Scotland has a long and proud tradition as a nation of musicians and music lovers. During these challenging times music is more important than ever, providing a welcome respite from grim pandemic statistics and anxieties about life after Brexit. Whether it’s Eddi Reader or Biffy Clyro, Big Country or Dougie MacLean, music can take you to another place. It has a way of emptying your brain of worries and anxieties, replacing them with chords, riffs and lyrics. In the same way that body lotion soothes rough skin, music calms troubled souls.