Holiday Scotland

  January isn’t exactly the most heart-warming of months; it’s cold, snowy, dark and full of post-festive blues. Still, there is one bright light shining amid the gloom, navigating us through the murk to cheerier shores – Burns’ Night. Every year, on the 25th of January, Scots the world over gather in celebration of our [...]

  Neil Clark here, of Torwood, Stirlingshire. Basically, I’m 47 and have been a piper all my life. So was my Dad, and my Grandfather. Proud to say my son James is too. I think he’d say he didn’t have a choice. I’ve been playing since age 4, via the Scots Guards (2nd Batt), Strathclyde [...]

  Most people think of bagpipes as an exclusively Scottish instrument.  This isn’t really the case, as pipes have existed in many countries since ancient times. In fact, it has been claimed that Nero didn’t fiddle as Rome burned, but played the pipes.   Well, maybe. And the pipes still exist in many forms, all [...]

Holiday Scotland would love to give you the chance to purchase some great Scottish Music from amazon as a MP3 download. Some of the old favourites are available for you to get your feet tapping or to simply give you the feelgood factor like most Scottish music does. Some of the greatest Scottish songs are [...]