Media release: Music movie boost helps British music consumption rise again in 2018
January 3, 2019

British artists, blockbuster film soundtracks, vibrant streaming growth and resilient demand for physical formats combine...

Media release: Premiere of The Ballad of Muriel Spark
November 9, 2018

AWARD-winning composer and performer, Jessica Danz, has written a new work for violin and string...

Media release: DIT awards a further £220,000 to UK acts through BPI-administered Music Export Growth Scheme
November 9, 2018

Latest round of Music Export Growth Scheme funding sees the Department for International Trade (DIT)...

Media release: New Edinburgh band to release debut album
October 30, 2018

New Edinburgh band to release debut album Full album preview (for press professionals) on YouTube...

Media release: Ricky Ross composes new song in memory of the Unknown Warrior
October 29, 2018

RICKY Ross, singer-songwriter and BBC radio presenter, has composed a song inspired by the symbolic figure...

Media release: Only Scottish date – Serious presents Jason Moran – the Harlem Hellfighters, at Paisley Town Hall
October 17, 2018

James Reese – Europe and The Absence of Ruin Bravery, race and the explosive arrival of...

Media release: Forth 1 breakfast team hope to top the charts with single, ‘Break Your Heart’
September 29, 2018

- Boogie, Arlene, Marty and Arlene’s son Robbie have joined forces to become BAMR –...

Media release: Top young traditional musicians tour Scotland
September 6, 2018

SOME of Scotland’s finest young folk musicians are out visiting their home areas and London...

Media release: British music exports reach £400 million millennium-high
September 6, 2018

* Overseas earnings by UK record labels up 12 per cent to £408.4m in 2017 –...

Media release: Re-found songs bring America to Scotland in a Broadway-style new musical
July 12, 2018

THE 2018 Edinburgh Fringe will welcome a stunning new musical, bringing America to Scotland: Highland Serenade. Written...

Media release: British music records another year of global success
June 8, 2018

UK artists led by Ed Sheeran, Rag’n’Bone Man, Sam Smith and classic acts, including The...

Media release: British music forging trade links and boosting exports at Midem
June 5, 2018

AIM, BPI, MPA, PPL and PRS for Music partner with DIT and Music is GREAT...

Media release: Lossie pupils set for next performance after winning national competition
June 5, 2018

FIFTEEN Lossiemouth High pupils made the trip to London last month to celebrate winning first...

Media release: The BRIT Awards with Mastercard donates £250,000 to Mind, The BRIT School and Music Support
May 18, 2018

BRITs 2018 partners with mental health charity, Mind, to promote mental health in schools, the...

Media release: Young people to grow their own music sessions across Scotland
May 8, 2018

YOUNG musicians will have the opportunity to grow a programme of traditional music sessions in their...

Media release: Bernstein anniversary celebrated in Scotland in style
April 26, 2018

The life of one of the greatest musical figures of the 20th century is celebrated by...

Media release: UK composer’s work selected for season premiere
April 23, 2018

RSNO’s third composer nurturing initiative yields new piece to be premiered in November AN emerging...

Media release: Top musicians from both sides of the North Sea to perform together
April 19, 2018

AUDIENCES in Aberdeenshire will get to experience top musicians collaborating across the North Sea next week....

Media release: Fastest growth in UK record label income since Britpop
April 11, 2018

BPI’s yearbook All About The Music 2018 reports a 10.6% rise in recorded music revenues...