The elf makes many appearances in ballads of English and Scottish origin, as well as folk tales, many involving trips to Elphame or Elfland ( the Álfheim of Norse mythology ), a mystical realm which is sometimes an eerie and unpleasant place.

Some choreographed dances such as contra dance, Scottish country dance, and modern Western square dance, are called folk dances, though this is not true in the strictest sense.

It is prominent in Welsh, Breton, Irish, Scottish and other Celtic cultures within traditional or folk music and as a social and political symbol.

Scottish folk guitarist Bert Jansch helped inspire Page, and from him he adapted open tunings and aggressive strokes into his playing.

* 1943 – Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician ( d. 2011 )

For example, the tune ' Austria ' ( originally Haydn's ' Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser ') is associated today with the hymn ' Glorious things of thee are spoken ', just as ' New Britain ' an American folk melody, believed to be Scottish or Irish in origin ; has since the 1830s been associated with ' Amazing grace '.

Scottish folk singer Donovan's transformation to ' electric ' music gave him a series of pop hits, beginning with " Sunshine Superman ", which reached number one in both Britain and the US, to be followed by " Mellow Yellow " ( 1966 ) and " Atlantis " ( 1968 ).

* Relativity ( band ), a band founded by Scottish folk musician Phil Cunningham and other members of the group, Silly Wizard

The drink was named in honor of the premiere of Rob Roy, an operetta by composer Reginald De Koven and lyricist Harry B. Smith loosely based upon Scottish folk hero Robert Roy MacGregor.

* March 7 – Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero ( d. 1734 )

Notable members of the Industrial Workers of the World have included Lucy Parsons ; Helen Keller ; Joe Hill ; Ralph Chaplin ; Ricardo Flores Magon ; James P. Cannon ; James Connolly ; Jim Larkin ; Paul Mattick ; Big Bill Haywood ; Eugene Debs ; David Dellinger ; Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ; Sam Dolgoff, Monty Miller ; Indian Nationalist Lala Hardayal ; Frank Little ; ACLU founder Roger Nash Baldwin ; Harry Bridges, briefly, later helped form ILWU ; Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson ; Buddhist beat poet Gary Snyder ; Fredy Perlman ; Australian poets Harry Hooton and Lesbia Harford ; graphic artist Carlos Cortez ; artist Kevin McCoy ; counterculture icon Kenneth Rexroth ; Surrealist Franklin Rosemont ; Rosie Kane and Carolyn Leckie, former Members of the Scottish Parliament ; labor and environmental organizer Judi Bari ; folk musicians Utah Phillips, Harry McClintock, Anne Feeney, and David Rovics ; crime writer Jim Thompson ; Finnish folk music legend Hiski Salomaa ; Catholic Workers Dorothy Day and Ammon Hennacy.

Vaughan Williams also arranged English and Scottish folk songs.

Other music included local folk, Scottish reels and the musicals Oklahoma!

* Scottish vocal duo, The Corries popularised the folk song, " The Skye Boat Song ", which told of The Bonnie Prince's escape from the Scottish Highlands after the Battle of Culloden.

Originally a form of folk music with English, Irish, Scottish, and Mexican influences that developed in the western areas of the United States and Canada.

and Carousel, was hired as choreographer, and her work for Brigadoon incorporated elements of traditional Scottish folk dance ; her dances for the musical included a traditional sword dance, a chase scene, and a funeral dance.

* Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician

The German band Subway to Sally was formed in 1992 as a folk rock band, singing in English and incorporating Irish and Scottish influences in their music.

* Maeve Mackinnon ( born 1981 ), Scottish folk singer and songwriter

* The Scottish folk musician Alasdair Roberts sings of Ned Ludd in his song " Ned Ludd's Rant ( For World Rebarbarised )" on his 2009 album, Spoils.

The slow movement of the First Piano Sonata is based on the Scottish folk melody " Ca the Yowes to the Knowes ", as is that of the Concerto for Double String Orchestra.

Category: Scottish folk singers

The Scottish folk rock band Runrig recorded a song called Edge Of The World on the album " The Big Wheel ", which dwells on the islanders ' isolated existence and how " the man from St Kilda went over the cliff on a winter's day ".

Category: Scottish rock music groups

These styles are known because of the importance of Irish and Scottish people in the English speaking world, especially in the United States, where they had a profound impact on American music, particularly bluegrass and country music.

The traditional music of Atlantic Canada is heavily influenced by the Irish, Scottish and Acadian ethnic makeup of much of the region's communities.

Musician Alan Stivell uses a similar dichotomy, between the Gaelic ( Irish / Scottish / Manx ) and the Brythonic ( Breton / Welsh / Cornish ) branches, which differentiate " mostly by the extended range ( sometimes more than two octaves ) of Irish and Scottish melodies and the closed range of Breton and Welsh melodies ( often reduced to a half-octave ), and by the frequent use of the pure pentatonic scale in Gaelic music.

Cape Breton is well known for its traditional fiddle music, which was brought to North America by Scottish immigrants during the Highland Clearances.

* Dual ( album ), an album of traditional Scottish and Irish music recorded by Éamonn Doorley, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Julie Fowlis and Ross Martin, released 2008

The Scotland national rugby union team plays at Murrayfield Stadium, which is owned by the Scottish Rugby Union and is also used as a venue for other events, including music concerts.

The strongest remaining Irish influence can be seen in the presence of bagpipes in the music of Bermuda, which stemmed from the presence of Scottish and Irish soldiers from the 18th through 20th centuries.

* 1984 – Calvin Harris, Scottish music producer and vocalist

* 1927 – Thomas Wilson ( composer ), Scottish composer of classical music ( d. 2001 )

Category: Scottish rock music groups

The instrument became popular in several musical traditions namely ; English, Scottish, Irish and American traditional music.

Whistles are a prevalent starting instrument in English traditional music, Scottish traditional music and Irish traditional music, since they are often cheap ( under US $ 10 ), relatively easy to start with ( no tricky embouchure such as found with the flute ), and the fingerings are nearly identical to those on the traditional six holed flute ( Irish flute, baroque flute ).

The D whistle is the most common choice for Irish and Scottish music.

While the tin whistle is very common in Irish music to the point that it could be called characteristic of the genre and fairly common in Scottish music, it is not a " required " instrument in either one.

; In Scottish traditional music

Today it is most associated with Irish dance music and Scottish country dance music.

* 1953 – Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist ( Runrig )

* 1891 – Jack Buchanan, Scottish actor, singer, producer and director ( d. 1957 )

* 1963 – Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer ( Cocteau Twins

* 1943 – Eve Graham, Scottish singer ( The New Seekers )

* 1870 – Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer ( d. 1950 )

" Boudica has also been the primary subject of songs by Irish singer / songwriter Enya, Dutch soprano Petra Berger, Scottish singer / songwriter Steve McDonald, English metal band Bal-Sagoth, Faith and the Muse and Dreams in the Witching House.

* 2009 – Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer and producer ( The Alan Parsons Project ) ( b. 1945 )

* 1964 – Justin Currie, Scottish singer and songwriter

* 1988 – Leon Jackson, Scottish singer

* 1998 – Karl Denver, Scottish singer ( b. 1931 )

* 1997 – Brian Connolly, Scottish singer ( Sweet ) ( b. 1945 )

* 2009 – John Martyn, Scottish singer and songwriter ( b. 1948 )

* 1942 – Tam White, Scottish singer and actor ( d. 2010 )

* 1945 – Rod Stewart, Scottish singer ( The Jeff Beck Group and Faces )

* 1946 – Alan Gorrie, Scottish singer and musician ( Average White Band and Forever More )

* 1962 – Clare Grogan, Scottish actress and singer

* 1958 – Horse, Scottish singer and songwriter

* 1963 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish artist and singer ( d. 1999 )

* 1916 – Anne Sharp, Scottish opera singer

* 14-Frances Watt, 81, Scottish singer.

* 1933 – David McCallum, Scottish actor and singer

Scottish singer and actor Jimmy Somerville, as early as 1982, sported a new " look " with very short cut hair, and a kuifje (" small tuft " in Dutch ) up-front, in a deliberate move to resemble Tintin character.

* November 3 – Lulu, Scottish singer and actress