Old Blind Dogs is a musical group which plays Celtic folk and traditional Scottish folk music, with influences from rock, reggae and Middle Eastern music rhythms. The three founding members of the band (Ian F Benzie, Buzzby McMillan and Jonny Hardie) first met during a so-called "buskers' holiday" in the Scottish Highlands in 1990, and after playing together for the summer decided to call themselves "Old Blind Dogs".
A band from the Southwest of England that has been described as prog, indie punk. They have also won best unsigned band of the week on Steve Lamacq's BBC 6music radio show. More information can be found at: http://www.myspace.com/scientisttheorangepip
February Stars are a band formed in Kirkcaldy, Scotland in the summer of 2008. Drawing from the main influences of Jimmy Eat World, Brand New, etc.
Formed as an escape from simple indie and metal bands, the original idea for the band started rolling in February 2008 and was fully complete in June 2008, less than two weeks before the band played their first gig.
After gigs in and around the Fife area, the band hope to start recording in the near future and play more shows outside of Fife.
There are two bands with the name Isosceles. It is also the name of a British musical theatre company. One is a new band from Glasgow, Scotland, who play quirky pop tunes and are regularly playing throughout Scotland. The second is a trio of rappers from Canada. Two of them are twins, one twin-Shrympyflux is a rapper and the other twin-Scratchafras is the DJ while the third member-Boya D the fluid Druid aka 'The Telepathic triplet' is the other rapper.
The work of Johnny Lynch, aka ‘The Pictish Trail’ is more stirringly subversive stuff from the Fence Collective. Lynch writes warm, welcoming tales with tiny keyboard patterns, acoustic neo-folk rumblings and all manner of undeniable oddball noises.' ‘Akin to Lou Barlow sobbing his tiny heart out while submerged in Loch Ness, this is the sound of Scotland quietly floating far, far out to some deep enchanting waters. And never dreaming of floating back.
The Bluebells were a Scottish pop group in the 1980s. Peddling a kind of jangly guitar pop not dissimilar to their Scottish contemporaries Aztec Camera and Orange Juice, they had three hit singles in the UK, all written by guitarist and founder member Bobby Bluebell (aka Robert Hodgens) - "I'm Falling" with Ken McCluskey , "Cath", and their biggest success "Young At Heart". The latter was co-written with Siobhan Fahey (with whom Hodgens was romantically linked for a while) and made it to No.8 in the UK singles chart on its original release in 1984.
Donnie Munro/Donaidh Rothach (born August 2, 1953, in Uig, Isle of Skye) is a Scottish musician, and former lead singer of the band Runrig. A native speaker of Scottish Gaelic, much of his work is in that language. He attended Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen and did a postgraduate in teaching at Moray House in Edinburgh. He first saw Runrig play in 1973 and was approached one year later to become a member of the band. He later disagreed with his bandmates over several issues, including politics; Pete Wishart later became a Scottish National Party Member of Parliament.
Shetlander Chris Stout is widely-regarded as the leading fiddle player of his generation both in Scotland and beyond, a title he has earned through the plethora of musicians and bands he has collaborated with and more recently with the release of his stunning debut solo album First o’ the Darkenin’. Firmly grounded in his traditional roots but never afraid to explore new territory, Chris sets himself apart not just because of his astounding technical ability and musicianship but because of his determination to take the music to new levels of innovation and experimentation.
Orko are 4 young men from Gourock, just outside Glasgow, Scotland.
They're regularly compared to bands such as Hey Mercedes, Far and bands of a similar sound - as well as other Scottish bands such as Stapleton, Idlewild and Biffy Clyro; although few of these comparisons really ring completely true. Their debut album 'Creating Short Fiction' has been released on Gravity DIP Records and combines catchy chorus' with gorgeous layers of instrumentation, enhancing Orko's sound beyond that of a typical indie-rock 4-piece.
Ross Clark, there are three of them. One (pictured far right) is an acoustic guitar player from Edinburgh, drawing influence from artists such as ballboy, Stars and Half Man Half Biscuit. The second is from Ayrshire, and creates experimental tracks blending electronica with jazz and orchestral music. The third (pictured near right) is a young songwriter from Clydebank. He "writes songs for the broken-hearted" and according to his best friend "is an act not to be missed." He plays every Tuesday at the Oran Mor Acoustic Session and Open Mic Night.