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- Waiting For Go
- The Wake
- Walnut Harp
- Sheila Walsh
- Waterboys
- Colin Waterson, electronic musician
- Keith Warwick
- Lori Watson
- Anna Watt (1923/24-09), singer from Fran and Anna
- Fran Watt (1922-03), singer from Fran and Anna
- We Are the Physics, indie band
- We Were Promised Jetpacks, Glasgow based indie band.
- Well Known Secret, Scottish Rock Band
- Bobby Wellins, Jazz saxophonist
- Bill Wells, bassist, pianist, guitarist and composer
- Wensdy
- Werd (S.O.S)
- Wet Wet Wet
- Nancy Whiskey (1935–2003), folk singer
- Andy White, session drummer, famously stood in for Ringo Starr
- Doogie White
- Tam White, blues singer
- White Trash, signed to Apple Records, later changed their name to Trash
- Astrid Williamson
- Robin Williamson, a founding member of The Incredible String Band
- Paul Wilson bass guitarist for Snow Patrol
- Ray Wilson, lead singer in Stiltskin and in Genesis between 1996 and 1998
- Robert Wilson
- Wolfstone
- Eric Woolfson, The Alan Parsons Project founder member, vocalist and lyricist
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