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2 August 2017

This weekend, the Highlands sets stage to , the 14th Tartan Heart music festival.

Here are some of the homegrown performers you may already fancy or want to get to know better...

Franz Ferdinand need little introduction. Take Me Out has achieved signature song status and recognition from around the world.

We’ve loved them since this and look forward to seeing them as a new five-piece line-up.

Franz Ferdinand play the Garden stage on Saturday 5 August.

Another iconic performance on Later… with Jools Holland helped thrust KT Tunstall into the public eye.

in 2016 raises the question – will her Belladrum set have added kazoo too?

KT Tunstall plays the Garden stage on Saturday 5 August.

Edinburgh hip hop trio Young Fathers won the in 2014. This track, I Heard, featured on their EP which won the same year.

Irvine Welsh tweeted at the weekend, “Nobody in the same league as @Youngfathers right now”. So, yeah, it’s time to check them out.

Young Fathers play the Hothouse stage on Saturday 5 August.

Singer-songwriting legends from Largs, Gallagher & Lyle bring their extensive back catalogue to Bella.

A rare performance up close with the only-occasionally reunited duo, will remind you why Benny and Graham are Scottish superstars and not dead & gone just yet.

Gallagher & Lyle play the Grassroots stage on Saturday 5 August.

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Hot stuff on the festival circuit, Twin Atlantic are fresh from their hometown appearance at TRNSMT and are making their fifth appearance at Bella, after an .

The Glaswegian rockers are sure to keep us up a while with No Sleep from their latest album GLA.

Twin Atlantic play the Hothouse stage on Friday 4 August.

No-nonsense grunge-pop duo Honeyblood will raise the decibel levels.

Get ready for the magic with highlights from this year’s in Glasgow.

Honeyblood play the Garden stage on Friday 4 August.

A Celtic Connections favourite, Karine Polwart brings folk and roots feel to subjects from alcoholism to genocide.

This song salutes her neighbour’s adventures on the salt-smuggling road on which they lived. Or you may prefer .

Karine Polwart plays the Grassroots stage on Friday 4 August.