From Idlewild to a wild island: Roddy Woomble on Mull

From city life as singer in a frantic rock band to family man on a remote Scottish island, Roddy Woomble's move to Mull has left him a changed manRoddy Woomble has never been afraid of change. As the luxuriantly fringed lead singer of the Edinburgh band Idlewild (American magazine Elle Girl once described Woomble as, and I quote, "a hunka hunk of burning love"), he oversaw their shift from teeth-shattering punk-pop extremists to a streamlined group of young fellows at home with radio-friendly me...

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