Features
Year of Creative Scotland 2012
A year long programme of events to celebrate Scotland’s world class culture and creativity will run throughout 2012.
Bagpipe quiz
Bagpipe rockers the Red Hot Chilli Pipers have helped us create a music quiz with a difference. Can you name that tune?
Piping Hot!
Every August sees the Piping Live! Festival return to Glasgow. We look at the annual event and the history of the bagpipes in popular culture.
Jazz it up
Scotland is bursting with talented jazz and blues artists and plays host to vibrant festivals in some unusual, and offbeat locations.
Scottish Music - Living Legacy
Scottish traditional and folk music is as popular and influential today as it ever has been.
Voices from Scotland's past
A new digital archive contains thousands of hours of recordings of Scottish voices
Studying music in Scotland
With a vibrant music scene and buoyant music industry it will come as no surprise that Scotland is a world-class leader in music education too.
The Gaels: Alive and Kicking
The new flowering of the Gaels in Scotland.