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Edwyn Collins

March 2023

  • The Libertines at Barfly in Camden, north London, 2003

    ‘It was nuts what we got away with’: remembering the 00s UK indie explosion

    As the film Meet Me in the Bathroom relives the glory days of the Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, fans and musicians recall the sweat, swagger and skinny jeans that made the British scene they inspired even wilder

August 2019

  • Edwyn Collins performing at Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow University Wednesday 28th August 2019 Pictured: Edwyn Collins

    Edwyn Collins review – soulful inspiration still ripping it up

    At times using his walking stick as a conductor’s baton, Collins may have turned 60 but he’s not letting up in this cracking show

May 2019

  • Edwyn Collins

    This much I know
    Edwyn Collins: ‘Everything changed when my stroke happened’

    The singer, 59, tells James McMahon about his angry youth, the joy of being alive, his new record and birdwatching all day

March 2019

  • Edwyn Collins.

    Edwyn Collins: Badbea – a joyous comeback

  • Edwyn Collins press photos 2019

    Edwyn Collins: Badbea review – arch punk provocateur ages defiantly

June 2018

  • Orange Juice Posed In London<br>LONDON: Orange Juice posed in London in 1985. L-R Edwyn Collins, Zeke Manyika (Photo by Mike Prior/Redferns)

    'We like a party!' – why is Scottish pop so potent?

    It all started 60 years ago with the line: ‘There’s a moose loose aboot this hoose!’ But is the eccentric spirit that unites Biffy Clyro, Orange Juice and Ivor Cutler dying out in the age of Calvin Harris?

May 2018

  • The Jesus and Mary Chain: Douglas Hart, Jim Reid and William Reid.

    Ranked
    The greatest Scottish indie bands – ranked!

    With five beloved Teenage Fanclub albums coming back around on vinyl this summer, we look at the best of the band’s Scottish indie brethren

July 2016

  • Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice and his early influences.

    10 of the best
    Orange Juice and Edwyn Collins – 10 of the best

    The Scottish post-punk pioneers didn’t fully realise their potential. But they gifted us one of music’s most tuneful, gleefully absurdist agitators, Edwyn Collins

January 2016

  • David Bowie in 1977

    David Bowie, as remembered by…

    From Blondie to Kate Bush, friends, collaborators and celebrity fans reveal the extraordinary man behind the music

December 2015

  • Green Man Festival 2013 - Day 3<br>BRECON, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 17: Festival goers enjoy the atmosphere during Day 3 of Green Man Festival 2013 at Glanusk Park on August 17, 2013 in Brecon, Wales. (Photo by Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns via Getty Images)

    Best culture 2015
    When music makes sense of life – our writers' favourite musical moments of 2015

  • The Human League in 1981

    Music blog
    Forget 1966, because 1981 was pop's year of revolution

August 2015

  • Stella Rimington

    Stella Rimington on mission to 'rescue spy stories from blokes'

    Addressing Edinburgh the international book festival, the former MI5 chief spoke about bringing women into a genre dominated by men

November 2014

  • Happy Christmas

    Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
    DVDs and downloads: Happy Christmas, The Inbetweeners 2, Step Up 5: All In and more

  • The Possibilities are Endless: Grace Maxwell helps husband Edwyn Collins to play guitar.

    The Possibilities Are Endless review – Edwyn Collins and the redemptive power of love

  • The Possibilities are Endless with Edwyn Collins

    The Possibilities Are Endless review – a remarkable story on recollecting a life

  • Edwyn Collins

    Skye Sherwin: a good look
    Skye Sherwin's A Good Look

October 2014

  • Edwyn Collins live at London's Barbican - video

    Edwyn Collins live at London's Barbican - video

    Musician and campaigner Edwyn Collins joins his wife Grace and guitarist Carwyn Ellis at the Observer Ideas festival 2014

  • Observer ideas festival composite

    Observer Ideas festival featuring Edward Snowden – watch it live

    Watch speakers including Edward Snowden, David Simon, Tinie Tempah, Conchita Wurst and Jack Monroe speaking live at this year’s Observer Ideas festival
  • Musician Edwyn Collins seen near his home at Helmsdale, Scotland.

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer photography: September 2014

    Movers and shakers in culture, cuisine and politics – including Paddy Considine, Anna Calvi, Lorraine Pascale and Ed Miliband – all feature in this showcase of the best photography commissioned by the Observer in September

September 2014

  • Edwyn Collins with guitar

    Edwyn Collins: 'I couldn’t really talk. The words I could say were "yes", "no" and "the possibilities are endless"'

    Edwyn Collins’s miraculous recovery from two catastrophic strokes has brought him unexpected freedom. As a new film tells his story, he talks to Euan Ferguson about finding his way back to the guitar in the stunning landscapes of Sutherland
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