The acts from Glasgow and Edinburgh follow a number of Scottish artists in making the prize shortlist.
Edinburgh DJ Barry Can't Swim and Glasgow jazz musician corto.alto have been shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize.
Albums are eligible if they were released between July 2023 and July 2024, with the the winner announced at a ceremony in September. A member of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, the multi-instrumentalist's early EPs were written while he was living on Sauchiehall Street, while he has called Bad With Names "a timestamp in the history of Glasgow jazz".Electronic act Barry Can't Swim - real name Joshua Mainnie - grew up in Edinburgh, and became interested in clubbing through nights at the city's Cabaret Voltaire and Sneaky Pete's venues.
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