Scottish music (2000–2009)

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.

Deaths

 * Kirsty MacColl (1959–2000)
 * Martyn Bennett (1971–2005)

Recordings
Nàdurra, Capercaillie
 * 2000

Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, Belle & Sebastian

100 broken windows, Idlewild

The Great Eastern, The Delgados Da Farder Ben Da Welcomer, Fiddler's Bid
 * 2001

Loss, Mull Historical Society

The Invisible Band, Travis

Persevere, The Proclaimers

Outlaws and Dreamers, Dick Gaughan Time and Tide, Battlefield Band
 * 2002

The Remote Part, Idlewild

Storytelling, Belle & Sebastian

Blackened Sky, Biffy Clyro

Hate, The Delgados

Prentice Piece, Dick Gaughan Choice Language, Capercaillie
 * 2003

Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Belle & Sebastian

Vertigo of Bliss, Biffy Clyro

Us, Mull Historical Society

12 Memories, Travis

Born Innocent, The Proclaimers Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand
 * 2004

Young Forever, Aberfeldy

Infinity Land, Biffy Clyro

Universal Audio, The Delgados

This Is Hope, Mull Historical Society

Eye to the Telescope, KT Tunstall

Eye To The Telescope, KT Tunstall
 * 2005

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

These Streets, Paolo Nutini
 * 2006

The Life Pursuit, Belle and Sebastian

Lucky For Some, Dick Gaughan

Esoteric Escape, Keser

Templeton/Instinct, Desolation Yes
 * 2007

This Is the Life, Amy Macdonald

Glasvegas, Glasvegas
 * 2008

The Midnight Organ Fight, Frightened Rabbit

Sunny Side Up, Paolo Nutini
 * 2009

Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand We'll Make Our History EP, The Void