This text explores Scotland's musical heritage and influences, past and present. Fiddles and Folk provides a journey in the company of the performers who have taken Scotland's music around the world and come back singing.

With obvious affection, Wallace Lockhart connects the rich history of Linlithgow with the warmth and vitality that presently illuminates it. A deep and unforced knowledge borne of living as an adopted son of the town for almost forty years and thorough research, including conversations with many of those who make up the spirit of what Linlithgow is today, shines through in this heartfelt homage to "a town with a soul".