King Creosote

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The BBC has once again got the music industry up in arms following plans to axe the Scottish-themed Mary Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering, a long-running music program on the regional broadcaster BBC Radio Scotland. Read More

Turns out it only took a collaboration with British multi-instrumentalist composer, electronic music whiz, and Phillip Glass protege Jon Hopkins for King Creosote to reach a wide audience. Read More

The birth of reality TV talent contests such as Pop Idol, number one singles from Daniel Bedingfield and Girls Aloud and the untimely death of The Clash's Joe Strummer. Read More

James Yorkston emerged from East Fife's Fence Collective in the late '90s, and the retired punk who gave his ears a rest would seem an unlikely torchbearer for the British folk revival. Read More

It isn't the punchiest tagline to slap on your press release, but the Scottish Music Industry Association's assertion that the recently-announced Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award will be 'a qualitative arts prize for music which is discerning without being elitist and is worthy of the exceptional music it aims to celebrate' does as much as it can to allay the scepticism of its potential audience. Read More

As the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup takes place in Fort William this summer, music festival Downhill Downtown will bring its own brand of excitement to the town, with a host of Scottish musicians to keep the party going into the wee hours. Read More

American music icon Thurston Moore, the star duet annb: alva noto & blixa bargeld, the headbanging Baroness, the Texan bard Josh T. Pearson, Polish alternative rock queen Nosowska, and reuniting just for the festival Kanał Audytywny. Read More

Festival season is fast approaching and its time to start making those summer plans. Read More