What I Heard on My Scottish Vacation

The charmingly monikered Northumbrian pipe virtuoso Kathryn Tickell and her infectious "The Wedding."

And Scottish folk rock band Rura with the interestingly minimalist and quite lovely "Elliott's."

By way of explanation I should add that a certain Shady Dame and I took a particularly fun afternoon trip out to the Highlands and Loch Ness the second day we were in Bonnie Scotland. And our tour guide/bus driver, a delightful gentleman named Alex McClure, had some interesting playlists of sort-of traditionalist Scottish music prepared for the excursion; the two songs above particularly caught my ear.

I should also add that both Tickell and Rura are considered in the vicinity of national treasures by their fellow Scots. And yes, the Tickell song at times sounds (amusingly) like the music accompanying a Nintendo game. 😎