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scottish

Last updated: Fri Oct 31 2025 04:35:14 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Scottish music refers to the traditional and contemporary music of Scotland, which includes various genres such as Scottish folk music, Celtic music, traditional Scottish pipe music, Gaelic music, and modern Scottish music. Scottish music has a rich history and includes various musical instruments, including bagpipes, fiddles, accordions, guitars, and drums. Traditional Scottish music is often characterized by its lively and upbeat tempo, while contemporary Scottish music is known for its fusion of traditional Scottish sounds with modern elements. Scottish music has also influenced other genres, such as country and rock music.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
48		1968-10	The Incredible String Band	The Big Huge	acid folk folk scottish	acid folk # 99
25		1978	Gerry Rafferty	City To City	soft rock rock classic rock	soft rock # 85
60		1978	Silly Wizard	Caledonia's Hardy Sons	celtic folk scottish
3		1979	Runrig	The Highland Connection	scottish
53		1981-04	Josef K	Sorry for Laughing	new wave post-punk scottish
85		1982-11	Orange Juice	Rip It Up	post-punk indie pop
1		1984	The Tannahill Weavers	Passage	celtic scottish
70		1984-10-19	Big Country	Steeltown	scottish
64		1985	Silly Wizard	The Best of Silly Wizard	scottish folk
33		1987	The Skids	Sweet Suburbia: The Best of The Skids	scottish
86		1987-05-01	Deacon Blue	Raintown	scottish
23		1987-05	Momus	The Poison Boyfriend	alternative alternative pop art pop avant-pop baroque pop britain british british underground britpop chamber pop electronic electronic pop experimental indie indie pop indie rock japan one man band one man project scotland scottish singer-songwriter soul	avant-pop # 55 electronic pop # 77 scotland # 79 britain # 90 one man band # 95 experimental indie # 95 one man project # 96 british underground # 99
39		1988	Runrig	Once in a Lifetime	celtic scottish
47		1989	Runrig	Searchlight	scottish
79		1989	Texas	Southside	pop scottish
81		1989	Deacon Blue	When The World Knows Your Name	scottish
38		1989-09-04	The Orchids	Lyceum	indie pop scottish
9		1991-05	The Orchids	Unholy Soul	british chamber pop indie pop scottish twee pop
41		1993	Runrig	Amazing Things	celtic celtic rock scottish	celtic rock # 82
2		1993	Capercaillie	Secret People	celtic folk scottish
13		1994	The Tannahill Weavers	Capernaum	celtic scottish
49		1994-06-20	Eddi Reader	Eddi Reader	female vocalists folk scottish
34		1995	Alasdair Fraser	Dawn Dance	celtic fiddle scottish	fiddle # 95
18		1996	Peatbog Faeries	Mellowosity	scottish
50		1996-06-06	Belle and Sebastian	Tigermilk	indie pop	indie pop # 17 twee pop # 45
28		1997	Capercaillie	Beautiful Wasteland	celtic folk scottish
90		1997-02-01	Texas	White On Blonde	pop scottish
88		1997-07-21	Teenage Fanclub	Songs From Northern Britain	rock scottish
91		1997-10-13	Belle and Sebastian	3..6..9 Seconds Of Light	chamber pop jangle pop scottish twee pop	chamber pop # 9 jangle pop # 47 twee pop # 76
82		1998	Belle and Sebastian	The Boy With the Arab Strap	indie pop	indie pop # 20 twee pop # 50
8		1998	Billy Connolly	Classic Connolly	scottish
96		1998	The Beta Band	The Three EP's	rock scottish
92		1998-04-20	Arab Strap	Philophobia	scottish indie rock	scotland # 83 glasgow # 95
26		1998-05-19	Douglas Spotted Eagle	Pray	fado flute irish scottish traditional world	fado # 62 flute # 74 traditional # 86
40		1998-06-08	The Delgados	Peloton	indie rock	glasgow # 97
11		1999	Oi Polloi	Fuaim Catha	scottish
42		1999	Runrig	In Search Of Angels	scottish
61		1999-05-03	Arab Strap	Mad For Sadness	indie rock scottish
35		1999-06-21	The Beta Band	The Beta Band	alternative rock	scotland # 86
30		2000	Clann An Drumma	Tried & True	scottish
57		2000-03-06	Geneva	Weather Underground	britpop indie rock scottish
80		2000-05-08	Looper	The Geometrid	scottish
73		2000-06-19	King Biscuit Time	No Style	scottish
27		2000-09-04	Capercaillie	Nàdurra	celtic folk scottish
10		2001	The Proclaimers	Best Of	scottish
84		2001	Travis	10 Songs	alternative britpop pop rock scottish
77		2002	The Irish Rovers	Another Round	celtic folk irish folk scottish	celtic # 6 irish folk # 92
19		2002	Emily Smith	A Day Like Today	celtic folk scottish
52		2002	Capercaillie	Live In Concert	scottish
16		2002-04-08	Del Amitri	Can You Do Me Good?	scottish
21		2002-04-15	Ballboy	All The Records On The Radio Are Shite	scottish
98		2002-10-14	The Delgados	Hate	scottish
17		2003	Rapalje	Rakish Paddies	celtic folk harmonica irish scottish traditional	traditional # 79 harmonica # 91
68		2003	Capercaillie	Choice Language	celtic scottish	celtic # 55
54		2003	The Proclaimers	The Best Of	scottish
58		2003-08-25	Runrig	Proterra	scottish folk rock
93		2003-09-01	The Proclaimers	Finest	rock folk pop
14		2003-09-29	King Creosote	Kenny and Beth's Musakal Boat Rides	indie folk scottish singer-songwriter
4		2003-10-06	Belle and Sebastian	Dear Catastrophe Waitress	indie pop	indie pop # 27
37		2003-10-20	Texas	Careful What You Wish For	pop alternative
99		2004	KT Tunstall	Black Horse And The Cherry Tree	female vocalists oldies pop rock scottish	oldies # 69
74		2004-04-26	The Beta Band	Heroes To Zeros	indie rock rock	indie electronic # 48
32		2004-06-01	Ballboy	The Royal Theatre	jangle pop scottish
45		2004-09-20	James Yorkston and The Athletes	Just Beyond the River	scottish
95		2004-09-20	The Delgados	Universal Audio	scottish
56		2004-12-13	KT Tunstall	Eye to the Telescope	female vocalists	female vocalists # 74
89		2005-01-01	Texas	Red Book	pop scottish
94		2005-02-15	Camera Obscura	I Love My Jean	scottish
71		2005-05-02	Marmaduke Duke	The Magnificent Duke	scottish
63		2005-05-23	Belle and Sebastian	Push Barman to Open Old Wounds	indie pop
67		2005-09-19	King Creosote	KC Rules OK	indie folk scottish
12		2006	Albannach	Albannach	scottish
43		2006-02-06	Belle and Sebastian	The Life Pursuit	indie pop	indie pop # 16
6		2006-03-06	My Latest Novel	Wolves	folk
55		2006-05-08	The Aliens	Alienoid Starmonica	scottish
44		2006-05-15	King Biscuit Time	Black Gold	scottish
75		2006-06-12	Sucioperro	Random Acts of Intimacy	alternative rock progressive rock scottish
66		2007	King Creosote	Bombshell	scottish singer-songwriter
36		2007-01-22	The View	Hats Off To The Buskers	indie rock
97		2007-01-22	Camera Obscura	If Looks Could Kill	female vocalists scottish
72		2007-03-26	Julie Fowlis	Cuilidh	celtic scottish folk	scotland # 8 celtic folk # 13
76		2007-09-28	Annie Lennox	Songs of Mass Destruction	rock pop scottish
7		2008-04-14	Ally Kerr	Off The Radar	indie pop pop scottish
87		2008-04-14	Frightened Rabbit	The Midnight Organ Fight	rock
20		2008-10	The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards	Auld Lang Syne	bagpipes scottish	bagpipes # 93
24		2009	Biffy Clyro	Only Revolutions (Deluxe Version)	male vocalists scottish
100		2009-05-29	Paolo Nutini	Sunny Side Up	scottish	british # 11
5		2009-06-15	We Were Promised Jetpacks	These Four Walls	indie rock
51		2009-10-17	Rod Stewart	Soulbook	jazz pop soul scottish
65		2010-10-12	Belle and Sebastian	Write about Love	indie pop chamber pop rock	twee pop # 44 chamber pop # 68
29		2011-04-29	Twin Atlantic	Free	alternative rock rock
78		2013-01-23	Biffy Clyro	Opposites (Deluxe)	rock alternative alternative rock
15		2013-01-25	Frightened Rabbit	Quietly Now!	acoustic alternative scottish
69		2013-04-20	Biffy Clyro	Ellipsis (Deluxe)	rock alternative alternative rock
46		2013-05-27	The Pastels	Slow Summits	rock	glasgow # 98
59		2013-05-27	KT Tunstall	Toons March '03	alternative british folk folk rock pop scottish
62		2014-04-14	The Amazing Snakeheads	Amphetamine Ballads	rock scottish
22		2015-07-07	Party Cannon	Bong Hit Hospitalisation	brutal death metal death metal metal scotland scottish	scotland # 77
31		2015-09-18	Lucie Silvas	Letters To Ghosts	folk pop scottish
83		2020-05-29	Vistas	Everything Changes in the End	scottish

Related genres

• folk
• celtic
• rock
• alternative
• scotland
• british
• male vocalists
• glasgow
• pop
• electronic