 | The Ultimate Collection (2CD) by The Pogues
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £7.98 The best of Irish pub-rock.
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 | Scribbled in Chalk by Karine Polwart
Buy new: £7.97 / Used from: £7.63 Scotland's folk music scene enters the 21st Century.
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 | The Best Of Gerry Rafferty by Gerry Rafferty
Buy used from: £4.89 Refined folk music for the gentle folk of Edinburgh.
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 | Souvenir: 1989-1998 by The Rankins
Buy new: £17.99 / Used from: £8.00 Nova Scotia's finest display their Scottish roots.
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 | Angels & Electricity by Eddi Reader
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.85 A softer side of Glasgow.
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 | Music for Native Americans by Robbie Robertson
Buy new: £9.48 / Used from: £3.50 Native American sounds for the 21st Century.
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 | The Cutter and the Clan by Runrig
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.89 The band who single-handedly revived Scottish music in the 1980s.
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 | Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts by Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts
Buy used from: £21.24 This album did a lot to bring folk music to a wider audience.
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 | Underneath the Stars by Kate Rusby
Buy used from: £6.88 The voice of Barnsley.
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 | When I Was a Boy by Jane Siberry
Buy new: £3.96 / Used from: £3.50 Perhaps the odd one out in this list. I love it - it's just different.
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 | 10,000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged by 10,000 Maniacs
Buy new: £4.55 / Used from: £0.99 One of the iconic bands of the 90s.
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 | The Chase by Wolfstone
Buy new: £11.99 / Used from: £9.00 One of the great bands of the Scottish folk revival.
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 | Wild Ocean by John Hughes
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £6.49 John Hughes is usually regarded as one of the 'backroom boys' of Irish music. Here he displays his true talent, supported by many well-known names.
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 | Delirium by Capercaillie
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £17.18 The voice of the Gaelic National Mod, supported by Scotland's finest musicians.
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 | A Place in the World by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Buy used from: £1.21 It's hard to choose one of Mary's albums, but this is probably my favourite.
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 | After The Morning by Cara Dillon
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £10.94 Cara's voice brings traditional Irish music bang up to date.
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 | Wishing Well by Connie Dover
Buy new: £15.49 / Used from: £5.60 The twilight zone where Trad folk music meets Bluegrass.
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 | The Caution Horses by Cowboy Junkies
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.97 Laidback music from Canada. Excellent if you're totally out of it.
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 | Return to Me by Equation
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £26.11 'The Lost Album' from this troubled Anglo-Irish band.
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 | Swamp Ophelia by Indigo Girls
Buy used from: £1.80 Folk-rock from America.
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 | Heartaches and Highways - The Very Best of Emmylou Harris by Emmylou Harris
Buy new: £7.33 / Used from: £7.38 The real queen of country music, as far as I'm concerned.
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 | Craigie Dhu by Dougie MacLean
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £9.99 A fine example of the art from Scotland's finest singer-songwriter.
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 | The Mask and the Mirror: +DVD by Loreena McKennitt
Buy new: £28.67 / Used from: £7.73 This Canadian singer-songwriter travels the world for inspiration, and blends the results into a sublime sound.
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 | Afterglow by Sarah McLachlan
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.07 Another thoughtful Canadian. Sarah rocks - I can give no higher recommendation.
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 | Voyager by Mike Oldfield
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £3.99 A new-agey take on Celtic music, from the artist more famous for 'Tubular Bells'.
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