Dougie MacLean’s latest album is a family affair. Aside from Dougie on the guitar, Greg Larson, fiddle and guest musicians on selected tracks, Dougie’s son, Jamie plays drums, keyboards, percussion,bass, accordion and harmonium. In addition, he produced the album and did a great job as the music sounds modern and fresh. The songs are all written by Dougie and most deal with the pleasures of life in rural Scotland. Although, on Strathmore the singer recognizes the labor required to keep a farm and on Open Fields he fondly recalls the days of herding without fences. Song for John is a remembrance of the late, fiddle great, Johnny Cunningham.

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