• By the Time I Get To Greenock “When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have” – Edgar Watson Howe. Having been coaxed out of ‘self imposed exile’ by Dear Scotland, this was the first of many brilliant articles by Alec Downie on the joys of Scottish music . Happy Birthday Alec. Alec Downie
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    December 30, 2009
  • Biffy Clyro New Album and European Tour Biffy Clyro, the hardest working band in showbusiness, are back with a new album and a massive European tour. They will first support Muse in an Arena tour before headlining their own shows through December.  Full tour and ticket details are below along with the video for the new single ‘Captains’ . Mon the Biffy. Shiner
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    October 1, 2009
  • Vic Galloway’s Cover Version Special This week on his BBC Radio Scotland show, Vic devoted the entire two hours to his favourite cover versions. This included exclusive session track covers from Scottish bands The View, My Latest Novel, the 1990s and Camera Obscura which might well cause Alec to reconsider his top 20 list. Shiner
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    September 10, 2009
  • By the Time I Get To Greenock   “When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have” – Edgar Watson Howe Following our tragic national tradition that sees our brightest minds scattered like wilting heather around the globe, I recently put myself into self imposed exile in Didim Turkey and spent 21 months […] Alec Downie
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    June 24, 2009