The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards celebrated its 12th year in style with a glittering awards ceremony and a record breaking figure of over 100,000 public votes deciding the award recipients.
Broadcast live on BBC ALBA, the prestigious awards – organised by Hands Up for Trad – saw stars of the Scottish music scene take to Inverness Leisure Centre to celebrate and honour the very best of traditional talent.
This year’s notable winners include Julie Fowlis who scooped Folk Band of the Year, sponsored by Threads of Sound. This year has been a tremendous one for the band, having performed across 19 days, 14 venues and 11 states as part of a USA tour and, more recently, Julie herself became the first Gaelic artist to win at the national Scottish Music Awards, previously won by artists such as Annie Lennox, Paolo Nutini and Simple Minds.
Other winners of the prestigious prizes included Skipinnish scooping the coveted Live Act of the Year award, beating off competition from Skerryvore, Peatbog Faeries and Gavin Marwick’s Journeyman Spectacular. The Trad Music in the Media award went to Isles FM who recently faced closure due to a lack of funding. After receiving £6,000 in donations, the small station now has a new 12 year OFCOM license, meaning this win adds to a terrific year end.
Gaelic Singer of the Year went to Mischa Macpherson, who was a headline act at this year’s Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival, while Jim Sutherland bagged the PRS for Music award for Composer of the Year. Please find a full list of winners below.
This year’s glamorous ceremony was hosted by Tony Kearney and Mary Ann Kennedy and winners of the awards were selected through public votes, as well over 100,000 people had their say.
The full winners list for this year’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards are below. You can download the music below for your radio programme.
Album of the Year sponsored by Birnam CD
Live at Celtic Connections by Duncan Chisholm
Club of the Year sponsored by Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland
Tin Hut Sessions
Composer of the Year sponsored by PRS for Music
Jim Sutherland
Community Project of the Year sponsored by Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust
Summer Isles Festival
Event of the Year sponsored by VisitScotland
GRIT: The Martyn Bennett Story
Gaelic Singer of the Year sponsored by Macmeanmna
Mischa Macpherson
Instrumentalist of the Year sponsored by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Catriona McKay
Live Act of the Year sponsored by Greentrax Recordings
Skipinnish
Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association
Emily Smith
Scottish Dance Band of the Year sponsored by National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs
Da Fustra
Scottish Folk Band of the Year sponsored by Threads of Music
Julie Fowlis
Pipe Band of the Year sponsored by The National Piping Centre
West Lothian Schools pipe band
Trad Music in the Media sponsored by Skipinnish
Isles FM
Music Tutor of the Year sponsored by Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative
Douglas Montgomery
Up and Coming Artist of the Year sponsored by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
The Elephant Sessions
Venue of the Year Award
The Ceilidh Place
Follow these topics: News
