🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Martyn Bennett "Grit" – 2003

A visionary fusion of traditional Scottish folk music and modern electronic production. Drawing on archival recordings of Gaelic singers, Bennett weaves ancient voices together with breakbeats, ambient textures, and contemporary rhythms, creating a sound that feels both timeless and radically forward-looking.

#martynbennett #scottishmusic #folktronica #electronicmusic #celticmusic #worldmusic #vinyl #music #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

RE: https://mastodon.online/@AllyD/115933312615773219

Remembering Brian McFie, visual artist and guitarist (The Big Dish, Lola in Slacks, The Countess of Fife).

There is an interview here:
https://ayrshiremagazine.com/brian-mcfie/

#ScottishArt #ScottishMusic

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Simple Minds "Empires and Dance" – 1980

The sound is tense and kinetic with a clear focus on repetition and forward momentum.
Jim Kerr delivers a more detached and observational vocal performance, matching the album’s themes of travel, identity, and political undercurrents...

#simpleminds #jimkerr #80smusic #newwave #artrock #alternativerock #scottishmusic #vinylcommunity #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

#NowPlaying #ScottishMusic #ModeRecords #Improvisation

#TheWhistlebinkies perform #JohnCage's "Scottish Circus" (studio version, Glasgow 2007)

https://moderecords.bandcamp.com/album/scottish-circus-mode-352

🇬🇧 The Jesus and Mary Chain "Some Candy Talking" – 2026

Blends sweet pop melody with a haze of feedback and distortion. A perfect example of their ability to balance noise and accessibility.
The RSD edition has got acoustic versions on the b-side bringing out the melodic side of the band...

#jesusandmarychain #shoegaze #noisepop #alternativerock #80smusic #rsd2026 #scottishmusic #vinylcommunity #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning

#CrucialTracks 🎶 Today's prompt: Do you have a fun story about how you discovered a certain song?

Tide Lines - Far Side of the World

On a trip to Scotland with my mom, we took a 3-day minibus tour from Inverness to Orkney. Our driver Kev had a great playlist of Scottish music on in the bus. Instead of using my limited mobile data to try to identify this song so I could listen to more of the band later, I took a photo of the display screen.

Later, we ended up finding Kev's playlist on Spotify (eww), and it became the basis for my own "Take Me Back to Caledonia" mix on Deezer.

View entry:
https://www.crucialtracks.org/profile/djtoebeans/20260418

#Music #Scotland #ScottishMusic #TideLines #BoycottSpotify #Deezer

This is a good video on Appalachian music, but the channel as a whole has a lot of useful stuff on #irish music. Maybe give it a watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9uisnOhkWo

#scottishmusic #irishmusic #appalachianmusic

The #1001Albums generator gave me Franz Ferdinand today. Pretty sure I still have this one on CD somewhere. 5 stars. Bonus points for being Scottish.

I know I've said it before, but the transition in Take Me Out is just so perfectly executed. 🧑‍🍳💋

https://link.deezer.com/s/32YkajRFrVYPO4H4OF9eS

#music #FranzFerdinand #Scotland #ScottishMusic

Skye Boat Song

https://makertube.net/w/fQpRXiomUzdCX9ksHDco23