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And Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummer is…
…Paul Thomson of Franz Ferdinand, according to the readers of Dear Scotland (and a few thousand new visitors). Congratulations to Paul who joins guitarist Stuart Adamson in our Greatest Ever Scottish Supergroup.
November 25, 2009
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Interview with James Hamilton of Errors
A popular choice among fellow musicians for the Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummer shortlist was James Hamilton from Errors, who received high profile endorsements from the likes of Stuart Braithwaite and John Disco of Bis. This week we spoke with James about being nominated, touring with Mogwai and the other Scottish drummers who have influenced him:
November 20, 2009
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Vote for Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummer
Once again, a huge thanks to everyone who suggested names for Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummer through Facebook, Twitter and the comments section. The final five as selected by our contributors, and influenced by our readers, are Iain Bayne, James Hamilton, Ben Johnston, Ted Mckenna and Paul Thomson. The poll closes on Tuesday at midnight.
November 18, 2009
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Interview with John Maclean of The Aliens
The Aliens have been described as “the sound of sunny Scotland” and they’ll be taking their radiant tunes to snowy Switzerland next month. John Maclean travelled the world with the Beta Band before forming The Aliens and he recently spoke to us about being on the road, and being Scottish:
November 13, 2009
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Interview with Twin Atlantic
Twin Atlantic were definitely one of the buzz bands at the CMJ Festival last month and tomorrow night the Glasgow band will kick off a European tour with The Fall of Troy in Germany. Tour details follow an interview that drummer Craig Neale gave us ahead of the band’s first ever New York gigs.
November 7, 2009
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Interview with Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai
The world premiere of Mogwai’s new film ‘Burning’, recorded live in Brooklyn earlier this year, will take place next week in Copenhagen with Stuart Braithwaite playing a DJ set after the screening. Yesterday, Stuart, one of Scotland’s greatest ever guitarists, answered a few of our questions and let us know who would get his vote.
November 6, 2009
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Vote for Scotland’s Greatest Ever Guitarist
Many thanks to everyone who took the time to share their thoughts last week. It was incredibly difficult for us to narrow the field down to five, but in the end the Dear Scotland contributors settled on Adamson, Braithwaite, Jansch, Robertson and Young. This poll will close in exactly one week. So vote now.
November 4, 2009
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Interview with Dananananaykroyd
Vic Galloway said on these pages that Dananananaykroyd are “one of, if not, the best live bands on the planet right now”. They’ll prove it again in Glasgow on Sunday night and in France next month. Drummer Paul Carlin recently spoke to Dear Scotland about taking inspiration from Eddie Izzard, Gloria Estefan and The Krankies:
October 30, 2009
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Who is Scotland’s Greatest Ever Guitarist?
Inspired by Alec’s column last week, we think it is time to decide once and for all who is Scotland’s greatest ever guitarist. This week we invite more of your suggestions and next week we’ll nominate 5 for a public vote. Today Glaswegian singer-songwriter Roddy Hart tells us why he’s endorsing John Martyn.
October 28, 2009
