Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame

Celebrating traditional music's heroes

Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Services to Performance Inductees Announced

Hands Up for Trad are very happy to announce the 2018 Services to Performance Inductees to the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. All of the inductees (like the Services to Community inductees announced in May 2018) have made an amazing contribution to our Scottish music scene – contributions we could not have done without. […]

Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Inductees 2017 Announced.

Hands Up for Trad have announced Billy Connolly amongst the 2017 Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame (sponsored by Fèisean nan Gàidheal) inductees, honouring the work and dedication of musicians and industry people who have both influenced and helped to shape Scottish traditional music throughout their lives. A total of 20 performers and influential trad […]

Services to Community 2017

We are very happy to announce our first Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Inductees of 2017. The inductees in the Services to Community section are individuals that work tirelessly to help their community and enrich the lives of others through selfless service or charitable work. This section of the Hall of Fame started in […]

Niel Gow (1727 to 1807)

The name Niel Gow is undoubtedly one of the most well-known in the history of Scottish traditional music. This fiddler, who lived from 1727 to 1807, is familiar to many from Henry Raeburn’s sensitive portrait, arguably one of the artists finest works, and from a modest number of tunes, particularly slow airs or laments composed […]

Arthur Argo by Rab Noakes

We asked Rab Noakes to write down his thoughts on Arthur Argo and his legacy. It’s a lovely read about a great man. I am honoured to nominate, and delighted to welcome, Arthur Argo to the Hands Up for Trad Hall of Fame. Few people are more deserving of this honour. The reason for that […]