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
Titularly not a single artist or what could be described as a "band", this is a collaboration of three of Scotland's top musicians. The poetic vocals and song writing prowess of Scottish rockers Idlewild's front man, Roddy Woomble combines with acclaimed folk musician Kris Drever and superlative fiddle player and fellow folkster John McCusker. Having appeared on several mixes and other collaborations with other artists individually the three chose to work together to produce their "début" album "Before the Ruin" released in September 2008.
Sparrow and the Workshop are a threepiece alt folk/country/indie outfit based in Glasgow, formed in the dew of January 2008 under the heavy fog of yeast from the Tennents Factory. The American/Scottish/Welsh trio play a stripped-down drumkit, a crashbox, a very white bass, a smallish acoustic guitar, a mellow yellow electric slide guitar and occasionally an old french violin. Tinged with elements of country and folk but incorporating a huge range of references from motor city to Seattle, their sound ranges from punky and harsh to sparse and sensitive...
"The Led Zeppelin of the folk world"
- The Scotsman
"The U2 of their genre"
- Grampian TV
"Blazin Fiddles are doing for Scottish fiddle music what Trainspotting did for their film industry"
- Halifax Herald
"Absolutely mindblowing"
- Mike Harding BBC Radio 2
Big George, aka George Webley is best known for doing the music for the BBC TV series "The Office".
Be A Familiar are a 7-piece band from Glasgow, Scotland. Their optimistic pop rock sound is made up of boy-girl vocals, guitars, drums, cello, trumpet and piano.
Mànran are a band from Scotland, formed in 2010. Their music features guitar, accordion, fiddle, Highland pipes, Uilleann pipes, flute and drums, and songs in Gaelic.
The band members are Norrie MacIver, Gary Innes, Ewen Henderson, Calum Stewart, Ross Saunders and Scott Mackay.
Mànran released their first single, "Latha Math", in January 2011. http://manran.co.uk