{"id":972,"date":"2015-01-16T13:49:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T13:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/?p=972"},"modified":"2015-01-16T13:52:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T13:52:51","slug":"mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-winners-2014-for-radio-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-winners-2014-for-radio-play\/","title":{"rendered":"MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards winners 2014 for radio play"},"content":{"rendered":"

The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards<\/a> celebrated its 12th year in style with a glittering awards ceremony and\u00a0a record breaking figure of over 100,000 public votes deciding the award recipients.<\/p>\n

Broadcast live on BBC ALBA, the prestigious awards \u2013 organised by Hands Up for Trad \u2013 saw stars of the Scottish music scene take to Inverness Leisure Centre to celebrate and honour the very best of traditional talent.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s notable winners include Julie Fowlis<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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 \u00a36,000 in donations, the small station now has a new 12 year OFCOM license, meaning this win adds to a terrific year end.<\/p>\n

Gaelic Singer of the Year went to Mischa Macpherson, who was a headline act at this year\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

The full winners list for this year\u2019s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards are below. You can download the music below for your radio programme.<\/p>\n

Album of the Year sponsored by Birnam CD
\nLive at Celtic Connections by\u00a0Duncan Chisholm<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Club of the Year sponsored by Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland
\nTin Hut Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Composer of the Year sponsored by PRS for Music
\nJim Sutherland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Community Project of the Year sponsored by Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust
\nSummer Isles Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

Event of the Year sponsored by VisitScotland
\nGRIT: The Martyn Bennett Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gaelic Singer of the Year sponsored by Macmeanmna
\nMischa Macpherson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Instrumentalist of the Year sponsored by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
\nCatriona McKay<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Live Act of the Year sponsored by Greentrax Recordings
\nSkipinnish<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association
\nEmily Smith<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Scottish Dance Band of the Year sponsored by National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs
\nDa Fustra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scottish Folk Band of the Year sponsored by Threads of Music
\nJulie Fowlis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Pipe Band of the Year sponsored by The National Piping Centre
\nWest Lothian Schools pipe band<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trad Music in the Media sponsored by Skipinnish
\nIsles FM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Music Tutor of the Year sponsored by Creative Scotland\u2019s Youth Music Initiative
\nDouglas Montgomery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Up and Coming Artist of the Year sponsored by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
\nThe Elephant Sessions<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Venue of the Year Award
\nThe Ceilidh Place<\/strong><\/p>\n

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