The Scottish musician has become one of the most lauded names on the European folk scene. Tim Cumming follows Polwart’s career from her trad band origins to the award-winning singer-songwriter we know today
The unmistakable smell of paraffin filled the air as a band of thirty Vikings lit their torches in the incongruous setting of a side street in the heart of Glasgow’s Merchant City, writes Caroline McKenzie. A small crowd of curious onlookers gathered, as squad members from.
It’s 550 years since the islands became part of Scotland, and the archipelago is still not for the faint-hearted. But it has inspired its own diverse music, where fiddles and accordions meet the sub-bass of the sea