Colin Steele is an incredibly talented trumpet player, and an extraordinary jazz composer mixing and merging his Scottish roots with his obvious passion for jazz. His work is fresh, vibrant, often upbeat, really life affirming and great for that trudge to the tube every morning. Occasionally the sun'll glint off something, or you'll see something that makes you smile. If you're listening to Colin Steele these experiences are magnified and make life feel great.
Edwyn Collins (born August 23, 1959) is a Scottish musician from Edinburgh. He formed the Nu-Sonics in 1976, which became Orange Juice in 1979. The group is perhaps best known for the No. 8 hit "Rip it Up", its only UK top 40 single. In 1985, Orange Juice broke up, and he has since then pursued a solo career. Edwyn Collins is best known for his 1994 hit, "A Girl Like You", which was featured in the films Empire Records and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, and "Magic Piper of Love", a 1997 single which featured on the soundtrack of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
March 28th sees the release of Diamond Mine, a collaborative album from King Creosote and Jon Hopkins. Featuring lyrics and vocals from King Creosote sung over musical backdrops arranged and recorded by Jon Hopkins, Diamond Mine is a genuine labour of love, recorded over a number of years without the pressure of deadlines, whenever Jon and KC could get together. The album, featuring instrumental moments as affecting as the lyrical, consists of newly interpreted obscure delights picked out from 20 years of King Creosote’s treasure chest of a back catalogue.
Human Pyramids is the explosive and uplifting new project from multi-instrumentalist Paul Russell. Raised in an old mining village in the central belt of Scotland and now based in London, it features a number of handpicked musicians spread throughout the UK. A triumph of neo-classical arrangement, a world in which jubilant choir-led chamber music and post-punk meet head on to form a place where anything is possible.
Orko are 4 young men from Gourock, just outside Glasgow, Scotland.
They're regularly compared to bands such as Hey Mercedes, Far and bands of a similar sound - as well as other Scottish bands such as Stapleton, Idlewild and Biffy Clyro; although few of these comparisons really ring completely true. Their debut album 'Creating Short Fiction' has been released on Gravity DIP Records and combines catchy chorus' with gorgeous layers of instrumentation, enhancing Orko's sound beyond that of a typical indie-rock 4-piece.
Stewart - Vocals & Guitar Craig - Bass Guitar Whipp - Lead Guitar Dave - Metal Influences:
Idlewild, Colin Hay, Stephen Fretwell, Pete Docherty, Calhoun, Biffy Clyro and David Bass On March 4th 2010, Shooting Stansfield released their first EP, called Human Static.
Plymouth (UK) band, more information can be found at:
www.myspace.com/consolationprizefighter
The Kazoo Funk Orchestra formed in Scotland at the end of 2005 as a pre-apocalyptic merry-go-round collective, featuring musicians, anti-poets, dancers and finger painters. Building their melodies at a DIY project studio in producer Ray McCartney
Roderick Woomble (born 13 August 1976 in Irvine, Scotland) is the lead singer of Scottish rock group, Idlewild. In 2006 Woomble worked with several musicians including Kate Rusby, his wife Ailidh Lennon, songwriter Karine Polwart (to whom he presented the Horizon Award at the BBC Folk Awards 2005) and Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones on his debut solo album My Secret is My Silence, produced by John McCusker (ex husband of Kate Rusby). Woomble's solo project provided a new outlet for folky songs that "would not have lived in Idlewild", according to the singer.
