Russell Leadbetter

IONA Kewney, who has died after a period of illness at the age of 52, was a remarkable visual artist, dance performer and teacher. Her artistic…

A Letter from St Paul, by The Silencers: We reassess one of the great Scottish albums of the late 1980s

THEA Gilmore is one of Britain’s finest singer-songwriters, a brilliant and adventurous talent with 22 albums to her name and a reputation as a…

A leading Scottish comedian is set to achieve one of her bucket-list ambitions - by performing in New York.

Thirty years on, the State Bar Blues Jam is still going strong. It is possibly the longest-running blues residency in the UK when it comes to having…

Colin Macintyre’s Mull Historical Society debut album remains a thing of beauty

HUGH Carter, who has died aged 72, was a prominent Scottish musician and businessman. A skilled multi-instrumentalist, he was a founder-member of…

Alex Ligertwood, who has died in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 79, was a superb Glasgow-born singer who had several spells with the…

Paul Simon SEC Armadillo, Glasgow ***** EIGHT years ago, and Paul Simon really was homeward bound. That was the title he gave to his farewell tour,…

Sometimes, emerging acts can come to the attention of enterprising record-company A&R men purely by chance. Calvin Harris is a case in point.