Scots Trad Music Awards

Scotland's top Awards celebrating Scottish music

Top ten trad albums of the year 2015

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The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards Album of the Year sponsored by Birnam CD has changed! Rather than everyone suggest and then vote for 4 albums of the year we have decided to make a longlist in October (20 albums) and a shortlist in November of 10 albums. The 10 albums have been chosen by […]

Nominations are live! We want to hear from you!

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Hands up for Trad will be hosting the 13th MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards and Gala Concert on 5th December 2015 at Dundee Caird Hall. Click here to nominate your favourite acts and organisations of the last 12 months. This years process is slightly different. As usual you nominate your favourite organisation / act however […]

Scots Trad Music Awards

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The nominations period for the Scots Trad Music Awards starts this Monday 5th October. If you have a favourite act or organisation you think deserves a mention for their work this last twelve months visit www.scotstradmusicawards.com and tell us! The nominations period ends on Friday 16th October.

Trad Awards at Dundee Caird Hall

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We paid a visit to Dundee’s Caird Hall last week to check out the opportunities for the 2015 Scots Trad Music Awards and they are plentiful! The Caird Hall is right in the centre of Dundee and has a great stage, large bar areas and lots of seats. Our technical manager says it is going […]

Tell us about your album!

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In 2015 the Album of the Year category at the Scots Trad Music Awards is changing. The changes are based on the excellent Scottish Album of the Year Award organised by Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA). 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 […]

TRIUMPH FOR TRAD TALENT WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR MG ALBA SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS

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The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards celebrated its 12th year in style tonight (Saturday 13th December) with a glittering awards ceremony which was their biggest and best yet – with a record breaking figure of over 100,000 public votes deciding the award recipients. Broadcast live on BBC ALBA, the prestigious awards – organised by […]

Tickets selling fast for the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2014

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Tickets are selling fast for the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2014. If you want to come you better get in quickly! It’s a great lineup and includes the original Shooglenifty lineup performing together for the first time in many years. In the 1990’s Shooglenifty led the way in innovation. They took Scottish music all […]

SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR MG ALBA SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS

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INVERNESS TO HOST SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS 2014 The most prestigious awards ceremony in the traditional music calendar, the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, are returning for their 12th consecutive year and bringing the party to Inverness on Saturday 13 December. After weeks of anticipation and thousands of nominations from the public, the shortlist […]

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