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Lifelong Beatles fan Ken McNab reveals for the first time, in intimate detail, the pivotal part Scotland played in the genesis of the group and the extraordinary connections that were fostered north of the border before, during and after their meteoric rise to unprecedented fame.
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Drawing from the arts of the past and historical archives, this book captures the true spirit of the fiddle and what it meant to those fortunate enough to have been captured by its distinctive sounds.

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In 18th-century Scotland both folk and classical music flourished in a unique blend. A hundred-year burst of creative activity is described in this ground-breaking study, now with a new introduction.

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A portrait of crofting life in the bare and sometimes bitter landscape of Scotland’s North-east lowlands. The second part of Cameron’s trilogy of rural life.

With an introduction by Jack Webster.

    
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A rich and captivating insight into life in a Scottish farm town in the mid nineteenth century. Together with Willie Gavin, Crofter Man and The Cornkister Days, this volume forms a remarkable trilogy on life in rural Scotland.

With an introduction by Jack Webster.

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This is the first history of the musical culture of the worldwide piping community.

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A well-researched biography of one of Britain’s best musicians renowned for his rock antics.

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When Piping was Strong provides an unprecedented history of Gaelic Scotland’s most resilient of musical treasures: the piping tradition of the southern Outer Hebrides.
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The only comprehensive book of piping in print, Roderick Cannon provides a great wealth of information for those lovers of the pipes.

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This marvellous compendium of photographs, stories, traditions and songs has been an established classic since its first publication in 1955.
    
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The fiddle has long played an important part in Scottish musical tradition: here are lively stories that reflect that importance.

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A must for music-lovers, this reference book includes all the Scots-born or bred bands, solo artists and record labels combining rock, pop, folk, traditional, jazz and classical music in one volume.

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Stuart McHardy introduces Scotland’s national musical instrument, its history, development and repertoire­ and examines the part that the piper himself has played in Highland and Lowland society over the centuries.

    
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The Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society, the first of its kind, was formed in 1881, ’for the practice or promotion of Scottish National Music, more especially Reel and Strathspey playing in the old Highland fashion’.

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Old and New World Highland Bagpiping provides a comprehensive biographical and genealogical account of pipers. 
        
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The Greig–Duncan Folk Song Collection, created in the early years of the twentieth century by Gavin Greig and James Bruce Duncan, is of national and international importance. This selection contains 150 songs from the collection and is designed primarily for performers.
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A fascinating personal memoir and critical study, on the strange and elusive mythology of cult Scottish rock group The Blue Nile.

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