The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2012 returned to the Nevis Centre, Fort William on 8th December 2012. This was the first year the Awards were broadcast live on the TV from 9-11pm. It brought new production values to the show making it more slick and sticking to time! The performers were Treacherous Orchestra, Karine Polwart, […]

The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards was held in Perth Concert Hall for a second year running on 3rd December 2011. The performers were Peatbog Faeries, Skerryvore, Salsa Celtica, Paul McKenna Band, Barbara Dickson Band, Cathy Ann MacPhee, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, Joe Aitken/Geordie Murison/Scott Gardiner, Feis Rois 25th Anniversary, Kristan Harvey Band, National […]

The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards were held in Perth Concert Hall on December 4th 2010. It was a year of crazy snow and the Awards nearly never happened! Luckily there was a break between snow falls and the Shetland and Orcadian acts both managed to fly in. In fact the only act that […]

The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards were held in Dumfries DG One on the 28th November 2009. Performing at the Awards were The Treacherous Orchestra, Barbara Dickson, Donnie Munro Band, Emily Smith Band, Deaf Shepherd, Scottish Power Pipe Band, Norrie MacIver and Ruari Sutherland with Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson, Ruairidh MacMillian (2009 BBC Radio […]

The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards were held in the Fruitmarket, Glasgow on 6th December 2008. It was our first year on the TV (BBC ALBA). The performers were Capercaillie, Karine Polwart Band, Session A9, Lau, St Rochs Ceilidh Band, The Cast, Breabach, Strathclyde Police Band, Jimmy Shand 100th birthday tribute. The comperes were Mary Ann Kennedy […]

The Scots Trad Music Awards 2007 were held in the Nevis Centre, Fort William on 3rd December 2007. The performers were Unusual Suspects, Shooglenifty, Catriona Watt (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2007), Sylvia Barnes (last years Scots Singer of the Year), Kathleen MacInness (last years Gaelic Singer of the Year), Kintyre Youth Pipe Band and […]

The 2006 Scots Trad Music Awards were held in the Nevis Centre, Fort William on the 4th December 2006. Performing on the night were Gordon Duncan Tribute with Ross Ainslie, Jarlath Henderson and Aly Hutton, Jim Reid, Shona Mooney Band, Ceol Mor, Gordon Shand Scottish Dance Band, Julie Fowlis Band and Peatbog Faeries. The nominations and winners were: […]

The Scots Trad Music Awards 2005 were held at Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall on December 3rd 2005. Performing on the night were: Blazin’ Fiddles (Live Act of the Year 2004) Maggie MacInnes Band (Gaelic Singer of the Year 2004) Jim Malcolm (Songwriter of the Year 2004) Plockton National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music Kirkwall City […]

All the nominations from our 2004 event. The Awards were held in Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall on December 4th 2004. Performing at the awards were Battlefield Band (Best Live Band 2003), Cliar (Best Album 2003), James Graham (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2004), Hadhirgaan (23 piece youth band from Orkney), Nicol McLaren Scottish Dance Band, Scottish […]

The very first Scots Trad Music Awards started in Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall on 13th September 2003. Acts performing on the night were Deaf Shepherd, Back of the Moon, Ishbel McAskill, Gordon Duncan, Alasdair MacCuish and the Black Rose Ceilidh Band and Kelso High School Celtic Group. Below is the preview for the Awards by journalist Kenny Mathieson. 10 […]