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Thanks to Grant McPhee for sharing this extract from his new book Postcards From Scotland: Scottish Independent Music 1983-1995 available now from Omnibus Press and all good bookshops. An oral history of the era’s DIY music scene, Postcards From Scotland is constructed from over 100 first-person interviews with musicians, record labels, venues, promoters and journalists…

In the second part of our chat with the brilliant Shirley Manson, she looks back at the turbulent recording of their 2005 album Bleed Like Me as it receives its first every vinyl release. But she starts by teasing some information on Garbage’s forthcoming eighth album, to be released next year. Garbage play TRNSMT Glasgow…

We’re delighted to present a two-part interview with an icon of Scottish rock and pop, the magnificent Shirley Manson, who has fronted alt.rockers Garbage for over thirty years now. The band are embarking on their first European tour since the pandemic and there are two opportunities this coming weekend to see them – they play…

We were  happy to hear from the mighty St.Luke’s when they contacted us about their upcoming reggae all-dayer. It sounds like just the thing for July in Glasgow. Events kick off at 2pm in the venue with market stalls selling items including jewellery, art, books, records, clothes & crystals. From 7pm there’s a headline set…

To mark the publication of the Remastered Edition of Graeme Thomson’s acclaimed biography of Kate Bush, Under The Ivy, Graeme has written a blog looking at Bush’s lifelong immersion in the spirit and sound of traditional music. It’s an excellent read and it’s out on 27th June, thanks to Graeme… Not only is folk…

When one of our great tunesmiths, Davie Scott of The Pearlfishers, got in touch with an idea for a blog we jumped at the chance. The result is this splendid feature about mixtapes. Before we hand over to Davie just a reminder that The Pearlfishers play the brilliant new album Making Tapes For Girls in…

Glasgow Jazz Festival has unveiled its programme for 2024, with performances from some of the biggest names in jazz set to be hosted in the city next month. From Wednesday 19th – Sunday 23rd June 2024, over 20 events are confirmed across Glasgow and tix are available here Celebrating 20 years of programming the Glasgow…

We’re really chuffed to feature this guest blog from Mike O’Connor aka Scottish Post-Punk. Ahead of the release in July of Roots Rock Rebels – When Punk Met Reggae 1975-1982  (we’ve got our pre-order in) Mike tells us how this long-planned compilation came about…over to Mike. Mike O’Connor & Gary Crowley I blame Gary Crowley……

BMX Bandits release their 12th studio album Dreamers On The Run on April 26th, their most ambitious musically so far. Chief Bandit Duglas T Stewart guides us through some of the records that inspired their latest offering. Dreamers On The Run is an album I had been thinking about making for a long time. In…

In February 2021 the supremely talented Alison Eales blogged for us about the process of recording her debut album Mox Nox during lockdown, and last year it was released to rave reviews. Alison has been busy and is back with her new four-track EP Four for a Boy  due for release on March 8th from…

In between raiding the mince pies and making inroads on the whisky, Glasgow Music City Tours spent much of the festive period polishing our stories for our Merchant City Trad Trail Walking Tour for Celtic Connections 2024. The tours are selling out quickly so if you’d like to get your hands on tickets before they…

Shipyard Bards, Tall Tales and Dinner: 5 evening events in January & February in conjunction with Mharsanta Restaurant & Bar Looking for a memorable Christmas gift? Since our 2023 season of scheduled Saturday tours ended we’ve been busy with plans for our upcoming events in January. Due to popular demand we’re re-running our…