"No other single human has done as much as this National Public Radio personality to familiarize the US listening audience with the breadth and depth, variety and beauty, of Celtic music. Her familiar Scottish brogue is heard each week on over 350 stations, and her taste is acknowledged as the finest. This 1999 release, which presents her first volume of personal favorites from her show's first 15 years, includes tracks by Maura O'Connell, Clannad, Altan, Sileas, Relativity, Pierre Bensusan, and many more... 'traditional and contemporary; simple and intricate; gentle and powerful; melancholy and joyful; the instrument and the human voice all combining to tell a story;' recommended!"