The Rough Guide to Scottish Music (1996 album)

The Rough Guide to Scottish Music
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	2 July 1996
Genre	World, Scottish music
Length	73:02
Label	World Music Network
Full series chronology
Global Partnership II (1995) The Rough Guide to Scottish Music (1996) Best of Africa (1995)
Complete list

The Rough Guide to Scottish Music is a world music compilation album originally released in 1996. The third release of the World Music Network Rough Guides series,^[1] it cuts through a broad swathe of Scottish music, focusing largely on roots revival. The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network.^[2]

Adam Greenberg of AllMusic gave the album three stars and stated that while the album lacked the absolute newest forms of Celtic music, it was still "a fine introduction into contemporary Scottish music, keeping an eye on its influences from traditional forms."^[3] Michaelangelo Matos, writing for the Chicago Reader, wrote that while Scottish music is "generally too sentimental for my blood", the compilers deserve a nod for including Scottish techno.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Ballavanich"	Wolfstone	4:39
2.	"Chi Mi'n Geamhradh"	Catherine-Ann MacPhee	4:57
3.	"Claire in Heaven"	Capercaillie	3:54
4.	"The 8-Step Waltz"	The Iron Horse	4:02
5.	"Seinn O"	Talitha MacKenzie	5:36
6.	"Wigtown Fanfare"	Ring O Steall	1:01
7.	"The Scots Callan O'Bonnie Dundee"	The Cast	5:20
8.	"Erin Go Bragh"	Dick Gaughan	4:28
9.	"The Unicorn Set"	The Tannahill Weavers	6:26
10.	"A Midwinter Waltz"	The Boys of the Lough	4:21
11.	"The Sally Gardens"	Heather Heywood	5:04
12.	"Mairead Nan Cuiread / The Bob Parsons Strathspey"	Tannas	4:40
13.	"Galicia Revisited"	Ceolbeg	6:20
14.	"The Brown Milkmaid / Dunnottar Castle / Maid of Glengarrysdale / Disused Railway"	The Battlefield Band	4:41
15.	"Just a Dream"	Bert Jansch	3:39
16.	"Finbar Saunders"	Old Blind Dogs	3:54

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

References

1. Douglas H., Henkle (2012-10-23). "Rough Guide Discography / World Music Network Discography". FolkLib Index : A Library of Folk Music Links. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
2. World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
3. Greenberg, Adam. "The Rough Guide to Scottish Music". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 Dec 2013.
4. Matos, Michaelangelo (5 November 1998). "A Rough Guide to the Rough Guides". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2014-01-10.