Good Stuff In Between

Innes Strachan has conquered the musical world as electro-trad pioneers Niteworks . Four years after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis he has used the diagnosis to push on with a long planned new project, electro-pop act LUSA , collaborating with co-songwriter Donald Macdonald, vocalist Beth Malcolm, fellow Niteworks founder Ruairidh Graham, Laura Wilkie on strings, Keir Long on piano and ac...

Seán McLaughlin has a pedigree of critically acclaimed music that takes in working alongside the likes of Idlewild ' s Rod Jones on The Birthday Suit , with his own band Dante and now a brand new project, Seán R. McLaughlin and The Wind-Up Crows . Ahead of the launch of their first album Goodnight, Lad he sits down with podcast host Shaun Milne to discuss the inspiration behind the new music, coll...

Katie Macdonald has been immersed in the music business all her life. From family to friends, to clients and concerts, hers is a career that saw her break new ground for female leadership in the industry responsible for some of the best attended events in the world. She can reel off names of colleagues and people she has supported like others would read a playlist. The famous, the uber famous, and...

Kevin Mackay 's career could have gone in many directions including politics, international relations or his first love, music and touring. In the end he's managing to do them all at once as the first Sustainability Co-ordinator for live entertainment giants DF Concerts and Events . He talks to Shaun Milne about what may be one of the most important jobs in the industry, the ripple effects and wha...

Craig Corse is the founder of CCM Live , one of the world's leading folk-based music agencies, representing artists such as Siobhan Miller, Talisk, Blazin' Fiddles, Rura, Saltfishforty, Madison Violet, Mec Lir to name a few. He also helps steer the Orkney Folk festival, Scotland Expo and is a regular feature at Celtic Connections and industry talks around the world. He talks about where his journe...

What's involved in ensuring a live music festival comes together as planned, safely and on time? That's what Episode 4 of the podcast finds out as host Shaun Milne chats with Iain Macphail , Site Manager and Board Member of the Hebridean Celtic Festival ( Heb Celt ) alongside his role as MD and Chief Visionary of the IDM Group Scotland consisting of IDM Energy, IDM Heb and IDM Safety Solutions. He...

Irish singer-songwriter Mima Merrow first burst onto the music scene with her debut single 'Freckles' which was soon followed by her debut EP in 2020 called 'Good Grief' seeing her catch the attention of programmers at the BBC who were soon playing her songs on air long before she delivered her first album ' Almost Home ' in 2022. A native of Belfast, she now calls Glasgow home, and a busy summer...

Willie Campbell is one of Scotland's most respected and loved singer songwriters with a career that saw him achieve early success as a teenager as part of rising stars Astrid working with the likes of Edwyn Collins and touring with Belle and Sebastian. He was a founding member of the Reindeer Section with Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol , and has gone on to work on films, produce music, share his...

Naomi Hollas helps lead some of the best known music festivals in the UK from Belladrum , HebCelt and The Reeling to having worked at Leeds Festival , Celtic Connections and with DF Concerts . She is often seen chairing speaking conferences in Europe and founded Event Grads , the 2000+ strong future event leader community. With the summer season upon us, she joins Shaun Milne in looking back to ho...