This has to be one of the most ambitious musical projects to have come out of Scotland in recent years. Musical directors Corrina Hewat and David Milligan have put together a 22-piece band that fuses traditional instruments with a brass section to create an essentially Celtic sound but with the added jazz tinges of a big band. Then they recorded the whole thing live! This review could have been so easy to write, I could have done it with just one word -- fun!

"The Big Set" is the perfect opener for this collection, comprising no less than seven tunes! John McCusker's "Wee Michael's March" is the first tune, played with a relatively standard traditional arsenal of fiddles, guitar and whistles. The tempo then notches up a gear for Hewat's own composition "The Balnain Reel," featuring her mesmerising harp playing, underpinned by the sympathetic brass section. Each tune that follows seems to trump the previous one in terms of pace, and again in terms of the fullness of sound. By the time you reach the later tunes, you are listening to this amazing cacophony of traditional instruments alongside thundering brass arrangements. Then the pipes kick in and the whole thing really takes flight. You will not be able to sit still, I guarantee.

There are mellow moments too. "Sae Will We Yet," is a beguiling song, featuring heavenly sublime vocals from Corrina Hewat, briefly transporting you away from this glorious madness to a peaceful oasis of tranquillity. The simply titled "Solo" is the least Celtic-sounding tune, being a funky jazz-inflected composition, featuring some sultry interplay between the saxophone of Phil Bancroft and Ewan Vernal's bass. When "Solo" eventually morphs into the next track, "Bass Strathspey Set," the pipes join in alongside the sax, sounding beautifully surreal to begin with.

"Cold Blow" gets a luscious, flowing orchestral treatment, with the Scottish dialect perfectly gracing the vocals and a good measure of whistles to instil a distinctly organic feel. The Karine Polwart composition "Follow the Heron" starts out with some serenely understated piano and tender vocals, building up to feature some stunning harmonies on the chorus.

You just have to hear Live in Scotland to believe it! The energy is completely contagious. Turn it up, play it loud, play it often!