Hands Up for Trad and the Saltire Society are very happy to announce the 2013 Inductees to the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. As always the inductees show the breadth of talent that Scotland has produced over many years.
There are 11 inductees this year including Boys of the Lough – the first professional band to tour the USA, Calum Kennedy – Scottish singing star and Dr Emily Lyle – international academic and editor of the Greig-Duncan Collection (see the complete list below). Each inductee will have a biography written by Jim Gilchrist and photo taken by Louis DeCarlo which will go on the website and into our Hall of Fame exhibition which travels the country.
We are very happy to be in partnership again with the Saltire Society an organisation that believes culture is at the heart of who we are as individuals, as a community, as a country. If you would like to join the Saltire Society you could do here http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/become-a-member/. Thanks also go to MG ALBA who work with Hands Up for Trad on the Hall of Fame and the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards.
This Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame is dedicated to giving acknowledgement and recognition to musicians and industry people who, by their dedication and hard work, have supported and influenced the development of Scottish traditional music during their lives. Launched at the Scots Trad Music Awards in December 2005, the membership of the Hall of Fame is added to annually. Read about all our Hall of Fame inductees.
2013 Inductees to the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame
Sileas – Mary MacMaster and Patsy Seddon
Elizabeth Stewart
Boys of the Lough
The Gaugers
Kenny Thomson
Iain MacDonald (Glenuig)
Departed
Will Starr
Willie Hunter
Pipe-Major Donald MacLeod MBE
Services to Gaelic Music
Calum Kennedy
Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music
Dr Emily Lyle
For more information please contact Simon Thoumire at Hands Up for Trad info@handsupfortrad.co.uk or 07775854572
