The go-betweens 16 lovers lane

Although formed in 1985 by Dundee native Ricky Ross, a former school teacher who released a solo album So Long Ago in 1984, Deacon Blue quickly established themselves as the definitive Glasgow band. B

Retracing Our Steps (2007–2014) KSCOPE

Martin Barre MCNIDDER & GRACE

Fondly remembered this month...

Goth’s bleak misanthropy was upcycled and infused with hippiefied glam by the band, who celebrate their 40th this year.

Praise be! Prog’s most devout figure, Neal Morse, gets the gang back together, dials back the sermonising and reaches for the stars on his band’s sparkling first album in five years.