This is a great new compilation featuring fiddles, bagpipes, folk bands, Scots & Gaelic song and more. The music on 'Proud to Be Scottish' represents a rich musical heritage and thriving culture. This is a sampler of various artistes and well worth a listen. The album that each track comes from is listed.

(1) Stuart Cassells ‘ Blown Away’ CDFSR1733 Big Al’s Stuart Cassells is a fine young piper and winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2005. He is also frontman of the much-acclaimed folk rock outfit The Red Hot Chilli Pipers.

(2) Back of the Moon 'Luminosity' CDFSR1730 The Brewer Lad Fabulous 4 piece outfit voted Best Folk Band in the 2005 Scots Trad Music Awards. A gripping and fascinating album with top-rate musical values.

(3) The Anna Massie Band 'The Missing Gift'CDFSR1732 The Badger Set Voted "Best Folk Band of the Year" in the 2006 Scots Trad Music Awards, this album features fiddle, accordion, guitar, pipes and vocals.

(4) Croft No Five 'Attention All Personnel'CDFSR1709 Legless Complimenting traditional Scottish folk music with a mix of dance and funk grooves.

(5) Fine Friday 'Mowing The Machair'CDFSR CDFSR1726 Gin I Were A Baron's Heir A combination of strong vocals and accomplished playing from one of Scotland's finest traditional trios.

(6) Martyn Bennett 'Glen Lyon Song Cycle' CDFSR1714 Dh’ èirich Mi Moch Maduinn Cheutain Master musician, piper, fiddler Martyn Bennett overlays five generations of hauntingly beautiful Gaelic songs with his unique and exciting blend of sounds, samples and instrumentation.

(7) Jenna Reid 'With Silver and All' CDFSR1731 Princess Beatrice Jenna's an amazing Shetland fiddler, flinging her flings and spinning her slow airs with grace and beauty.

(8) James Graham 'Siubhal'CDFSR1728 Och òin mo chailinn A stunning album of beautiful Gaelic song from one of Scotland's brilliant rising stars.

(9) Shona Mooney 'Heartsease' CDFSR1734 The Haggis Borders musician Shona Mooney brings an arranging and compositional vision as well as fiddling skill to her music.

(10) Simon Thoumire & David Milligan 'Third Plane Home' CDFSR1736 Love in a Village Concertina and piano bringing you the brightest instrumentalising you're ever likely to hear.

(11) cMc 'Snap and Roll' Snap 001 At Work on the Land A fabulous fiddle CD of great tunes and clever arrangements from two superb young players

(12) Keep It Up 'On Safari' CDFSR1725 Hector A tremendous album – unarguably acoustic music at its very best.