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17/10/2025

The SAY Award is down to its top ten...

The ten albums shortlisted for this year's Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award have been revealed, plus KT Tunstall’s debut album Eye to the Telescope has been awarded this year's Modern Scottish Classic Award.

09/10/2025

“His belief in people and the idea that standing together, that our collective strength is powerful, was unwavering..."

Following the untimely passing of Optimo's JD Twitch, aka Keith McIvor, we celebrate his unwavering devotion to activism and supporting his local community.

25/09/2025

Here are the twenty records in the running for The SAY Award...

The Scottish Album of the Year Award has announced the 20 records on this year’s longlist, including albums from Mogwai, Hamish Hawk and Jacob Alon.

20/09/2025

Is it time to rethink how we listen to music?

Following Spotify's CEO Daniel Ek's venture capital firm investing €600 million in the AI military software development company Helsing, artists and outraged Spotify subscribers have launched a boycott of the streaming service.

11/09/2025

Rianne Downey on busking, bears, and working with The Beautiful South's Paul Heaton...

Following the release of her latest single, Good In Goodbye, we catch up with country-pop artist on the rise, Rianne Downey.

03/09/2025

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Edinburgh Psych Fest's return brings together a diverse range of musical styles, all bound together by a shared desire to get the people going.

02/09/2025

‘The Rock is unrecognisable, but that’s not necessarily an improvement…’

Dwayne Johnson underwhelms in The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie's biopic of mixed martial artist Mark Kerr.

28/08/2025

Chappell Roan proves that she's one of pop’s most dazzling performers...

Under Chappell Roan’s spell, Edinburgh Summer Sessions erupts into a kaleidoscopic q***r celebration.

21/08/2025

The Iranian director was the big winner at Edinburgh International Film Festival...

Canada-based Iranian filmmaker Abdolreza Kahani takes home the £50,000 Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence for Mortician, a tragicomic drama he shot on his iPhone.

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