4 d. ago Music fans name their 'favourite Scottish musicians' of all time

Scotland has birthed many musical icons and these are the best ones, according to locals

Politics

5 d. ago Wife of Scottish musician 'assaulted' by angry 'bagpipe Karen' after he started playing

A federal judge's wife was arrested when she told a Scottish musician to pipe down when he was playing his beloved instrument in a park in Texas, US, and attacked his wife who recorded the row

Events

6 d. ago Scottish musician's wife assaulted by 'bagpipe Karen' in shocking outburst in Texas park

As the situation escalated, Scott Gibb's wife witnessed the argument unfold and decided to begin recording the pair herself.

Events

7 d. ago Sir Rod Stewart says 'I wish they wouldn't' as he makes Glastonbury complaint ahead of set

The Scottish musician is playing on the same day as Olivia Rodrigo

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1 week ago Jacob Alon: In Limerence review – dreamy story songs of myth and melancholy

(Island)The Scottish songwriter delivers a confident, well-expressed debut even if their songs sometimes stray into overfamiliar indie-folk territoryThe title of Scottish indie-folk musician Jacob Alon’s delicate debut album may seem ironic: the phrase describes an intense kind of desire, and Alon’s music can be shatteringly desolate and lonely, their voice and fingerpicked guitar conveying isolation and introversion with raw clarity. But In Limerence makes a strong case for its name: isn’t desire, Alon seems to ask, one of the most incurably lonely feelings of all? These story songs – about youthful infatuation, reckless hedonism and one-sided obsession – are brittle and wounded, each zeroing in on a different strain of disappointment or heartache.Alon was born in Dunfermline, Fife, a city tucked between pockets of forest, and they play up the organic, semi-mystical nature of their music, performing in wings and Midsummer Night’s Dream-esque wreaths; In Limerence’s lyric sheet is f...

Politics

1 week ago Thug, 33, who hurled a pint glass at a pregnant Wetherspoon barmaid after she refused to serve him is jailed

Ben Kelly, 33, hurled the glass across the bar in a shocking outburst at the Up Steps Inn in Oldham town centre - leaving the woman, who was just four weeks pregnant, with a painful lump on her face.

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2 w. ago Husband attacked his wife’s coworker with brass knuckles while she watched Pacers game at his house: report

James R. Hopkins of Muncie, Indiana, faces multiple charges after allegedly assaulting his estranged wife’s coworker during a NBA playoff game at the coworker's home.

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2 w. ago Quinie: Forefowk, Mind Me review – collecting songs on horseback, this Scottish musician is alive with ideas

(Upset the Rhythm)With folk songs gathered from a gallop across Argyll, Josie Vallely’s album is a resonant tribute to her ancestral landTravellers’ songs sung in Scots are the focus of Josie Vallely, a gutsy, Glasgow-based artist performing as Quinie (pronounced “q-why-nee”; “young woman” in the Doric dialect), whose third album acknowledges ancestors watching over her. It includes traditional singers Lizzie Higgins, Jeannie Robertson and Sheila Stewart, whose rawness drones, speaks and soars over these 11 varied tracks, mixing tunes from fiddles, Gaelic sean-nós singing, and canntaireachd (the vocal mimicry of pipe music).Quinie collected these songs from people using a method that fits the album’s strange, rustic mood: she rode her horse, Maisie, across Argyll (“you pay attention to all your senses, have different conversations with people and connect to older ways of doing things,” she writes in the liner notes of this journey; she’s also made a 15-minute film). On Auld Horse, h...

Culture

2 w. ago Musician scarred for life in horror slashing attack after masked stranger storms stage

Guitarist and singer Craig Scott has opened up on his mental health battle.

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2 w. ago Police chief assaulted wife in bid to stop her reading WhatsApp messages revealing affair with junior colleague, misconduct panel finds

Chief Superintendent Karl Wilson, 51, was cleared of the assault at court last week. But a disciplinary panel has now found him guilty of gross misconduct.

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2 w. ago Bargain Hunt auctioneer confirms return to television after winning court case

Auctioneer was accused of coercive behaviour and assault by his wife

Economics

3 w. ago Thousands ordered to shelter in place as chemical leak spreads across Texas

A potentially deadly chemical leak at an industrial park in Texas has sparked a shelter-in-place order for thousands of people. Officials revealed there were several injuries.

Politics

3 w. ago Taxi driver who claims he was 'assault victim' had 'intimidated David Lammy's wife with a KNIFE after demanding extra cash for taking the Foreign Secretary from Italy to French ski resort' 

A taxi driver who claimed to be the victim of an assault at the hands of British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been accused of intimidating his wife with a knife

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3 w. ago Taxi driver says he was 'the victim of assault' when David Lammy and his wife 'refused to pay £590 fare after driving them from Italy to French ski resort'

The driver said he collected Lammy and his wife on April 10 at the town of Forli near Bologna after they had accompanied King Charles and Queen Camilla on a three-day state visit to Italy

Economics