Scots Trad Music Awards

Scotland's top Awards celebrating Scottish music

MG ALBA SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS SHORTLIST UNVEILED

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Shortlisted nominations have been unveiled for the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2015. The winners will be announced at the event on Saturday 5th December, at the Caird Hall Dundee. Tickets are available from 01382 434 940 or www.dundeebox.co.uk. The ceremony is organised by Hands up for Trad and will see sixteen awards handed out […]

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 […]

MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2015 Album of the Year

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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 will be chosen […]

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.

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 […]

What’s the difference between PRS, MCPS and PPL?

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One of the questions I get asked frequently is “What’s the difference between PRS, MCPS and PPL?”. We’ve all asked over the years and no matter how many times we’ve been told there still seems to be a fog in our brains 🙂 I asked Duncan McCrone of MCPS if there were any documents that could […]

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 […]

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