- Interview with Broken Records Edinburgh’s Broken Records will likely appear on many “Best of 2009″ lists this year with their debut album “Until the Earth Begins to Part”. Acclaim for the band continues to grow and last week, guitarist and glockenspielist Ian Turnbull spoke to Dear Scotland ahead of a European tour that starts in Heidelberg on September 22.
- Interview with Gordon McQueen Now a Sky Sports pundit and a scout for Middlesborough, Scotland legend Gordon McQueen sat down with James Rogers to discuss a controversial career that included playing under Brian Clough at Leeds, leaving Elland Road to join rivals Man Utd and a certain Scotland v England match at Wembley in 1977.
- Interview with Andy Gray – Part 2 Now a highly regarded football analyst, it is easy to forget that Andy Gray was also a formidable striker in his day. In the 2nd part of an exclusive interview with Dear Scotland, Andy talks about Jock Stein, missing out on the Scotland World Cup squads and how he would fare as a player today.
- Quiet Please.…. it’s Primal Scream I’m walking towards the Atelier in Luxembourg. It is Monday August 17th. Primal Scream are in town and about to play a gig here. It is apparently their first visit to the country. Their latest studio album is entitled Beautiful Future ; their 9th album on the trot. An eighty foot bus with only the luminosity […]
- Interview with Burnley Manager Owen Coyle Burnley were in Southern California recently for a friendly with PDL side Ventura Fusion. After the game Regan Jackson spoke with Owen Coyle about scouting in LA, Scottish managers and how it felt to be offered the Celtic job.
- Interview with Kenny McColl of the Tartan Specials AC/DC, The Eagles and U2 will play Hampden Park this summer. Now add the Tartan Specials to that list. The Tartan Army troubadours play in Oslo tonight and have been asked to play at half-time during Scotland’s last two home World Cup qualifiers. We caught up with Tartan Specials bass player, Brooklyn resident and occasional […]
- Interview with Andy Gray – Part 1 Former Scotland striker and Sky Sports / ESPN commentator Andy Gray was in New York recently for a charity dinner and he took some time to speak to Dear Scotland about scoring his first goal for Scotland, being an expat Scot and what he misses about home.
- Manda Rin Interview and Japanese Show As the frontwoman for Bis, Manda Rin was the inspirational leader of the Teen-C revolution. Together with Sci-Fi Steven and John Disco, Bis toured the world selling over 100,000 albums in Japan alone. Manda released her first solo album last year and yesterday spoke to Dear Scotland ahead of a return to Japan next week.