Scotland has given the world music that spans centuries and continents. From a folk tradition that predates the printing press to a generation of artists rewriting what Scottish music sounds like. This is the episode Lesley Kennedy has been looking forward to since Episode One.

In 2014, during the run-up to the Scottish independence referendum, a man called Gerry Cinnamon posted a song called Hope Over Fear on social media. Lesley heard it, thought it could be an anthem, and then lost track of him entirely. Six years later, during the Covid lockdown, Canter appeared on a random Spotify playlist. She played it on repeat, went looking for more, and only then realised it was the same person. Hope Over Fear no longer exists on any digital music platform, no Spotify, no Apple Music, nothing. It survives only in old YouTube videos if you search h ...