10 Facts About Dot Allison

Dot Allison is married to the film music composer Christian Henson and they live in Edinburgh.

Dot Allison started her career with Scottish proto-indie-dance outfit One Dove, before she released her debut album, Afterglow, in 1999 to generally positive reviews.

Dot Allison's touring group includes members of The Fall, Tindersticks, The Bad Seeds, Massive Attack, and Tokyo Windbag.

Dot Allison released Room Seven and a Half in September 2009.

Dot Allison contributed vocals to the track "Without Discord" on the soundtrack to the Channel 4 series Henry 8th: The Mind of a Tyrant, written by Philip Sheppard.

Dot Allison was the vocal soloist on the film Triangle, directed by Chris Smith.

Dot Allison was the vocal soloist in the film Black Death, starring Sean Bean, released in May 2010.

Dot Allison is the vocal soloist in the film The Devil's Double starring Dominic Cooper, which was due for release in 2011.

Part of Dot Allison's recording of "Message Personnel", a single taken from the Afterglow album, was used in the fourth episode of the sixth series of the sitcom Ideal.

Dot Allison released her fifth solo album, Heart-Shaped Scars, in July 2021 on SA Recordings.