Fribo is a collaboration between three musicians from Norway, Scotland and England, Anne Sofie Linge Valdal, Sarah-Jane Summers and Ewan MacPherson. They perform experimental folk with origins in each of their homelands.
March 28th sees the release of Diamond Mine, a collaborative album from King Creosote and Jon Hopkins. Featuring lyrics and vocals from King Creosote sung over musical backdrops arranged and recorded by Jon Hopkins, Diamond Mine is a genuine labour of love, recorded over a number of years without the pressure of deadlines, whenever Jon and KC could get together. The album, featuring instrumental moments as affecting as the lyrical, consists of newly interpreted obscure delights picked out from 20 years of King Creosote’s treasure chest of a back catalogue.
Malcolm Middleton's new guitar-focused project
Val Verde are 3 Fifers and a Weejie who in 2008 began to make their mark on the Scottish music scene. They have established themselves on their home turf of Dunfermline, Fife as one of the top live acts on the local scene and have built up a strong following as well as a string of industry admirers. 2008 seen them supporting some quality acts including:
Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets), Chris Helme (The Seahorses), Attic Lights, Sergeant, Figure 5 and Broken Records to name but a few.
"Beerjacket is a young man with an acoustic guitar whose backing band comprises a tambourine and a drum machine. Stylistic comparisons to Elliott Smith or Jose Gonzalez wouldn’t be far off, while his prolific output of albums offer an endearing lo-fi sound that lets the quality of his songs and the calibre of his songwriting steal the show." Pop Cop Shows have included opening for folks such as:
Fence Collective is a collective of musicians based in Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife affiliated to the Fence record label. The more established acts are often dubbed nu-folk by the press. Although the collective also features practitioners of rock and electronica. Leading acts include King Creosote, James Yorkston, Pip Dylan, Pictish Trail, Gummi Bako, The Red Well, Lone Pigeon, HMS Ginafore and MC Quake. KT Tunstall and The Beta Band have also been involved.
Intense Scottish black metal heavily old school thrash influenced with folk elements and folkish lyrical themes. Feel the power of the broadsword.
Gallagher and Lyle started off in the early 70's as McGuinness Flint. They had a number 1 hit with a song called "When I'm Dead and Gone". In 1976 they became Gallagher and Lyle and had hits with "Heart On My Sleeve" and "I Wanna Stay With You".