The latest podcast is a sister to our recent interview with Pat & Jim Byrne and Samina Chaudry about Ten Writers Telling Lies. It’s a...

Martin St John was on tambourine and psychedelic vibes for the newly formed Primal Scream between 1984 and ’87, and the book relates the...

My, but there’s some classy music being made out there. The world may be falling down around our ears, but it’s got a hell of a...

We have long been fans of The Strange Blue Dreams at SWH!, so new music from them is always greeted with whoops, cheers and hollers....

The early months of a Glasgow year require a lot of moving around the city between festival events. January has Celtic Connections,...

as we did in December, makes it feel like each year is self contained and we start afresh all over again, but in reality the music never...

Mark W. Georgsson: The Ballad Of The Nearly Man In our first podcast of 2017, Ali talks to Ian Smith and Murray Easton, two of the...

“January…let us endure this evil month”, to paraphrase the French writer Colette. You may think this overly dramatic, but you know what...

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year From Scots Whay Hae! In this, Part II of our end of year podcast Ali, Chris and Wesley concentrate on...

Looking back, as is everyone’s wont at this time of year, two things in particular are striking about 2016 in music. There was the...

I’ve never really thought about how the changing seasons affect the music you listen to, but one of the interesting things about...

The Last Days Of Disco and The Rise & Fall Of The Miraculous Vespas and the forthcoming The Man Who Loved Islands, but the conversation...

As the nights draw in and the heating comes on, it’s a good time to begin to take stock of the year and how it is shaping up for music....

One of those questions you are asked to ponder every now and then is, “Who would you invite to your perfect dinner party”. Well, it looks...

In the latest podcast Ali and Ian are joined by musicians Ross and Alasdair Whyte who, under the moniker WHYTE, have collaborated on the...

Aside from those you’re about to hear there has been memorable music, as  previously mentioned, from Ette, Starless, The Royal Male, and...

Songs For Scotland 2. Even if you’re aware of the original Bella Caledonia: Songs For Scotland you’ll find the story behind the sequel...

Feeling down? Listen to Smokey sing, Johnny play guitar, or Dylan do anything. It never fails me, and it hasn’t this time round. With...

There has been talk about voting fatigue, but no matter if you’re in or out, we all like to shake it all about and  how better to do that...

There is a reassuring balance between light and shade, which might lead the naive to believe that these roundups were not just thrown...