With his new album The Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society, featuring contributions from Alexis Taylor, KT Tunstall, The Pictish Trail and more, out this week, the Fife singer-songwriter writes us a special Baker's, cherry-picking favourite tracks from his old Edinburgh club night
Strange and brilliant music scenes are thriving in fecund pockets of creativity across the UK - especially outside of London, where costs are lower, gentrification is slower and networks are stronger. Ahead of our tQ Future Forum panel this Thursday, Daniel Dylan Wray talks to musicians and industry stalwarts about surviving and thriving in the provinces.