I would like to purchase a good traditional Scottish folk music CD for
> my brother-in-law.  He's a minister in Missouri on a very limited
> budget and rarely ever adds any new music to his household.
>
> Please email me privately with all suggestions.
> Thanks in advance.

I'd want to know how you define "traditional" and what kind of Scottish
music you want...pipe bands? instrumentalists? singers?

I'm not sure where you're located, but an excellent place to get music 
like this is Elderly Instruments in East Lansing, Michigan. They're the 
largest Martin Guitar dealer in the world. Most of their business is 
mail order. They have a large, large list of CDs, tapes and books that 
they carry at very reasonable prices [not to mention musical 
instruments]. Also, the staff would be more than happy to advise you 
and what would be good - they're all musicians and really know they're 
stuff. Sorry, I don't have their phone number, though...it's at home. 
Ma Bell's information, though, would have it. I can't recommend them 
highly enough.

Just off the top of my head, I'd have to suggest some of these 
artists/bands (in no particular order):

	* The House Band (several recordings) - from Northumberland (The Border)
	  This band is wonderful. They sing excellent songs. Lineup includes guitar,
	  keyboards, breton bombarde (oboe-like instrument from Brittany).
	* Dougie MacLean (several recordings) - from Dunkeld Scotland.
	  He has a very unique sound; he sings and plays (sometimes at the same time
	  highland bagpipes, the cauld wind pipes (bellows blown bagpipes), australian
	  aboriginal instrument the didgeridoo, as well as the more ordinary ones.
	* The Battlefield Band (many recordings) - mix vocals, bagpipes, keyboards,
	  guitars and woodwinds. pioneered the use of electronic keyboards in
	  traditional music.
	* Ossian (several recordings) - similar to Battlefield band, but different.
	* Archie Fisher (excellent traditional singer)
	* 'Cilla Fisher and Artie Trezies (sp?) - Archie Fisher's daughter
	  and son-in-law)
	* The Rankin Family - family band from Nova Scotia - excellent
	* Nic Jones - excellent singer - unfortunately only a couple of
	  recordings available - his career was cut short due to serious auto
	  accident several years ago that resulted in serious brain damage
	  from which he has never really recovered.
	* Jean Readpath - excellent voice - good albums "Songs of Robert Burns" and
	  "The Lady Nairn Songbook" (titles approximate since I'm at work) Lady Nairn
	  wrote many excellent poems/songs in the late 18th century
	  (contemporary w/Bobbie Burns)



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