Belle Stewart

Without the efforts of Belle Stewart (born: Belle Perthshire), many of Scotland's traditional folk songs and stories would have been lost. Taught her father's repertoire by her brothers, Donald and Andy, she became a national treasure. Her albums -- including The Stewarts of Blair, released in 1965, and Queen Among the Heather: Scots Traditional Songs and Ballads, released 11 years later -- introduced many listeners to Scotland's musical past. The daughter of traveling folk, a caste of nomadic craftsmen whose descendants made weapons and ornamentation for the ancient clans of ...