Like The Jetpacks, Twin Atlantic’s dates at South by Southwest this year form part of a huge tour that will see them play all over the US and Canada. Full tour dates can be found on the Scotland on Tour page, with more on their SXSW shows below.

This week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News, Douglas Henshall gives a new interview, stills from Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson’s new dragon film, John Barrowman on the One Show, Kevin McKidd at the Celebrity World Poker Tournament and Ewan McGregor plays the bagpipes on the Ellen show.

The Cinematics continue their European tour this week with dates in the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary. Radio Scotland’s Vic Galloway has more on Dingwall’s finest and all the Scottish gigs abroad this week:

Each Sunday we present some of the best new photos of Scotland in the gloaming, the magical time before sunrise or after sunset. This week featuring images of North Uist, South Uist, Portobello Beach and North Berwick.

Mitchell Museum have an album finished and simmering away (and sounding extremely good).  By way of warming us up and also giving a home to some of the songs which became orphaned along the way, the band are giving away an EP, which you can download from their Bandcamp page.

Though initially accepted and confirmed for SXSW 2010, London based Scottish band Django Django sadly were not able to get visas issued in time. Dave and Tommy spoke with Dear Scotland earlier this month when it looked like they were heading to Texas. It’s a really funny interview and hopefully they’ll make it next time.

One of Scotland’s most cherished and most popular singer songwriters will be making their first appearance at South by Southwest in 2010. Colin MacIntyre, formerly the driving force behind the Mull Historical Society, also happens to be one of the nicest men in pop. SXSW show details are below:

On Friday morning I arrived at Heathrow’s overrated Terminal 5 and picked up a broadsheet in the BA Lounge. I head straight for the back page, as usual, and all I see are articles and opinions on an announcement that Tiger Woods is – wait for it! – going to make an announcement later that […]

As we’ve already mentioned on Dear Scotland, the Scots invented rap music, so it is no surprise that Edinburgh’s Young Fathers are widely tipped to be the next hip hop superstars to emerge from the UK. Young Fathers will be making their first appearance at SXSW in 2010.