BBC Radio Scotland is Scotland's only national radio station, offering a distinctive mix of speech and music to take any radio lover through a rich and satisfying listening day.
Like the rest of the BBC, it offers podcasts & downloads including 'Scotland's Funny Bits' (self-explanatory, presented by Julia Sutherland), 'Scotland Introducing' (a showcase for unsigned or new music from Scotland) and 'Scottish Football'.
Loch Awe is a folk band from Edinburgh comprised of Joy Everett (vocals & glockenspiel), Jack McKay Fletcher (ukulele, guitar & vocals), Matthew Liam Healy (ukulele, concertina, guitar & vocals) and Oliver Roditi (trumpet, drums & percussion). Formed at the very end of July 2010, they released their debut mini-album, 'Artificial Life from a Digital Sea', on August 30th. It can be downloaded for free from their Bandcamp page.
Mark Radcliffe hailed her voice and songs as “enchanting, beguiling and as fascinating as songs by Kate Bush and Björk” and KT Tunstall described her voice as "formidable and amazingly rhythmic". The elfin figure they are describing is Julie Fowlis, a talented singer and instrumentalist from Scotland. She is the BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2008 and in a few short years has taken the music scene by storm...
A lifelong drummer, Mark Ayling has now branched out into the world of acoustic music, playing his own brand of raw acoustic guitar combined with direct and uncompromising lyrics. Discarding the usual Folk/Acoustic influences such as Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, Mark finds his inspiration from bands as diverse as The Jam, The Specials, New Model
Army, The Clash, Motorhead and Joy Division, creating a sound that has the energy of Punk whilst retaining the melodic elements of the acoustic guitar.
Rural punk band formed in south west Scotland in 1980, Zachariah Toadstool & the Magic Mushrooms scored local success briefly with a mostly original set, with covers of the Ramones and the Bay City Rollers thrown in (because they only had three chords, the band explained). Comprising the Sinclair brothers, Pete (on drums) and Paul (on vocals), Scott Maxwell on bass, the improbably named Owen Figgis on lead guitar and Harald Thomson on rhythm...
Martin & James are the Glasgow born duo of Martin Kelly and James O
Consisting of fingerstyle acoustic guitar and voice, the James Orr Complex is the work of Glaswegian Christopher Mack . He has recently finished recording a follow up to “Chori’s Bundle”, "Com Favo", due for release on Rock Action later in 2008.
Still Searching are a three piece alternative/indie band from Aberdeen, Scotland. They Formed late 2009. Still Searching are: Rhys Maslen - Drums, Lead Vocals
Ross Buchanan - Guitar, Vocals
Ryan McIlroy - Bass, Vocals
Erupting the Scottish Highlands, Astronot are a classic three piece power trio, consistently delivering what the packaging says. Structured around melodically sinister riffing, bonhamist powerhouse time keeping, deep driving bass, and harmonically structured vocals, the band are currently hailed by those in the know, as one of Scotland’s best kept secrets.