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My first draft of this review opened with “In these difficult and challenging times, The Ledger comes as a collection of brilliant rays of musical sunshine, guaranteed to brighten up your day.” Having reflected for 48 hours, I now realise that the implied situational dependency of the first half-a-dozen words was extremely disingenuous of me; thus I believe what follows immediately below is a far better, more accurate and appropriate description.
 
The Ledger comes as a very welcome collection of brilliant rays of musical sunshine, guaranteed to brighten up your day and bring both smiles to faces and warmth to hearts.
 
A genuinely fascinating project, the inspiration for what is in effect the epitome of a high-class traditional folk song album came from a ledger kept by Findlay Napier’s grandfather, Findlay Cumming.  Preceding the publication of what are two of the most influential and important books on the Scottish Folk music scene, 101 Scottish Folks Songs – The Wee Red Book, (not to be confused with the similarly titled Scottish football publication), and later as The Scottish Folksinger, during the 1950s and early 1960s The Scotsman newspaper published, each week, a traditional Scottish folk song with lyrics and melody alongside an explanatory article by famed folklorist Norman Buchan.  The collection of these articles came to be published as the aforementioned books.

The Ledger is a traditional folk song album par-excellence and a work of great distinction, demonstrating the vital and healthy state of music today.  It can be highly recommended, not only to those who are lovers of this genre, but to anyone who appreciates top-quality music delivered by very fine musicians.

Tracks:  
01 Bonnie George Campbell
02 Burnie Bushel
03 Baloo Baleery
04 Van Diemen's Land
05 Barbara Allan
06 Walking All Alane
07 Jamie Raeburn
08 Twa Recruitin' Sergeants
09 Mormond Braes
10 The Road to Dundee

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster.