Karine Polwart's Scottish Songbook TSOV-245.3 Guns member Mick Cripps and

Guns member Mick Cripps and London Quireboys founder Nigel Mogg

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Karine Polwart's Scottish Songbook TSOV-245.3 Guns member Mick Cripps andAward winning songwriter and folk singer Karine Polwart reimagines a clutch of beloved songs that cut across fifty years of Scottish pop. Eighties classics from Deacon Blue, The Waterboys and Big Country sit alongside the stadium balladry of Biffy Clyro, while maverick legend Ivor Cutler rubs shoulders with the electro pop of Chvrches and the immaculate song craft of John Martyn. Recorded at Chem 19, Karine Polwart's Scottish Songbook features regular