Scots Trad Music Awards

Scotland's top Awards celebrating Scottish music

Make Good Art

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Just found this on YouTube! Very inspirational. Watch and make good art 🙂

MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards Results 2013

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TIREE COMES UP TRUMPS AT TRAD AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR MG ALBA SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards celebrated its 11th year in style tonight (Saturday 7th December) with a glittering awards ceremony which was the biggest and best yet! Broadcasted live on BBC ALBA, the awards- organised by Hands […]

Sponsor Spotlight: All Celtic Music

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All Celtic Music do a fantastic job of distributing traditional music around the world. As you will see from the text below they have been around for a long time and they have successfully moved with the times to work in this new digital era. They have been a sponsor of the Scots Trad Music […]

Sponsor Spotlight: MG ALBA

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MG ALBA teamed up with the Scots Trad Music Awards in 2008 and made possible our long term aim of being on TV. I’ve really enjoyed the relationship which has vastly increased the profile of traditional music to the wider public. It was even more exciting last year when the event went out live! It […]

Paul Anderson and Aidan O’ Rourke perform new commissions as part of Atomic Doric

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On Saturday 30th November Atomic Doric (Woodend Barn) have Paul Anderson and Aidan O’ Rourke (who was also recently nominated for the Radio 2 Folk Awards) playing their brand new compositions inspired by the landscapes and wild spaces of Aberdeenshire, as well as local hero James Scott Skinner. Atomic Doric are nominated in our Community […]

Sponsor Spotlight: Creative Scotland

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Creative Scotland have supported the Scots Trad Music Awards since 2004 and have been a big part of the success of the event. Read more about them below. Voting has now ended in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards but you can still buy tickets here! http://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmusicawards/tickets-are-now-on-sale-for-the-mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards/ In Creative Scotland’s own words… Creative Scotland […]

Sponsor Spotlight: The National Piping Centre

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Another of the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards long term sponsors The National Piping Centre do a fabulous job of bringing piping in the the 21st Century! Read more below. (Have you voted in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards yet? Do it now!) The National Piping Centre serves as the centre for […]

Hands Up for Trad is grateful for funding support for Na Trads/MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2025 from: