singers and songwriters - male

Preservation Series - Sir Harry Lauder

The ultimate Scot! Knackely knees, shoogly sporran, big whiskers and even bigger stick. Home grown talent, transatlantic star, writer of ...

Eberhard Bort - book

At Hame Wi' Freedom marks the tenth anniversary of Hamish Henderson's death and focuses on his involvement in the Scottish Folk Revival.

Calum Kennedy

Calum, the great singer from Lewis, won the Mod Gold Medal in 1955 and became a household name through his Calum's Ceilidh TV series.

Alastair McDonald

Mirk And Melody is a newly recorded and reworked version of a vintage vinyl album recorded by Alasdair in 1971.

Stephen Quigg

Stephen has a huge following, as a solo artist and previously a member of the internationally-acclaimed vocal group The McCalmans.

Nick Keir

The Edge Of The Night from Edinburgh-born Nick Keir showcases his rare talent as both a songwriter and consummate performer.

Peter Nardini

Latest release Hug from the singer-songwriter whose songs conjure up vivid images of Scottish life - full of wit, perception and tenderness.

John Allan - Sae Dear Tae Me

A fine selection of well known Scottish Songs, taken from an early LP and digitally enhanced for CD.

Philip Todd - To The North

Philip has lived in Caithness in the north of Scotland for the last ten years and this CD is his tribute to the area.

Scott Murray - Evenin's Fa'

Debut solo album from this skilled Scottish singer songwriter, best known as a member of the folk group Sangsters.

Iain Morrison

To The Horizon Sir is the latest release of self-penned songs from Lewis-born Iain, recorded in the United States and in Scotland.

Ronnie Costley - Souvenirs And Scotch Mist

This CD includes a great range of self-penned songs about Scotland.

Alan Reid

Adventures Of John Paul Jones relates the life of the Dumfriesshire-born sailor who achieved notoriety during the American War of Independence.

Duncan McCrone

Colourblind is a diverse collection of songs from the Glasgow-born singer-songwriter, with co-writer and musical collaborator Cy Jack.

Ian Bruce

Ian Bruce has been on the folk scene since 1979 - the bumper CD and DVD pack Hits And Pieces celebrates his first thirty years.

Alistair Ogilvy - Leaves Sae Green

A unique young talent who has been singing ever since he can remember, telling stories and and expressing himself through traditional song.

Robin Laing

Robin Laing is a well established singer/songwriter from Scotland whose songs have been covered by many other artists.

Tom Urie

Glasgow born actor, musician, singer/songwriter, currently best known for playing Big Bob O’Hara in the smash hit BBC TV drama River City.

Andy Stewart

Andy Stewart was one of Scotland's best loved entertainers. He hosted the television show The White Heather Club in the 50s and 60s.

Jim Malcolm

Bard Hair Day - Robert Burns Returns (DVD) - Burns songs, and more laughs than you can shake a stick at ...

Andrew Mill - Drain Pipe Dreams

This multi-instrumental singer-songwriter gives the tunes country, bluegrass, pop and comedy licks with some unusual introductions.

Roddy Hart

Road Of Bones is the third album from one of Scotland's most interesting songwriters, with ten songs beautifully crafted, rich in character and story.

Findlay Napier

Scottish contemporary folk singer (formerly a member of Back Of The Moon), with Nick Turner and The Bar Room Mountaineers.

Adam McNaughtan

The legendary Glasgow songwriter. Adam's compositions include The Yellow On The Broom, The Jeely Piece Song and Oor Hamlet.

Archie Fisher

Windward Away is Archie Fisher's first studio album since 1992. Scottish folk singer and former host of BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk show.

Glen Daly - Legends Of Scotland

A star of TV and radio, Glen Daly regularly toured abroad - here he is captured performing live in Glasgow.

Bob Lewis - Drive Sorrows Away

This CD was recorded live before an audience of singers at the Fife Traditional Singing Festival in May 2009.

Kenneth McKellar

The celebrated tenor singer Kenneth McKellar, with many of his favourite Scottish songs, including the two Scottish Journey albums.

Brian O hEadhra

A mixture of traditional and original songs from Scotland and Ireland, in both Scottish Gaelic and English.

Hamish Henderson

Songs collected by - and tributes to - Scottish poet, songwriter and collector Hamish Henderson.

Stevie Palmer - Heartprint Shadow

Stevie is a former National Burnsong winner, and his song Black Is The Sun was included on the Far, Far From Ypres (World War 1) compilation.

Ian Walker - Singing The River

The singer, songwriter and five-string banjo player with a collection of faith-based songs.

Alex Hodgson - Jeelie Jars 'n' Coalie Backies

Folk singer and songwriter from Prestonpans, East Lothian - a finalist at the Burnsong contest.

Ivan Drever

The singer-songwriter's love of his island home of Orkney, its heritage and people are evident in his latest collection of original songs.

Charlie Allan - The Best Of Charlie Allan

Bothy ballads as they should be - with meaning, depth and obvious enjoyment, augmented here by a superb backing cast of musicians.

Ciaran Dorris - Home

Sensitive songwriting and an emotionally-charged singing style from the popular Celtic Music Radio presenter.

Iain Thomson

Fields Of Dreams from the songwriter known as Mull's Singing Shepherd. With guest musicians.

Jim Reid

The late Angus folk singer whose music evokes the romance and humour of North East Scotland.

Donnie Munro

Latest live album An Turas (The Journey) from the former Runrig frontman. Previous release Heart Of America was voted STMA Album Of The Year 2006. ...

Billy McIsaac - Songs For Lochaber

Billy featured in top Scottish pop band Slik with Midge Ure over 30 years ago. Here is his first solo album featuring mainly his own songs.

Ewan Robertson

Member of Breabach, and winner of the 2008 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Of The Year award.

John Mearns - The Best Of

30 favourite bothy ballads, taken from various recordings of the 1980s, sung by John Mearns. Funny songs, sad songs and hopeful songs, all ...

Robert Lovie

Robert Lovie performs witty and well-written songs and poems - the focus is on North East rural life.

Tam Reid - Behind The Bothy Door vol 2

A real treat for all who love the dialect and the the songs of the North East of Scotland.

Sing-a-long with Bobby Harvey and Friends - Welcome To The Party

Join Bobby and friends as they sing and play 62 great songs, with hardly a pause for nearly 50 minutes! Bobby (fiddle, vocal), Ivor Britton ...

Dave Robb - Prussian Blue

Scotland's bouzouki-playing bard!

Andy Ramage - Constant Rover

Widely-travelled singer from Glenfarg. Songs of the roving and battling life, with tender moments too.

Jock Duncan - Tae the Green Woods Gaen

A mixture of 17 ballads and cornkisters as they were sung all those years ago. Jock recorded his first solo album at the age of 71 and it ...

Jock Duncan - Ye Shine Whar Ye Stan

Great songs from the father of this well-known musical family. Hear his rich Doric tones with accompaniment from his son Gordon, Brian ...

Norman Kennedy Live in Scotland

16 songs from one of the finest trad ballad-singers and storytellers in Scotland. Norman was brought up hearing traditional songs and ...

Jack Beck - Half Ower Half Ower Tae Aberdour

He sang with Barbara Dickson in the '60s and Heitage in the '70s but now says "Now I sing entirely Lowland Scots tradition, simply because I ...

James Grant

James Grant - I Shot The Albatross and more.

Ian F Benzie

I'se The B'Y and more.

Gibb Todd - Connected

A stalwart of the Scottish folk scene, Gibb Todd's songs and humour have been enjoyed by his fans at his gigs. Here you can enjoy them in ...

Alexander Morrison

Scottish Memories and more.

Preservation Series - William MacEwen

From the depths of recording history surges the voice of Wm MacEwan, Insurance Agent, Gospel Singer and recording artiste extraordinaire. 7 ...

Master Joe Petersen - The Phenomenal Boy Singer

A selection of old music-hall tear-jerkers performed by one of the greatest 'boy' singers who never was! Rare and re-mastered, these ...

Douglas Kynoch - Teach Yourself Doric

Billy Ross - Shore Street

The original vocalist with Scottish group Ossian. One of the most relaxing voices on the Scottish traditional music scene and highly ...

Davie Robertson - Star O' The Bar

Davie sings fifteen of his own very telling folk songs. Politics, scandal, heartbreak and sex; pithy, pointed rhyming Scots. Davie also ...

Iain MacKintosh

Gentle Persuasion and more.

Iain Rankin - Out Of Nowhere

Songs from Iain's own pen after forty years in folk, and business.

Jack Beck - O Lassie, Lassie

Re-released on CD at last.. . Songs of the lassies and for the lassies by the great folk singer Jack Beck. Solo or accompanied, Jack's ...

John MacDonald - The Singing Molecatcher of Morayshire

Born in 1905 in Morayshire, the late John MacDonald started his career as a molecatcher at the age of thirteen but soon became known as a ...

Rod Paterson - Up To Date

This is Rod's two early solo albums Two Hats and Smiling Waved Goodbye (less two tracks) compiled to make this value-for-money compilation, ...

Steve Byrne - Songs From Home

Steve, who hails from Angus,has gathered fourteen songs in the regional voice, which he accompanies with exceptionally sympathetic guitar, ...

Willie Scott - The Shepherd's Song

The late Willie Scott was born in the Scottish village of Canonbie, and came from a long line of singing Scots. This album of ...

Davie Stewart

The late Davie Stewart was one of Scotland's 'travelling people' and was a real character who sang and played melodeon as he travelled ...

Andy Shanks and Jim Russell - Diamonds in the Night

Two of Scotland's most powerful songwriters create song-pictures of Scottish life. Lustrous arrangements with guitar, melodeon, whistle, sax, ...

Andrew White - Pray For Rain

Reknowned as a guitarist in the Celtic world Andrew showcases his less well-known talents as a singer and songwriter. The result is ...

Mick West

Latest release Sark O' Snaw from one of Scotland's finest Scots traditional singers.

Kevin Walsh - Clarinda

Original cast recording of the musical play written by Mike Gibb, with music composed by Kevin Walsh.

Bruce Mainland - The Lang Road Doon

Bruce has been building quite a name for himself over the years in the singers sessions at the Reel in Kirkwall. He is known not only for his ...

Ed Miller - Never Frae My Mind

The exile-Scot singer Ed Miller is joined by Brian McNeill, Rich Brotherton, Karine Polwart and many others on this collection of well- ...

Sam Monaghan - The Tannahill Songbook

Songs written by the nineteenth-century Weaver Poet, Robert Tannahill. Sung by Sam Monaghan, with music arranged or composed by Alastair MacDonald.

Kenny Spiers - North Wind Blowing

BIGSKY103 Kenny Spiers sings Scottish folk songs, but the songs of recent years. With guitars, piano, accordion and whistles he soothes his way ...

John Davidson - A Little Closer

A member of the folk-group Tarneybackle, John, has a warm natural voice and sings well-known and traditional songs in fine style.

John McNairn - Borderland

Better known for his contemporary material as an artiste, John's pet project was to produce an album of Border Ballads. A native Borderer, ...

Rick Taylor - The Poet And The Maiden

Rick Taylor, trombonist with the Peatbog Faeries (among other groups), with an album of his own songs.

Sandy Marshall - Only Time Can Tell

Sandy (member of folk band Tarneybackle) has written eight of the fifteen songs on this collection. His light, confident voice and the ...

Ewan Wilkinson - Lost In The Day

Ewan's self-penned and traditional songs are backed by an all-star band including Sandy Brechin on accordion and backing vocals, Alison ...

Mike Whellans

"Mike Whellans is a consummate bluesman: a brilliant songwriter, a sharp singer and a mean hand at the guitar. Think of him as a Jimmy Reed or ...

Stretch Dawrson and The Mending Hearts - Celtex Swing

STRETCH01 White-hot Western Swing from Scotland.

The Songs Of Sandy Wright

Featuring Kris Drever, Karine Polwart, Boo Hewerdine, Heidi Talbot, Roddy Woomble and Eddi Reader, as well as Sandy himself.

Douglas McQueen Hunter - Ghosts

Singer and songwriter from the group Badenoch.

Malachy Tallack - From The Thorn

Singer-songwriter from Shetland, with his band.

Craig Jeffrey - Don't Blow Away

Young singer-songwriter from Galashiels in the Borders.

Frank Keenan

Frank's strong tenor voice and masterful guitar playing instantly enthrall audiences far and wide.

Rab Noakes

Latest re-release Do You See The Lights, plus five other albums on Neon Records.

Aidan McEoin - Rustic

Contemporary Scottish poetry, from Skye. Think verbalised Martyn Bennett, with rhyming lines or prose poetry as lead instrument. Sax, ...

Allan Johnston - Voicecall

Agile breathy vocals on a blend of social comment, romantisism and reflections on his Irish ancestry. Allan (vocals, guitar), Aidan O'Rourke (...

Ted Christopher - Follow The Wild Geese Home

A singer-songwriter with a distinctive rough-edged voice, and a patriotic streak in his writing. Seventeen songs of which most are his own ...

Cal

(Scotland) A Part Of Me and more.

Richard Morrison - Songs Of My Home

Richard comes from a highly musical family, and is a prize-winning graduate of the Royal College of Music. His rich baritone voice has been ...

Peter Morrison

Some Enchanted Evening and more.

Craig Herbertson

Singer-songwriter, with Ed Westerdale.

Dave Whyte

Voice and guitar.

David Wilkie - Cowboy Celtic

More wild west antics from this Scottish/American singer.

Davy Cowan - Fragile People

Local hero Davy, of Coinneach fame, hails from Invergordon; he presents a skilfully-produced CD of his own songs. Think Leonard Cohen in ...

Andy M Stewart

Donegal Rain and more.

Davy Holt - On A Day Of Days

Davy has gathered so many great songs onto one album. Dougie MacLean's Caledonia, The News From Moidart by Lady Nairne, the Barra anthem ...

Iain Strachan - Evelix

Compared to Mark Knopfler in delivery and the wry humour of his lyrics, Iain has a style all of his own; merging soul, jazz, and blues with ...

Jim Hunter

Blues / folk / rock from the West Highlands.

Jim Wilkie - Largo

Self-penned songs and three of Sorley MacLean's poems set to music.

Keith Johnston - No Stranger to This Kind of Game

Familiar as a member of Calasaig. His apltly named debut brings together a diverse collection of contemporary songs, tunes and ballads. From ...

Jimmy Gunn - The Winds Of Revival

Strong words and strong music from the Christian soul of Jimmy Gunn. Religious songs, mainly composed by Jimmy, in very powerful and ...

Mose Scarlett - Fundamental Things

Internationally acclaimed Canadian singer/guitarist. Specialises in pre-World War II pop, country folk and blues tunes set to arrangements with ...

Neil Thomson - People of the Past

This young singer/songwriter is fast gaining popularity. With special guests Johnny Hill (backing vocals), Ian Murray (percussion), Steve ...

Mark Dunlop - Islands On The Moon

Debut solo album from a member of one of Scotland's finest folksong groups, Malinky. The Antrim-born whistle and bodhran player has also ...

The Flanaghans - Celtic Journey

The Flanaghans play fourteen Scottish and Irish tunes and songs. The Irish accent makes for a distinctly odd version of Loch Lomond, but the ...

Tom Clelland - Life Goes On

Singer/songwriter and guitar player; slightly country, slightly folky, slightly bluesy, Tom is joined by pedal steel, dobro, mandolin ...