The Beginner's Guide to Scotland encapsulates the huge diversity of the music and traditions of "the best small country in the world" (Scotland's First Minster, Jack McConnell). From the long nights and short winter days of Shetland's fiddling heartland to the heartbreak beauty of the Gaelic song tradition, the roots of the Folk Revival to the cutting-edge future of the 21st Century, it's all here.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Silly Wizard - The Queen Of Argyll
2. Catherine - Ann Machee - A Nighean Nan Geug
3. The Easy Club- Dirty Old Town
4. Sheena Wellington - There Was A Lad
5. Allan Macdonald & Mgt Stewart - Dol DhanTaigh Bhuan Leat
6. Battlefield Band - Simon Thoumire's Jig/ Shake a Leg/ Ril gan Ainm
7. Dick Gaughan - The Cruel Brother
8. Kenna Campbell - Am Maraiche 'sa Leannanrother
9. Archie Fisher - Silver Coin
10. Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain - Seud nan Ceud Blaidhna
11. Adam McNaughtan - The Glasgow that I Used to Know

Disc 2:

1. Dochas - Cha d'fhuair mi'n Cadal
2. Deaf Shepherd - Pawkie Paiterson
3. Jackie Leven - Elegy for Johnny Cash
4. Karen Matheson & Capercaillie - I Will Set My Ship in Order
5. Blazin Fiddles - Miss Johnstone
6. Back of the Moon - Ship in a Bottle
7. Ceolbeg - The Jolly Beggar
8. James Graham - Allt an t-Siucair
9. Cliar - Puirt a Beul
10. Iain MacDonald & Iain MacFarlane - The Snuffwife/Rumours Of Whisky
11. The Poozies - All I Want is a Room Somewhere

Disc 3:

1. Capercaillie - Mile Marbhaisg air a' Ghaol
2. Shooglenifty - Nordal Rumba
3. Karine Polwart Band - Hole in the Heart
4. Peatbog Faeries - Teuchstar
5. Martyn Bennett - Oran nam Mogaisean
6. Alyth McCormack - Hi Horo
7. Finlay MacDonald & Friends - Arthur Bignold
8. Salsa Celtica - Cumbia Celtica
9. Runrig with Paul Mounsey - An Toll Dubh
10. The Unusual Suspects - Encore
11. King Creosote - Circle my Demise