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Russell Leadbetter

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Tributes to pioneering Scottish broadcaster who broke new ground at Radio Clyde

The reluctant Scots cult artist who turned uncertainty into something beautiful

Martyn Bennett who died of cancer in 2005

Martyn Bennett who died of cancer in 2005

'What brave new music': the brilliant final album by the innovative Martyn Bennett

HORMOZGAN, IRAN - MARCH 20: Iranians gather at a cemetery to commemorate victims, most of them children, who were killed in a US Israeli attack on a girls primary school in Minab.

HORMOZGAN, IRAN - MARCH 20: Iranians gather at a cemetery to commemorate victims, most of them children, who were killed in a US Israeli attack on a girls primary school in Minab.

RESURRECTION CLUB

‘Why I had to address the deaths of 123 Iranian children': Scots singer voices fury

Midge Ure performing in Glasgow

Midge Ure performing in Glasgow

From Cambuslang to Live Aid: the remarkable journey of Midge Ure

Picture: Roberto Ricciuti / Getty Images

Picture: Roberto Ricciuti / Getty Images

Tributes to protege of Larkin hailed as one of Scotland's greatest poets

Karen Matheson performs at a Transatlantic Sessions at Celtic Connections Festival at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Karen Matheson performs at a Transatlantic Sessions at Celtic Connections Festival at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

The Scottish singer 'whose throat was surely touched by God'

Ivor Cutler performing live onstage

Ivor Cutler performing live onstage

The Beatles loved him, the RAF rejected him: Scotland’s strangest musical genius

The box set that will capture Archie's genius

The box set that will capture Archie's genius

The box set that will capture the genius of Archie Fisher

Glasgow rock band 'Abel Ganz' pose for photographs in the city in 1991. (l-r) Robert Wilson, Hugh Carter and Hew Montgomery.

Glasgow rock band 'Abel Ganz' pose for photographs in the city in 1991. (l-r) Robert Wilson, Hugh Carter and Hew Montgomery.

Scotland’s forgotten prog-rock pioneers are enjoying an unexpected revival