Scottish music.

[Scottishbychoice]

So I'm English by birth but Scottish by choice having met my first H , a Glasgow highlander, when I was 20 and moved.to Scotland when I was 24. That's almost 50 years ago.

I'm sat here listening to a Corries LP, not something I do very often. But having
been introduced to them in the early 1970s before I moved to Scotland and having seen them a couple of times in concert in Newcastle, I have a real love of them. And of Flower of Scotland.
I love listening to them occasionally, and Hamish Imlach and Silly Wizard and Runrig etc.

H knew so many people who were talented fiddlers and accordion players, and who I was introduced to when I was younger

I just wondered to what extent other Scottish people feel about music that is peculiarly Scottish. Whether it has a big part of their lives. Or whether my love of it is just fashioned by nostalgia.

Big fans of King Creosote in this house. And 'Caledonia' by Dougie MacLean always brings a tear

Oh yes I agree about Caledonia - it 's beautiful.

Many thanks for all the suggestions everybody
I'm going to save the thread and make sure I listen to everything.

Saw Amy McDonald last night in Brussels-she did an amazing version of The Glen by Beluga Lagoon and was really bigging them up. Must check them out.

I do like many Scottish artists, my favourite is Skerryvore, I’m planning on going to the Tiree music festival once I retire, we fancy spending the summer up north

Timelines and Runrig are also on my Spotify playlists

Tidelines! That’s autocorrect for you

Love all the older stuff too, but my modern listens are Tidelines and Peat and Diesel!

Also listen to Take The Floor every Saturday night. :)

There's an apple podcast you might like called Free Foot-stomping Scottish Music.

For me it's indie artists like Franz Ferdinand and Idlewild as they were popular when I was in high school, so their music was a big part of my teenage years.