During the decade of the 2000s many Scottish bands and individual performers made recordings in the rock, Scottish folk, Celtic fusion, and other genres. Scottish music received support from two public bodies: the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Enterprise. Scotland's largest city Glasgow was described by Time magazine in 2004 as "Europe's capital of rock music", and became a UNESCO City of Music in 2008. The decade brought the deaths of Scottish musicians Kirsty MacColl and Martyn Bennett.

Births and deaths

Deaths

  • Kirsty MacColl (1959–2000)
  • Martyn Bennett (1971–2005)

Recordings

  • 2000

Nàdurra, Capercaillie<br />

Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, Belle & Sebastian<br />

100 broken windows, Idlewild<br />

The Great Eastern, The Delgados

  • 2001

Da Farder Ben Da Welcomer, Fiddler's Bid<br />

Loss, Mull Historical Society<br />

The Invisible Band, Travis<br />

Persevere, The Proclaimers<br />

Outlaws and Dreamers, Dick Gaughan

  • 2002

Time and Tide, Battlefield Band<br />

The Remote Part, Idlewild<br />

Storytelling, Belle & Sebastian<br />

Blackened Sky, Biffy Clyro<br />

Hate, The Delgados<br />

Prentice Piece, Dick Gaughan

  • 2003

Choice Language, Capercaillie<br />

Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Belle & Sebastian<br />

Vertigo of Bliss, Biffy Clyro<br />

Us, Mull Historical Society<br />

12 Memories, Travis<br />

Born Innocent, The Proclaimers

  • 2004

Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand<br />

Young Forever, Aberfeldy<br />

Infinity Land, Biffy Clyro<br />

Universal Audio, The Delgados<br />

This Is Hope, Mull Historical Society<br />

Eye to the Telescope, KT Tunstall<br />

  • 2005

Eye To The Telescope, KT Tunstall<br />

Push Barman to Open Old Wounds, Belle & Sebastian<br />

Warnings/Promises, Idlewild<br />

Croftwork, Peatbog Faeries<br />

You Could Have It So Much Better, Franz Ferdinand<br />

Restless Soul, The Proclaimers<br />

  • 2006

These Streets, Paolo Nutini<br />

The Life Pursuit, Belle and Sebastian<br />

Lucky For Some, Dick Gaughan<br />

Esoteric Escape, Keser<br />

  • 2007

Templeton/Instinct, Desolation Yes<br />

This Is the Life, Amy Macdonald<br />

  • 2008

Glasvegas, Glasvegas<br />

The Midnight Organ Fight, Frightened Rabbit<br />

  • 2009

Sunny Side Up, Paolo Nutini<br />

Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand We'll Make Our History EP, The Void

References