7 h. ago Scottish rappers, deaf composers and an AI song called Zygotic Washstands: the biggest hoaxes in pop

Ex-Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür was conned into believing he was collaborating with a member of Daft Punk – but it’s far from the first time musicians and audiences have been fooledIt all started as an unsolicited Facebook message, which may have been the first sign of foul play – and led to Wolfgang Flür, ex-member of Kraftwerk, believing that he was collaborating with Thomas Bangalter, formerly one half of Daft Punk.Someone posing as Bangalter contacted Flür on Facebook, complimented his music and asked for a signed copy of his album Magazine 1. Flür happily obliged. He said the person told him, referring to Daft Punk: “Without Kraftwerk we would not find our own robot style, being on stage with the helmets”. Believing they were Bangalter, Flür then asked the person if they would like to work on some tracks. The impersonator agreed and sent over demos for the songs, which were worked up into a two new Flür tracks billed as featuring “Thomas Vangarde”, supposedly a new alias of B...

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64 h. ago Caledonia songwriter to perform at traditional Scottish music festival

Creator of Scotland’s “unofficial national anthem” reflects on his career ahead of Glasgow gig

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4 d. ago Mark Bonnar: ‘I wanted to be a historian, then a drummer, and then I just wanted to be employed’ | Q&A

The actor on how an aside about sex became big news, getting let off for weed, and crying at advertsBorn in Edinburgh, Mark Bonnar, 56, studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In 2017, he won a best actor Bafta Scotland for his role in Unforgotten, and his other TV work spans Line of Duty, Catastrophe and the Netflix series Department Q, which is released in May. His films include Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, Operation Mincemeat and Last Breath, which is out now. He is married to actor Lucy Gaskell, has two children and lives in Hertfordshire.What is your greatest fear? That we’re all going to hell in a handcart and Trump is driving. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago The recipe of a rock renaissance: Rock music voted top soundtrack of the kitchen in Scotland

Forget the bikes, burger vans and the rock clubs – and get the spaghetti, olive oil and aprons out! The kitchen is the new home of rock for Scottish music fans, according to new research.

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1 week ago How a Scottish island music festival where trad and techno meet took on the world

Skye Live marks it 10th anniversary this May with its bold musical programme paying off for the organisers.

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2 w. ago The 'lost era' of music by iconic and 'powerful' Scottish folk singer

The music of Scottish folk musician Dick Gaughan is set to be available on an eight-disc box set

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2 w. ago Maxim Emelyanychev unveils the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's 2025/26 Season

The SCO’s bold new season will see the orchestra and its principal conductor crossing stylistic borders with quixotic abandon, writes Ken Walton

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3 w. ago Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody says it took him a year to cry after father’s death

The singer said he would be ‘absolutely delighted’ if his new book, detailing his grief, helped somebody ‘in some small way’.

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last month Watch: The Scottish Chamber Orchestra Digital Season Part Three: Ruth Gipps, Seascape

The Scotsman is pleased to present the third concert in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 2024/25 Digital Season - Ruth Gipps Seascape

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