This first episode sees Ali head down Leith Walk to talk with Sean Ormsby and Stephen McLaren from Edinburgh record label Errant Media,...

Record Store Day 2016, and all across the land this evening chairs are being unfolded, sleeping bags zipped and cheap alcohol consumed in...

It’s time for a round-up of the best in new music from the last wee while. These are the diamonds in the rough, presented to you in this...

At the recent Glasgow Film Festival an unlikely hero emerged in the formidable form of Sheila Stewart, the legendary Scottish folk...

When you’re spending precious time coming up with post titles rather than listening to the music, something has to change. But not too...

The result, in collaboration with composer Stuart Macrae, is Scottish Opera’s co-production with The Music Theatre of Wales, The Devil...

Add to this the (fictional?) liner notes which accompanied the early releases, and you couldn’t shake the feeling that this was a band...

If it’s January, it must be Celtic Connections, and it’s the perfect way to blow away the new year blues, often with the blues. Arguably...

Once again Mr Scott raises a bottle to see out the old year and ring in the new and that means it’s time for Scots Whay Hae!’s annual New...

Willie, Chris, Wesley and Ali For our “Best of 2015” podcast, Ian and Ali were joined by regular pod guest, Chris Ward, and Scottish...

If you’re sick of end of year lists, look away now. Right, if you’re still with us we have the 10 best tracks reviewed on these pages...

December is going to be full of those ‘Best Of 2015’ lists, so this will be the last roundup of new music before the Bells, but luckily...

First off are the albums, and if you’re wondering what to get any music lover for Christmas, there is something here for most tastes,...

There’s a lot of grand visions and big ideas on show, but what else are you going to do at this time of year? It all adds up to the...

The talk touches upon the astonishing rise and fall of Detroit and the city’s links with Scotland, Berry Gordy’s business model, the...

What you may not know is that his first love, above all of the above, is soul music. This passion is behind his recently published book,...

Maybe it’s just me, but the following sounds like the perfect soundtrack to the end of summer. We’re going to kick things off with a...

What links everything you’re about to hear is that no matter what instruments are being used, or what’s being sung, they are huge tunes...

This podcast is the result of what turned out to be a memorable day. New Lanark is the village built by enlightened cotton mill owner...

It was always going to be hard to follow last month’s roundup, but I think we’ve just about managed with a selection which is diverse,...