Phil Cunningham

When you come from bands like Joy Division and New Order , it's kind of a big deal when you release a new record. Read More

LOOKING for something cockle-warming this bleak midwinter? Read More

It's been more than 30 years since the British 20-somethings donning collared shirts, skinny ties, and blunt-edged haircuts first delivered their melodic anthems to the gloomy and despondent misfits of Manchester, England. Read More

For the first time, BBC One Scotland 's Hogmanay Live show will be available across the world. Read More

Weird sparkly noises, electronic bleeps, the sound of golf balls rolling around the inside of a piano and banging metal teapots full of water perhaps don't add up to the most traditional of templates for what is ostensibly a mere folk music CD. Read More

Two months ago I reeled out of a concert that had been an amalgam of rock and traditional music, mixed in with large-scale classical forces. Read More

Singer Christine Primrose, folk pioneers Lau and the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow all came out top at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards. Read More