I Feel Like I'm Listening To

"'There is something in the Scottish spirit,' he says. 'A yearning, a romanticism. And this longing, this sadness, does come out in the music. It's maybe a working-class thing. We always seem to be the underdogs. Country music has always been big in Scotland. But there's also a feistiness. We like a party.' What are the Scots, then, yearning for? 'Probably to get out of the slums of Glasgow!' he hoots."

In light of a new exhibit, Sylvia Patterson at The Guardian investigates the history of Scottish pop.