Roddy Woomble

The first of an occasional series of live recordings from London's Kings Place, Roddy Woomble and his band make the most of the bespoke acoustics playing a lively set mixing folk and Americana with ease showcasing Woomble's evocative vocals and consummate gift for a tune.

2007 compilation from the Scottish Alternative rockers led by the oddly-named (but enormously talented) Roddy Woomble. A complete career overview, from the Noise-Punk of their debut album Hope Is Important to the softer, Alt-Rock sound of Warnings/Promises, this album is a fine introduction to the band's sound. Includes the tracks 'When I Argue I See Shapes', 'Little Discourage' and 'American English'. A limited edition version of the album was released which included a DVD. The DVD featured a documentary on the band, a live concert recorded in Aberdeen during 2007's Make Another World tour, and all the band's promotional videos.

Having taken a break in 2010 (the previous fifteen years seeing them turn from raucous cult curiosity to chart bothering national treasures) Friendship and the bind of their creativity brought Idlewild back together for 2015's Everything Ever Written. With it, came critical praise, an album in the top 20, and the band selling out venues as large as they ever had.

With Final Straw, Snow Patrol mainman Gary Lightbody seems to take all the inspiration he's gathered from the superstar collaborators in his Reindeer Section project and bundle it into a series of earnest bombastic rock ballads.

Scottish Jazz Awards finalists Rose Room have become one of Scotland’s leading ensembles influenced by the Gypsy Jazz genre. Sharing a love of Swing music and the style of the great Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, their“vigorous and vivacious” performances seem to go “down a storm” with any audience as their 1930s ‘Hot Club’ standards and self-penned originals are always served up with great energy and panache…

Scottish Jazz Awards finalists Rose Room have become one of Scotland’s leading ensembles influenced by the Gypsy Jazz genre. Sharing a love of Swing music and the style of the great Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, their “vigorous and vivacious” performances seem to go “down a storm” with any audience as their 1930s ‘Hot Club’ standards and self-penned originals are always served up with great energy and panache…