglenifty-style Scottish dance groove with vocals. Funky bass-lines, chunky drums and rhythmic mandola back up soaring electric guitar, ...	The Unit - Playing Giants Eclectic, electric, and acoustic! Folky but not folk-twee. An inspired combination of Celtic and Eastern European sounds with plenty of ...
The Unusual Suspects - Live In Scotland A major blast of sound, this features a 22-piece folk/celtic big band. A tremendous sound, and a fantastic idea. Fiddles, sax, accordion, ...	Whirligig Celtic Dawn and more.
Wild Biscuit Scottish band from the West Highlands.

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