Bo'ness singers Jimmy Scott and Ian Walker have chosen "Vangel" as a name for their duo because it sums up, in a word, what they want to express through their music. They found the word "Vangel" in the Scots/English dictionary. It means Gospel.

Ian and Jimmy make an intriguing combination! With over 80 years of music between them, neither can be described as "new kids on the block"! They first sang together as a duo at the Carberry Festival, East Lothian, Scotland in 1994. Since then, they have been singing up and down the country with their own particular blend of acoustic roots and Gospel music. You will find them singing at a wide variety of venues and occasions including church services, prisons, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, music/folk clubs, social evenings, women's guilds, men's groups, music festivals, community associations, fund raising events, outreaches, radio stations, concerts and shopping precincts! They usually sing as "Vangel" but they do also play in secular events under their own names.

Vangel can be contacted through St. Andrew's Church, Grange Terrace, Bo'ness, West Lothian Scotland.

Ian Walker

Ian was inspired by the music of the Glasgow folk scene in the 1960's and, since then, has developed a reputation as a songwriter and performer. He has four albums recorded (three with Fellside Recordings, Cumbria, England) and two songbooks published. His songs have been widely sung and recorded by other artists. He has also worked, at different times, with Glasgow singer/songwriter Ian Bruce and with the Lanarkshire based traditional Irish/Scottish band Setanta. In recent years Ian has worked with The New Makars Trust writing new songs in schools and with older people. 

Jimmy Scott

Jimmy has been singing and playing his own distinctive brand of acoustic roots and Gospel music since the 1960's in a variety of line-ups but principally with his family group led by his father, the well-known and loved evangelist, Adam Scott. Jimmy has travelled throughout Britain and abroad bringing the Gospel message to a wide variety of venues including seamen's missions, prisons, churches and Czechoslovakia during the "Cold War"! In 2005, Jimmy was invited to support Nashville's George Hamilton IV on his Scottish Gospel Tour and, in 2006, once again Jimmy supported George Hamilton IV on George's 60 th Anniversary Country Music Tour in the UK.

Following are some upcoming events for Vangel in 2008/2009:

• United Reformed Church, Dunfermline, Thursday, 11th September, 7.00pm
• Bathgate Community Church, Sunday 21st September, 6.30pm
• Springfield Cambridge Church, Bishopbriggs Monday, 22nd September, 7.30pm
• Craigmailen U.F. Church, Bo'ness, Harvest Sunday, 28th September, 11.00am
• Glasgow U.F. Women's Presbytery Conference, Carronvale, Saturday, 4th October, 7.30pm
• Dickson Court Day Care Centre, West Calder, Wednesday, 8th October, 2pm
• St. Mary's Church, Kirkintilloch, Friday 10th October, 7.30pm
• Burns & Old Parish Church, Kilsyth, Monday, 13th October, 7.30pm
• Pleasance Cafe, Edinburgh, Sunday, 2nd November, 6.30pm (Ian solo)
• Maddiston Church, Sunday, 16th November, 11.00pm
• Hillhead Church, Kirkintilloch, Wednesday, 19th November, 7.00pm
• Arthritis Support Group, Community Centre, Deans, Livingston, Monday, 24th November, 7.00pm (Ian solo)
• St. James Church, Pollock, Glasgow, Tuesday, 25th November, 7.30pm (Ian solo)
• Royal Scot Court, Bathgate, Monday, 1st December, evening (Ian solo)
• Dunfermline Abbey Ladies Forum, Wednesday 3rd December, 2pm (Ian solo)
• Woman's Rural, Craig Inn Centre, Blackridge, Monday, 8th December, 7.30pm (Ian solo)
• Dundas Day Care Centre, Grangemouth, Tuesday, 10th December, pm
• Dundas Day Care Centre, Grangemouth, Thursday, 18th December, pm

2009

• St. Michael's Hospital, Linlithgow, Tuesday,6th January 7pm
• Broxburn Baptist Church, Tuesday, 13th January, evening
• Torch Trust for the Blind, Salvation Army Hall, Falkirk, Saturday,17th January, 3pm
• St. Andrew's Parish Church, Bo'ness, Wednesday, 28th January, pm (Ian solo)
• Dawson Mission, Falkirk, Saturday 7th February 6.30pm
• Maddiston Evangelical Church, Tuesday, 10th February, 7.00pm
• Broxburn Parish Church, Sunday, 15th February, 6.30pm
• Springburn Church, Glasgow, Tuesday, 17th February, 7.00pm
• Cardonald Church, Glasgow, Thursday 19th February, 2pm (Ian solo)
  
• Forth Churches Guild, Dalgety Parish Church, Friday, 27th February, 7.00pm
• Kenmure Church, Bishopbriggs, Monday, 2nd March, 7.30pm
• Fintry Kirk, Friday 13th March, 7.30pm
• Carnock & Oakley Church, Fife, Tuesday 17th March, 7.00pm
• Arbroath Mission, Saturday, 21st March, 7.00pm
• North Church, Stirling, Tuesday, 21st April, 2.00pm (Ian solo)
• U.F. Church, Sauchie, Wednesday, 29th April, 7.00pm

"Vangel LIVE!"; VanCD11; 2008

"9 to 90 LIVE!"; VanCD10; 2008

"Backtracks"; VanCD09; 2007

"9 to 90"; VanCD07; 2007

"Singing the Gospel"; VanCD06: 2007

"Washdays"; Ian Walker; VanCD05; 2004

"Bread Upon the Water"
Jimmy Scott; Country Road Music; CRM1002; 2004

"Only Remembered"
Vangel; VanCD04; 2003

"Beats Of The Heart"
Ian Walker; VanCD03; 2003

"Singing For The Hour"
Ian Walker & Jimmy Scott; VanCD02; 2003

"Brand New"
Vangel; VanCD01; 1998

"Ring Around The Moon"
Ian Walker; Chalmers Enterprises; Edinburgh; Songbook; 1993

"Crossing The Borderlines"
Ian Walker & Setanta; Fellside Recordings; Cumbria; England; 1993

"Shadows In Time"
Ian Walker; Fellside Recordings; 1989

"Flying High"
Ian Walker; Fellside Recordings; 1987

"Roses In December"
Ian Walker; 1985