Scotland has always shared the limelight with Ireland when it comes to both traditional and contemporary folk. It’s difficult to put your finger on why both countries excel so much.
Being a matter of weeks away from being more than halfway through my twenties, I’m having a mid-early-life crisis and becoming a right cynical old arsehole.
Much like an aged single malt, The Scottish Enlightenment are a smooth yet potentially explosive proposition.
For all the stereotypes of Glastonbury being a muddy bog each year, it’s ever so slightly ironic that most people would have killed for a little of the wet stuff this year.
Listening to this embarrassingly deluxe box-set, it’s hard not to lament on what an incredible band Arab Strap really were.
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