Artists

Adrian Crowley

Adrian Crowley is a singer-songwriter from Galway but based in Dublin. Despite being born in Sliema, Malta, much of his success has come in Ireland. profile & recordings >>

Aereogramme were an alternative-progressive rock band from Glasgow. They were in many ways the unsung heros of the post-rock; quietly releasing some of the genre's most influential albums. profile & recordings >>

Aidan Moffat & The Best-Ofs

Aidan Moffat is perhaps best known for his work a front-man of now ledgendary Arab Strap; famous for his grimey de-construction of the male psyche through clever, dry and witty prose.

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Alasdair Roberts

Alasdair Roberts is a Scottish folk musician. He released a number of albums under the name Appendix Out, and following the 2001 album The Night is Advancing, under his own name.
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Aldo Romano

Aldo Romano is an Italian-born Jazz drummer who played on several jazz fusion albums in the 1970s' and 80's. profile & recordings >>

Aline

Aline is a contemporary French pop group previously known as ‘Young Michelin’. profile & recordings >>

Anita Drake

Anita Drake is a French two-piece band which combines rock and roll with a glamorous, free spirited attitude. profile & recordings >>

Chaek Kim

Chaek Kim is a Korean drummer and percussionist whose work ranges from popular music to jazz. profile & recordings >>

De Rosa

De Rosa were a wonderful indie folk-rock band from Scotland. Signed to Chemikal Underground they released two albums and collabotated on many more. profile & recordings >>

Emma Pollock

Emma Pollock is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Scotland and was a founding member of The Delgados.

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Foxface

Foxface are an indie-folk act from Glasgow, Scotland. They have collaborated with, and are often compared alongside, acts such as Sons & Daughters, King Creosote, Electric Magnolia Company, My Latest Novel and Idlewild. profile & recordings >>

Go Guitars

Go Guitars are a five piece German guitar ensemble who specialise in new, experimental and improvised music. profile & recordings >>

Human Don't Be Angry

Malcolm Middleton's new solo guise, Human Don't Be Angry, finds him plowing a more ambient, largely instrumental furrow. profile & recordings >>

Idlewild

Dissonant scottish indie rockers who draw comparisons with Gang of Four, Pavement, R.E.M and Blur.

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James Yorkston

To call James Yorkston a folk singer is to miss the point by some distance; he is often compared to Adrian Crowley, Can, Jacques Brel, Dick Gaughan and Linton Kwesi Johnson - such is the diversity of his innovative approach to musical form. profile & recordings >>

John Verity

As far back as 1969, John Verity was supporting legendary artists like Jimi Hendrix, Mountain, Canned Heat and Janis Joplin. He has played with Russ Ballard, Colin Blunstone, Keith Emerson, Ringo Starr and Mike Rutherford and was in the great Argent from 1973 to 1976. His consummate credentials as a guitarist, producer and singer / songwriter, make him a leading light of the blues-rock world. profile & recordings >>

Juliette Greco

Muse to the Parisian literary scene of the '50s, godmother of songwriter-led '60s French pop, and a self-reinventing torch singer from the '70s until now, Juliette Greco is one of the great French recording artists of the 20th century. profile & recordings >>

Karine Polwart

Karine Polwart is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She writes with a strong folk and roots feel; her songs dealing with a variety of issues from alcoholism to genocide and has been most recognised for her solo career, winning several BBC Folk Awards. profile & recordings >>

Kent Nagano

Renowned for his gifted interpretations of both the orchestral and operatic repertoire, Kent Nagano has been recognized with three Grammy Awards, the Edison Award, several Gramophone Awards and, on three occasions, the Grand Prix du Disque. profile & recordings >>

King Creosote

King Creosote is the name used for current solo releases of the musician Kenny Anderson, formerly lead singer of Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra and Khartoum Heroes. To date, Anderson has released over forty albums. profile & recordings >>

King's Daughters and Sons

King's Daughters & Sons make a music we have come to recognise as very Louisville: atmospheric, complex and sombre post-rock. profile & recordings >>

Lord Cut-Glass

Sometimes bashful, occasionally imbued with curmudgeonly bluster, and yet always lifted by humorous life-learned truisms, Lord Cut-Glass strikes a dashing figure of musically inventive bravado. profile & recordings >>

Malcolm Middleton

Malcolm Middleton is a singer-songwriter, best known for being one half of Scottish band Arab Strap. profile & recordings >>

Mike Heron

Formerly a member of The Incredible String Band, Mike Heron is a one of Scotland's finest songwriters. profile & recordings >>

Noir Desir

Noir Desir was a French rock band from Bordeaux. They were active during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and have had two albums certified double platinum in France and three certified gold. profile & recordings >>

Norman Blake

Norman Blake is a singer-songwriter in the Glasgow based band, Teenage Fanclub. He also formed part of The Soup Dragons, BMX Bandits, and has collaborated with many more artists including Trashcan Sinatras and The Pastels. profile & recordings >>

Primus

Primus are an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane. profile & recordings >>

RM Hubbert

RM Hubbert is a guitarist from Glasgow in Scotland. He writes music about love, death, friendship, mental illness and occasionally a dog called D Bone. It's not as depressing as the previous sentence suggests.

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Simon Nieminski

Simon Nieminski is an organist who works as both a recitalist and music director, whose repertoire includes many unusual but very appealing compositions. profile & recordings >>

Sons and Daughters

Roughcast folk-rock, in the vein of Smog and Cat Power. profile & recordings >>

Strike the Colours

To strike the colours at sea is to accept defeat, to surrender, to give up. As far as nom de guerre’s go, Reindeer Section alum Jenny Reeve has picked one laden with dramatic possibilities and inherent poeticism. profile & recordings >>

The Phantom Band

A sextet from Scotland, that began life as an ad-hoc collective of lost souls who had gathered in Glasgow in around 2004. profile & recordings >>

The Unwinding Hours

The Unwinding Hours are measured and mature, without sacrificing one iota of the magnificent heartbreak that defined the appeal of their former outlet Aereogramme. profile & recordings >>

Vashti Bunyan

Bunyan has been labelled "the Godmother of Freak Folk" for her role in inspiring the new generation of folk experimentalists including Devendra Banhart and Adem. profile & recordings >>

Yakov Kreizberg

One of the most interesting and exciting conductors of his generation, Yakov Kreizberg conducted most of the major orchestras throughout Europe, North America and Asia. profile & recordings >>

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