Alumni Band Win BBC Music Award
A fast-rising band with two University of the West of Scotland (UWS) graduates has won a prestigious national music award.
Bottle Rockets – made up of BSc Music Technology graduates John Tamburrini and Andrew Cummings, alongside Kenzi Murray and Sam Rae, took home the BBC’s Scottish Act of the Year.
The band used the state-of-the-art studio facilities at the UWS Paisley campus to record early material, and to give their musical aspirations a kick-start.
John – who graduated in 2021 – said: “It’s fair to say that the band wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for UWS. We’re hugely grateful for the support we received early in our careers, and we were very fortunate to be able to use the industry standard recording facilities in Paisley.
“Andrew and I also use what we learned on the B...
