Amy Lee, to me, is an artist that embodies vulnerability, strength, fragility and power. But how does she manage to incorporate these seemingly contradictory qualities? What makes Amy Lee great?

If you have listened to Miley Cyrus’s recent work, you may have noticed that she sounds completely different - her voice is lower and gravelly, very unlike her early Hannah Montana days. People have varying opinions of this new sound, and there are many theories banding around, but what actually caused it?

You want to sing and love rock music, but all your favourite songs feel impossible. Don’t worry; whether it is for karaoke, starting singing lessons or singing around the house, I have five no-pressure rock songs to get you started.

You want to sing and love rock music, but all your favourite singers have impossibly impressive rock voices. Don’t worry, I have five no-pressure rock songs to get you started on your singing journey and have you sounding great at the karaoke.

You’ve just woken up after a wonderfully restful sleep. You sit up, stretch and exclaim, “good morning world”. Uh oh. Morning voice - deep, raspy and dry feeling - for some it’s just another reason to avoid other humans first thing in the morning; for others, it is something they wish they could maintain throughout the day. But why does this happen? How can we stop it (or keep it going)?

The Scottish accent. Lilting, friendly, trustworthy and aggressive on a Saturday night. All jokes aside, as a person who possesses a fairly rare accent, I’m often asked why I don’t have an accent when I sing. And this isn’t just a phenomenon that happens to me; it happens to lots of singers. Many people even feel like some famous British artists not only lose their accent but sound American when they sing. But, why is this?

The viral success of Glasgow Postie called Nathan Evans and his Sea Shanties was another surprising twist to lockdown life. The original video has been viewed over 6m times on TikTok alone and inspired a flurry of community spirit - with other social media users adding harmonies, instrumentation, and remixing it with dubstep, drum and bass, funk and metal. Ronan Keating and Gary Barlow even did their own version. But there is more to Sea Shanties than meets the eye.

You know you are in Scotland when you hear the sound of Scotland’s National instrument - the bagpipe - floating over the heathered mountains, lochs and pine forests. The bagpipes are as central to Scottish identity and culture as kilts, haggis and whiskey. But the pipes have an unsavoury history, they were not invented in Scotland and were played by the dastardly English the hundreds of years before the Scots.

It was on a warm June morning in 1842 that Felix Mendelssohn was invited for the second time to perform at Buckingham Palace for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. For Victoria and Albert, it was their shared love of music that brought them together - they took their sheet music with them wherever they travelled so that they could play piano duets and sing for each other. Mendelssohn knowing this had a request - would the Queen like to sing? He rummaged about his music producing a set of songs for her to pick her favourite. She chose “Italien”. It wasn’t until after she sang that he confessed that his sister Fanny had written the song.

Here in Scotland, winter transforms the landscape - echoing icy lakes and crisp flowing rivers that cut through the silence of the snow. But I am sure you realise I am inferring that it's not just the scenery that changes during the winter, the way that we experience sound is also entirely and distinctly transformed.

Most of us know Benjamin Franklin as a politician, writer, scientist and one of America’s founding fathers. He is lesser known for his musical achievements - a skilled player of the viola da gamba, guitar and harp, he was also the inventor of allegedly, the world’s most dangerous instrument - the glass armonica. But what is it? How does it work? And can an instrument really be dangerous?

Lip-sync, short for lip synchronisation. It’s where someone matches lip movements with the sound of someone else who is speaking or singing - often to a prerecorded track. In short, it’s essentially miming. By the way, Tom Holland lip-syncing to Rihannas Umbrella and Channing Tatum lip-syncing to Beyonce are the two greatest things on the internet ever. Who knew watching people not sing could be so entertaining! But it is not just used in fun lip-sync battles and drag acts; it is something that your favourite artist might be doing too. People often see it as a negative thing, but is it so bad?

In popular culture, the stereotype of a metalhead is less than flattering - whether it’s headbanging, satanism, mosh pits or the decapitation of small animals - thank you, Ozzy Osbourne! Even within medical institutions, metal has been associated with depression, aggression and antisocial behaviour. But recent studies seem to be telling a different story, that metal music could, in fact, help us emotionally regulate. Can metal really make you calmer?

You've probably seen lots of visual representations of coronavirus on the news. But now, scientists have come up with a way for you to hear it. They've translated the structure of its famous spike protein into music. But why?

It’s Christmas! To get us all into the spirit, I thought I’d share some fun facts about Christmas songs that might surprise you... So here we go, 15 surprising Christmas Facts!

From Bing Crosby to Slade, East 17 to Paul McCartney, and Brenda Lee to Wizzard, there’s no avoiding these festive artists. But if you look at a little closer, you’ll notice they all have one thing in common - these songs are all pretty old. Where are all the new Christmas songs?

I love autumn. Autumn brings cosy jumpers, beautiful colours, cinnamon and the first frosts. As nature’s last display before we hunker down for winter, it signals that it is time for the earth to rest and renew. In my move back to this glorious part of the world, I’ve been reconnecting with nature and reconnecting with myself.

If you have been near a child, the words “Baby Shark” may be enough to make you run from the room covering your ears. Well, that annoying song stuck in your head has another name - an Earworm. 90% of us experience them a least once a week, a quarter of us several times a day, but how do they work? And how can we get rid of them?!?

If you have ever been to a live concert or watched your favourite musicians perform live on TV, you may have noticed them wearing earpieces. But what are they listening to through them? And why are they necessary? Well, last year I did a short video on in-ear monitors and loads of you wanted to find out more, so today I thought we’d take a bit more of an in-depth view