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 Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, Belle & Sebastian 100 broken windows, Idlewild The Great Eastern, The Delgados 2001 Da Farder Ben Da Welcomer, Fiddler's Bid Loss, Mull Historical Society The Invisible Band, Travis Persevere, The Proclaimers Outlaws and Dreamers, Dick Gaughan 2002 Time and Tide, Battlefield Band The Remote Part, Idlewild Storytelling, Belle & Sebastian Blackened Sky, Biffy Clyro Hate, The Delgados Prentice Piece, Dick Gaughan 2003 Choice Language, Capercaillie Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Belle & Sebastian Vertigo of Bliss, Biffy Clyro Us, Mull Historical Society 12 Memories, Travis Born Innocent, The Proclaimers 2004 Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand Young Forever, Aberfeldy Infinity Land, Biffy Clyro Universal Audio, The Delgados This Is Hope, Mull Historical Society Eye to the Telescope, KT Tunstall 2005 Eye To The Telescope, KT Tunstall Push Barman to Open Old Wounds, Belle & Sebastian Warnings/Promises, Idlewild Croftwork, Peatbog Faeries You Could Have It So Much Better, Franz Ferdinand Restless Soul, The Proclaimers 2006 These Streets, Paolo Nutini The Life Pursuit, Belle and Sebastian Lucky For Some, Dick Gaughan Esoteric Escape, Keser 2007 Templeton/Instinct, Desolation Yes This Is the Life, Amy Macdonald 2008 Glasvegas, Glasvegas The Midnight Organ Fight, Frightened Rabbit 2009 Sunny Side Up, Paolo Nutini Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand We'll Make Our History EP, The Void

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