Scotland – Grace of the Wild

Voted 2013 Album of the Year by international radio hosts on Zone Music Reporter. This award was presented to Bill Leslie in New Orleans, May 17, 2014, by Windham Hill Records founder and Grammy Award winner Will Ackerman.

Bill Leslie’s seventh album features an ensemble on piano, acoustic guitar, violin, cello, Celtic flutes and whistles, oboe, accordion, and percussion.

The compilation consists of 14 instrumental tunes. Nine of the songs were written by Leslie and the remainder are traditional melodies including Loch Lomond and Flowers of Edinburgh. The album was co-produced by Bill Leslie, pianist Bill Covington, and John Plymale. The legendary Greg Calbi mastered the album at Sterling Sound in New York.