Trad Album of the Year

Read about the Top Ten Trad Albums 2022.

Have you released an album between September 2021 and August 2022? Submit your album into our 2022 Album of the Year competition. Our aim is to highlight the trad recording industry and to showcase the large amount of albums that are released each year in the trad/folk music genre. Anyone can add an album – just fill in the form with details.

In October 2022 we will announce the Trad Album of the Year Longlist and in November we will announce the shortlist (10 albums). The winner will be announced as usual at the Scots Trad Music Awards. View the list of albums to see if your recording is on it.

If you are not on list please fill in the form below to tell us about the album. Any questions contact us.

Read about the Trad Albums longlist 2022!

Album of the Year

Artist Name*
Album title*
Release Date*
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Label Name
Any more information you would like to tell us?
Album cover*
Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.
Website*

The band / artist website
Album link 1*

eg Spotify, Bandcamp etc
Album link 2

Alternative place to listen.
Name*
If we need to ask you any questions!
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Criteria:

Albums eligible for entry are those released between September 2021 and August 2022.
The longlist will be decided by an industry panel.
The shortlist (10 releases) will be decided by 50% industry panel and 50% public.
The winner will be decided by a public vote.
An album is a collection of new material. Collections including greatest hits are not eligible.
Albums can be on CD or download only.
An album must have more than 6 tracks or 40 mins of material.
Only albums within the folk / trad genre are eligible for this award.
Albums must be releases by an artist living in Scotland for 1 year or Scottish by birth.
Decisions made by Hands Up for Trad are final.