Music Now: The music podcast from The Skinny

About Music Now: The music podcast from The Skinny

A new Scottish music podcast, where we speak to Scottish artists about their music, and how they make it.

Publisher

The Skinny

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 May 2025

Latest episode

17 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Bikini Body on playing live, new music, and having fun with it

   Edinburgh post-punks Bikini Body join us to discuss John Williams, riff-tracking, remixing, and go in-depth on their songwriting process.

2. 

   28 May 2026

   Kai Reesu's Paul Copeland and Jurnalist on their SAY Award win, Kompromat vol.1, and their new album

   Paul Copeland and Jurnalist of the SAY Award-winning Kai Reesu join us for a chat about their music, and the process of making their new album.

3. 

   18 Mar 2026

   Brownbear's Matthew Hickman on songwriting, soul, and ambitious live shows

   We talk songwriting with Matthew Hickman, frontman of indie-soul outfit Brownbear, ahead of a pair of huge gigs for the band.

4. 

   16 Jan 2026

   Brìghde Chaimbeul on folklore, ritual, Sunwise and the small pipes

   We catch up with musician and composer Brìghde Chaimbeul. One of the most exciting pipe players to emerge in recent years, we chat to Brìghde about the inspirations behind her excellent new album Sunwise, the role of mythology and ritual in her songwriting, and her process for playing live.

5. 

   11 Dec 2025

   Kathryn Joseph on Lomond Campbell, learning to love music, and the making of WE WERE MADE PREY.

   For the final Music Now podcast of the year, we chat to SAY Award-winning singer-songwriter Kathryn Joseph.

6. 

   19 Nov 2025

   Gaelic vocal trio Sian on archives, storytelling, and translation

   We catch up with Gaelic vocal trio Sian to talk touring, their new album, and translating stories across time and language barriers.

7. 

   23 Oct 2025

   Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman: Partnerships, postcards, and the Phantom of the Opera

   We sit down with Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman to discuss their SAY Award-nominated album, and their new score for silent film classic The Phantom of the Opera.

8. 

   11 Sept 2025

   Kim Carnie on tarot cards, the Gaelic music revival, and her new album

   Ahead of her new album A’ Chailleach, we catch up with award-winning Gaelic singer-songwriter Kim Carnie to discuss the Gaelic music revival and the new record.

9. 

   24 Jul 2025

   Alice Faye on touring, songwriting, and life after The Piano

   Glasgow singer-songwriter Alice Faye joins us to discuss life as an independent artist on tour, the aftermath of reality TV, the energy that goes into a good song, and the making of her new single Here We Go All Over (Again).

10. 

    22 May 2025

    Malin Lewis on songwriting, improv, and the baggage of the bagpipes

    Malin Lewis discusses their debut album Halocline, explores the role of improv in songwriting, and addresses the challenges of composing for new instruments in this interview.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 3 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

6

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.