
Scottish Independence: Harmonies in Chaos
Bobby Nicholson presents this short film built around a single question put to a lineup of Scottish musicians: how would independence, and the referendum campaign surrounding it, change their lives as working artists. The film moves between interviews with performers including Martin Boland, Baz Simpson, Larry Nicol, Alan Hunter, Wise-L Leathermonk, Mistah Bohze, and the duo Gasp and Loki, each speaking from their own corner of the Scottish music scene rather than as political commentators. Their answers range across funding, identity, and what a Yes or No vote might mean for touring, audiences, and the culture they make music inside. Nicholson keeps the frame narrow and personal, letting the musicians talk about their own stakes in a national vote rather than restaging the wider campaign debate. There is no polling data or expert analysis here, just a set of working artists thinking aloud about a decision that was, for a few months in Scotland, unavoidable.