King Creasote: Astronaut Meets Appleman review – a break in connection
King Creosote: Astronaut Meets Appleman review – cosmic, earthy and mischievous
May 2016
Readers recommend
Readers recommend playlist: songs about spying
There’s a sinister subterfuge running through the playlist this week, with artists from Bauhaus to King Creosote collected by a reader on a mission
January 2015
The War on Drugs and the Maccabees confirmed for the BBC's 6 Music festival
Sleater-Kinney, Gaz Coombes and Young Fathers also join the lineup for the alternative music station’s second festival, taking place in Tyneside from 20-22 February
December 2014
Other Voices festival review – spirited Young Fathers lead us towards the light
King Creosote captivates and Damien Rice is full of wit and passion, but the Mercury prize-winners are downright astonishing, writes Laura Barton
September 2014
King Creosote review – a magical window on Scotland’s past
The folk singer’s live performance of his From Scotland With Love soundtrack is a moving evocation of lives long lost, writes Mark Beaumont
July 2014
What you should hear this week
Why King Creosote's From Scotland with Love is the one album you should hear this week – video
Alexis Petridis recommends King Creosote's From Scotland with Love, a soundtrack to a heartfelt documentary film about Scotland to mark Glasgow's Commonwealth Games
From Scotland With Love review – King Creosote's unsentimental history
King Creosote's latest, written as the soundtrack to historical film footage, is haunting and uplifting, writes Ally Carnwath
King Creosote: From Scotland With Love review – disarmingly passionate
Kenny 'King Cresote' Anderson's documentary film soundtrack, for the Commonwealth Games, tours through Scotland's passages through war, labour, love and loss, writes Dave Simpson
June 2014
Music blog
No tartan, no shortbread – King Creosote portrays a different Scotland
When King Creosote – Kenny Anderson – wrote the music for a film about Scotland for the Commonwealth Games, the challenge was to reflect a side of the country tourists don't see, writes Stuart Aitken
August 2013
Fence Records: a fond farewell
Last week's Green Man festival featured the final gig by Fife's Fence Records collective. It marked the end of an era, writes Laura Barnett
August 2012
Music blog
Green Man 2012: festival preview
Is the corporatism of mainstream festivals getting you down? Then try the Brecon Beacons for an indie alternative
February 2012
King Creosote and Jon Hopkins – review
This week's new tracks
This week's new singles
September 2011
Music blog
Mercury Music Prize 2011 – as it happened
Music blog
Mercury prize albums: the best of your reviews
PJ Harvey favourite to win Mercury prize 2011
Music blog
Watch exclusive performances from Mercury prize contenders
