The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards were held in the Fruitmarket, Glasgow on 6th December 2008. It was our first year on the TV (BBC ALBA). The performers were Capercaillie, Karine Polwart Band, Session A9, Lau, St Rochs Ceilidh Band, The Cast, Breabach, Strathclyde Police Band, Jimmy Shand 100th birthday tribute. The comperes were Mary Ann Kennedy and Tony Kearney.
The nominees and winners were:
Album of the Year Sponsored by Birnam CD
Farrar: Duncan Chisholm: Copperfish Records (Winner)
Elevate: Fiona MacKenzie : Linn Records
Starfish: Catriona Mackay : Glimster Records
Mary Ann Kennedy &Na Seoid: Mary Ann Kennedy &Na Seoid: Watercolour Music
Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of ther Year sponsored by TMSA
Mick West
Fiona Hunter
Emily Smith (Winner)
Jim Malcolm
Dance Band of the Year sponsored by NAAFC
Graham Mitchell Scottish Dance Band
George Meikle & the Lothian Dance Band.
Skipinnish (Winner)
Bill Black Scottish Dance Band
Folk Band of the Year sponsored byFoot Stompin’ Scottish Music
Malinky
The Chair (Winner)
Session A9
Breabach
Pipe Band of the Year sponsored by The National Piping Centre
Johnstone Pipe Band
Bucksburn and District
Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band
Scottish Power Pipe Band (Winner)
Strathspey & Reel Society sponsored by RSCDS
Garioch Fiddlers
Hadhirgaan
Blackford Fiddlers
Scottish Fiddle Orchestra (Winner)
Up and Coming Act of the Year sponsored by RSAMD
Bodega
Ailie Robertson
Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller (Winner)
Catriona Watt
Venue of the Year sponsored by Navigator Records
Perth Concert Hall (Winner)
Glenuig Village Hall
The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen
Heriot Toon Studio
Services To Industry sponsored by Scottish Arts Council
Donna Cunningham
Dr. Fred Freeman
Arthur Cormack (Winner)
Foot Stompin’
Club of the Year sponsored by The Living Tradition Magazine
Campsie Accordion and Fiddle Club
Haddington Accordion & Fiddle Club
Denholm Folk Club
The Wee Folk Club, Edinburgh (Winner)
Event of the Year sponsored by VisitScotland
Gordon Duncan Memorial Concert
The Jura Music Festival
Piping Live! Festival (Winner)
Shetland Fiddle Frenzy
Community Project of the Year sponsored by BBC Radio Shetland
The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Wrigley Sisters’ Centre of Music
Ceolas (Winner)
Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin
Composer of the Year sponsored by Distil
Blair Douglas (Winner)
Sandy Wright
Adam Sutherland
James Ross
Instrumentalist of the Year sponsored by Temple Records
Anna Massie
Marc Duff
David Milligan
Kris Drever (Winner)
Live Act of the Year sponsored by Greentrax Recordings
The Peatbog Faeries (Winner)
Lau
Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson
Julie Fowlis
Gaelic Singer of the Year sponsored by Macmeanmna
Margaret Stewart (Winner)
Gillebrìde MacMillan
Maeve Mackinnon
Griogair Labhruidh
2008 Winners
• Album of the Year: Farrar by Duncan Chisholm
• Composer of the Year: Blair Douglas
• Live Act of the Year: Peatbog Faeries
• Instrumentalist of the Year: Kris Drever
• Up and Coming Artist of the Year: Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller
• Gaelic Singer of the Year: Margaret Stewart
• Club of the Year: The Wee Folk Club, Edinburgh
• Community Project of the Year: Ceolas
• Event of the Year: Piping Live! – Glasgow International Piping Festival
• Services to Industry Award: Arthur Cormack
• Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year: Emily Smith
• Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Skipinnish
• Scottish Folk Band of the Year: The Chair
• Scottish Pipe Band of the Year: ScottishPower Pipe Band
• Strathspey and Reel Society of the Year: Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
• Venue of the Year: Perth Concert Hall (Perth)
