Happy International Women’s Day. Here are some musical heroes of mine.

Welcome to the Lands of Shadows. A bit like Honeybus meets The Left Banke. youtu.be/gTQ6xoWN_iE?...

I love @paulmccartney342.bsky.social. I have dreams about meeting him fairly regularly and they are always good dreams. Here’s one of my major McCartney favourites. youtu.be/pPFTvl5oGI0?...

Radhika 'Feline Bandits' March 13 🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @glassmodernr.bsky.social @bmxbanditsduglas.bsky.social @thepastels.bsky.social @gidcoe.bsky.social @goldenglades.bsky.social @wishimage.bsky.social @finlaymacdonald.bsky.social @heidianneberry.bsky.social @emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social youtu.be/iDzdPygbAtU?...

I love this clip of Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby and Bing’s son Harry, on guitar, doing Carole King’s You’ve Got a Friend. It might be a little bit corny but sometimes a little corny can feel good. youtu.be/ja4mWdzn0m8?...

Come on down 7pm GMT Sunday March 8 11am California 2pm New York 8pm Paris 4am Tokyo (March 9) 7pm Glasgow @glassmodernr.bsky.social @thepastels.bsky.social @bmxbanditsduglas.bsky.social @finlaymacdonald.bsky.social glassmodern.bandcamp.com/live/collaps...?

The new Quad 90 single Opaque is out now and it is a beauty. @lnfg.bsky.social @creepingbent.bsky.social youtu.be/86f3NjTL8Qc?...

Happy birthday Cindy Wilson. One of my all time top tracks. youtu.be/BaG6XgtQSc8?...

Happy Birthday Bernadette Peters. Here is the flip side of a 1967 single by Bernadette. The A side is good but this side, written by Brute Force and produced by John Simon, is way better and more eccentric. youtu.be/aA3ZwdUOrfU?...

Goodnight Neil Sedaka. He wrote some incredible songs, this is one of my favourites and I’ve covered it live a few times. It’s one of those melodies that feels so wonderful to sing. youtu.be/rhxg8AcvqC8?...

Dear Pop friends going to see Belle & Sebastian in Paris, My favourite contemporary artist Sofie Royer is opening for B&S on the 27th & 28th. Please trust me on this and try to catch her set(s), I really think she is something very special.

Goodnight Pete Dello. Here is one of his most beautiful songs. youtu.be/ih4zwp-0GeQ?...

A lovely clip of me performing Just a Memory (Mais Do Que Valsa), from BMX Bandits Forever, with my friends Honey & the Herbs (Rory Haye, Gavin Thomson, Andrew Pattie and Adam Stearns). 10 years ago at The Tron Theatre in Glasgow. youtu.be/tYxlf7S7lP0?...

We opened for JONNY at a Frets Concerts event in Strathaven on Friday night and of course they were brilliant. I was delighted they included this one in their set as it is a big favourite of mine. youtu.be/UDoMck-A9FE?...

Kenneth Williams was born on this day 100 years ago. Here’s a lovely photo of him with his mother Louie.

A fuller, extended review of last night's Jonny/BMX Bandits gig in Strathaven. jocknroll.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/j... #GirlsResultsOnTour #TeenageFanclub #EurosChilds #NormanBlake @bmxbanditsduglas.bsky.social

Belle & Sebastian Tiger Milk in Troon was really something special. It unlocked so many precious memories and emotions. And this, the first song I heard by them, is as magical as it sounded to me on first hearing it. youtu.be/_2OcymYkkqI?...

Jonny (Norman Blake and Euros Childs) will be in concert this Friday 20th Feb at the Strathaven Hotel (BMX Bandits will be performing an opening set). There are only 10 tickets remaining, if you fancy coming along tickets are available at this link: wegottickets.com/event/685253

Goodnight Robert Duvall. Such a impactful and deeply affecting film debut performance. youtu.be/iRmIef02Ajk?...

Happy 91st Birthday Edda Dell’Orso. The voice of so much of my favourite music from Italian Cinema. Here’s a wonderful theme named for her, and featuring her, by Berto Pisano. youtu.be/CPg6FfdG8Pc?...

Great session - 24th March 2014 Neil Innes - @marcrileydj.bsky.social show Uploaded By #FruiterThanThou @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @scotspostpunk.bsky.social @itsonlyrockandroll.bsky.social @singingconductor.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XbV...

From 1994, one of my favourite Scottish pop recordings. I loved it from the first time I heard it and my love for it has grown over the years. The Orchids are still making great pop records, their most recent album Dreaming Kind might be their best yet. youtu.be/XdAFoOxSuFo?...

BMX Bandits will be appearing live at FRETS next Friday 20th Feb in the Strathaven hotel, playing a special guest opening slot with Jonny (Norman Blake & Euros Childs). There aren’t many tickets left for FRETS next Friday, here’s the link: wegottickets.com/event/685253

National Park playing live with wor_kspace and Gerard Love DJ. Get tickets here: wegottickets.com/event/692983

Rory and I playing at Mono in Glasgow as BMX Bandits duo on Thursday night. A lovely event, the other acts, The Cords and Supersun were really great. Looking forward to playing for Frets Concerts in Strathaven on the 20th with JONNY (a.k.a. Norman & Euros). photo @alasdairmcdougall.bsky.social

Goodnight Harold. Goodnight Bud Cort.

Happy birthday Momus. youtu.be/wj1p9G9N76Q?...

Burt Bacharach has been gone 3 years now. youtu.be/3duP1cYdx8o?...

It’s Chloe’s birthday. ❤️ Here’s one she wrote earlier. youtu.be/7KtFIKNz_g8

QUAD90 thrilled to be performing at the Pop At The Lock festival - fantastic line up.

Two weeks away. Get your tickets here wegottickets.com/event/685253

The weekend starts here with The Action performing Shadows and Reflections on the Swiss TV show Hits à Gogo in January 1968. Watch the full programme at youtu.be/gWg6arnoOIs

One of my favourite tracks of recent years is this one from twin sisters Anisha & Jenaya Okpalanze a.k.a Surely Shirley. Very Curt Boettcher-esque to my ears and that’s a very good thing. youtu.be/qtiAzROWN8s?...

フィンレイ・マクドナルド(元ティーンエイジ・ファンクラブ/BMX バンディッツ) wor_kspaceの新アルバム『Collapsing The Wave Function』がもうすぐリリース😍 @glassmodern.bsky.social のBandcampから予約でサイン入りCDがお手元に届きます👍 発送は2月20日頃〜 glassmodern.bandcamp.com/album/collap... @finlaymacdonald.bsky.social

Eddie Marcon‘s beautiful Japanese language version of Nora Guthrie’s Home Before Dark. youtu.be/QfcTbQfWtec?...

Vive la France Gall 💜

Remembering Joe Meek youtu.be/3ZlbImPr1uM?...

Possibly my favourite bit of BMX Bandits live footage ever. 10 years ago in London with Sean guesting on omnichord. Thank you again to Ruthie for capturing this. youtu.be/61jAZAjz42A?...

I loved seeing Matthew Bourne’s ballet of The Red Shoes yesterday in Glasgow, based on the classic Powell & Pressburger film. I was overwhelmed in the best possible way by its magic and beauty. It’s on tour until May. youtu.be/5KHDQtM5CWk?...

Just two weeks to go. Don’t delay, get your tickets today. The Cords, BMX Bandits duo and Supersun plus Holly Calder spinning top tunes on the decks. All for just £15. February 12th, Mono, Glasgow www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Gla...

Goodnight Catherine O’Hara. This scene made me a fan of her singing. I was already a fan of her acting. youtu.be/nCd0D5Fv9SE?...

I discovered the first two Alan Vega solo albums before I heard Suicide. Those albums were a definite influence on our early band The Pretty Flowers. Here is a big favourite of mine from his recently reissued self titled solo debut. youtu.be/2nxCodtSows?...

Today is Robert Wyatt’s 81st birthday. He is one of the greatest pop singers ever, I am so envious of what he can do with a song. This is certainly one of my top Robert Wyatt recordings, possibly my number one. Great use of mellotron too. youtu.be/tdVkqLrsr4M?...

BMX Bandits will be in concert at FRETS on Fri 20th Feb, performing a duo set as special guests of Jonny (Norman Blake & Euros Childs), who’ll be playing songs from their Jonny/ Teenage Fanclub/ Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci catalogue at the Strathaven Hotel. Tix: wegottickets.com/event/685253

Happy birthday to the magnificent Robert Wyatt. Here he is performing I'm a Believer on #TOTP in 1974. The show's producer asked him to perform in a wicker chair because a wheelchair "was not suitable for family viewing". Robert told him where to go

Great BBC interview with Norman Blake & Euros Childs discussing the creation of their Jonny album. They’ll be in concert at FRETS on Fri 20th Feb playing songs by Jonny/ Teenage Fanclub/ Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci) at the Strathaven Hotel. Ticket: wegottickets.com/event/685253 youtu.be/svgplMumho4?...

Sad to hear Sly Dunbar has left this world. Sly & Robbie played with so many greats, Lee Perry to Bob Marley, Grace Jones & Bob Dylan. 17 yrs ago some friends and I got to perform live with them. It was mind blowing and fun. Here’s one of my favourite tracks featuring them. youtu.be/Js9XVGQ4-f0?...

I’m glad to see Brian Wilson’s other great lost masterpiece, 1977’s Adult/ Child, is finally getting an official release (as part of a box set). Here I am more than a quarter of a century ago singing a song from it. youtu.be/uV_q0aV32us?...

BMX Bandits are playing the REPLAY a festival in Perth on August 15th. Acts also playing that day include Altered Images, 10cc and Natalie Imbruglia. Here is a link to more info and to tickets: replayfest.co.uk/lineup/bmx-b...

Goodnight Margaret Ross of The Cookies. She sang lead on I Never Dreamed, a track that I have sometimes thought might be the greatest thing ever recorded. youtu.be/H5tvLQrSaNI?...