Musicians

Rock duo Royal Blood performed a career-spanning set on Sunday.

Royal Blood slammed for mocking Radio 1 Big Weekend crowd

Police have issued an update following the death of Paul Cattermole

Police issue major update following death of S Club’s Paul Cattermole

Sting has warned that the music industry will face a “battle” with AI in the coming years

Sting says music will ‘battle’ with AI in next few years

Mae Muller is currently in Liverpool ahead of Eurovision 2023

Eurovision acts land in Liverpool ahead of Song Contest

Some of 300 emigrants arrived at the pier at Lochboisdale to board the SS Marloch in 1923. Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Musicians, writers and actors to mark 100 years since mass Hebridean emigration

Heardle - Spotify’s audible answer to the runaway success of Worldle

What is today’s Heardle answer for April 5?

Lewis Capaldi is reportedly one of the richest Scottish musicians (Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

Here are Scotland's 15 richest musicians in the world 2023

Heardle - Spotify’s audible answer to the runaway success of Worldle

What is today’s Heardle answer for April 3?

Here are the 10 best poets from Scotland, according to our readers. Cr: Getty Imags/Canva Pro

10 of the best poets to have ever come from Scotland (that aren’t Robert Burns!)

Who did our readers chose as Scotland's best ever actor?

These 10 Scottish actors are the best of all time - according to our readers

Riley Keough as Daisy Jones and Sam Claflin as Billy Dunne in Daisy Jones & The Six, singing into a shared microphone (Credit: Lacey Terrell/Prime Video)

Daisy Jones and The Six: Who is the interviewer in the TV series?

Singer Lizzo is performing at Glastonbury 2023

One of two female headliners is already booked for Glastonbury 2024

Cellist Su-a Lee. Picture: Andrew Milligan

15 women recognised for their contribution to traditional Scottish culture

The Brits 2023: BRIT Awards winners including Album of the Year and Best New Artist

The Brit Awards 2023: All the winners and nominees

LGBT+ History Month 2023: What is it, why is it celebrated in February and how to get involved?

LGBT+ History Month 2023 - What is it and how to get involved

Beyonce performing on stage during a concert in 2013 (Photo: Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

5 top tips to get Beyoncé tickets according to an expert

Television frontman and punk legend Tom Verlaine dies aged 73 after ‘a brief illness’

Television frontman Tom Verlaine dies aged 73

Mac DeMarco - “ I don’t want to sound like a grumpy old uncle, but it’s strange!"

TikTok’s influence on music scene ‘very depressing’ says Mac DeMarco

Harry Styles ties with newcomers Wet Leg for most nominations with four each.

Brit Awards 2023 nominations have been announced

Bachman-Turner Overdrive drummer, Robbie Bachman has died aged 69

BTO drummer Robbie Bachman dies aged 69

Bruno Martelli (Lee Curreri) tries to convince Coco Hernandez (Irene Cara) they should form a rock band, in a scene from 'Fame'. Inset: Irene Cara performs before the AFL Grand Final match in 2006

Fame and Flashdance singer Irene Cara dies aged 63

FIFA World Cup: Blue criticised for performance at Qatar fan festival

Peter Crouch releases a classical album of football anthems

Phil Collins and his Genesis bandmates are selling their music rights for $300 million.

Phil Collins and Genesis bandmates sell music rights for $300 million

The all female and non-binary songwriting collective Hen Hoose will be appearing at Edinburgh's Push The Boat Out festival in November.

Push The Boat Out: Line-up for Edinburgh's poetry festival revealed

Jack Nissan, artistic director of the Tinderbox Collective, and Matthew Wright, co-creator of the Pianodrome, at the old Royal High School, which will be used for this year's Fringe.

Edinburgh’s old Royal High School set to become biggest new Fringe addition

The Spence is the main restaurant at the new Gleneagles Townhouse hotel in Edinburgh.

Gleneagles pulls the plug on jazz musicians at new Edinburgh hotel

Carl Cox Riverside Festival 2022. Picture: Tim Craig

How Covid has impacted Scotland's music scene - Dani Garavelli

Thousands are music fans are expected to pack into the Grassmarket for the return of the jazz festival's hugely popular 'Mardi Gras' event.

Edinburgh Festival Carnival and Grassmarket ‘Mardi Gras’ to return

Stereophonics

Music review: Stereophonics, Usher Hall, Edinburgh

The Great Leap Forward

Album reviews: The Great Leap Forward, Andrew Howie, Grant J Robson, Immersion

Artist Dreph with a 16ft mural he created in Brixton to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye's album What's Going On (Picture: Matt Crossick/PA)

Why Marvin Gaye's music is relevant to the climate emergency – Mark Banks

The Dandelion project is described as a 'reimagination of the harvest festival' in Scotland.

Vertical farms to take shape across Scotland for harvest festivals

Gaelic trio Sian filmed at Coire Lagan on the Isle of Skye.

Musicians take to the mountains for incredible Skye Live Festival film

Liz Young and Bryce Lamont from the community theatre group Monkfish appearing at a previous Merchant City Festival. Picture: Robert Perry

Merchant City Festival gets green light to return in Glasgow this summer

Pete Wishart today criticised the UK Government over a lack of support for musicians in the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

Musicians treated as ‘collateral’ by Brexit agreement

Saint Luke's is one of the venues used for the alternative version of Celtic Connections this year.

Celtic Connections 2021: 10,000 tickets are sold to music fans in 44 countries

The winners of the 2020 Scots Trad Music Awards will be revealed next month.

Acts behind lockdown gigs and videos are in contention for 'trad music Oscars'

The Barrowland Ballroom will be among the venues used for next year's 'digital first' Celtic Connections. Picture: Gaelle Beri

Celtic Connections to return in 2021 with 'digital first' festival

One of Gordon Brown's favourite bands, the Arctic Monkeys, probably don't need to retrain but if they did, the UK Government's retraining quiz might offer little more than laughs about its suggestions

UK Government's retraining quiz worth a go (if only for a laugh) – Aidan Smith

Auntie Flo is the reigning holder of the Scottish Album of the Year title. Picture: Rob Jones

Campaign launched to lift 'background music' ban

The Dunedin Consort chartered a fishing boat to get home from France.

Musicians beat quarantine rules by chartering fishing boat

Owners of gyms have not yet been told when their businesses will be allowed to open.

The Scots businesses left in lockdown limbo

Scottish musician and composer Hamish Napier. Picture: Sean Purser

Make Music Day calls on Scottish musicians to perform Auld Lang Syne

Video call apps like Zoom and House Party are being used to host virtual pub quizzes (Shutterstock)

25 tricky anagram quiz questions to include in your online pub quiz

Nicola Benedetti will join young musicians from across Scotland to play Somewhere Over the Rainbow tomorrow night.

Musicians from across Scotland to play to honour NHS workers

Help Musicians launched a coronavirus financial hardship fund

£5m coronavirus fund for musicians runs dry after a week

The charity single was launched to coincide with the weekly #clapforcarers tribute.

Scottish musicians join forces with Alastair Campbell for NHS tribute

Justin Currie and Iain Harvie of Del Amitri, who have announced a free gig for Scottish NHS workers. Picture: Andrew Ogilvy

Del Amitri to stage free Barrowland gig for NHS workers

Even the pubs that are open, like this one in Edinburgh, decked out for St Patrick's Day, were unusually quiet (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Scots musicians stage online gigs as venues close over coronavirus – Brian Fergu...

Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 29/06/13

Striking a chord: Musicians united by the ukelele

City pubs were jam packed with folk

Musicians tune up for a tribute to Martyn Bennett

Tribute night for Celtic music star

Presenting a new line connecting Gaelic and gospel

The Scotsman Top Stories

Stephen Fry is a past winner of the comedy award. Picture: Getty Images

Flagship Fringe comedy awards plunged into crisis over loss of sponsor

Former prime minister Gordon Brown has written for The Scotsman

Scotland's problem is with London, not Britain, says Gordon Brown

Scottish Conservative MSP Rachael Hamilton says Scottish local authorities should follow Cornwall Council's lead on source local motion (pic: Katharine Hay/The Scotsman)

Scottish councils should follow 'fantastic' Cornwall 'source local' model