Scots Trad Music Awards

Scotland's top Awards celebrating Scottish music

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 […]

Sponsor Spotlight: National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs

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National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs (NAAFC) came on board right at the start of the Scots Trad Music Awards in 2003. They do a fantastic job of supporting all the Accordion and Fiddle clubs across Scotland. Read more about them below. (Have you voted in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards yet? Do so here! 2011 […]

Sponsor Spotlight: Traditional Music and Song Association

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Another long time sponsor of the Scots Trad Music Awards is the Traditional Music and Song Association. They have sponsored Scots Singer of the Year since the start and few years in we changed the title of the Award to the Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year in honour of their late Convenor. Read […]

Take the Floor at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards – Friday 6th December

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How exciting! Take The Floor & Robbie Shepherd presents a pre Trad Music Awards special recording At Albyn School, Queens Road Aberdeen. The band will be Tom Orr and his Scottish Dance Band and we will also be entertained by special guest artists. For tickets which are free call 01224 384802 or email takethefloor@bbc.co.uk Join […]

Sponsor Spotlight: Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

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The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society have sponsored Club of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards for a good few years now. Here’s some information about their history. Have you voted yet? Do so here! Today the term ‘Scottish country dance’ embraces the social dances of Scotland which have evolved from many traditions […]

Trad Music Awards Warm Up Tour

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This is great! The Trad Music Awards Warm Up Tour takes place in Glasgow and Aberdeen on the two nights before the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards. We are proud to bring together a selection of the award nominees to play in some smaller, more intimate venues. The concerts take place in Stereo Cafe […]

Sponsor Spotlight: Macmeanmna

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Macmeamna Recordings are another of MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards long time sponsors. They have delivered a fab service for many years. Macmeamna are sponsoring Gaelic Singer of the Year. Have you voted yet? http://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmusicawards/voting/. Macmeanmna are the eighth recipients of Hands Up for Trad’s Business Limelight Award. The “Limelight’s” are a monthly initiative […]

Sponsor Spotlight: Greentrax Recordings

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Back on October 2012 Greentrax recordings were awarded Hands Up for Trad’s inaugural Business Limelight of the Month Award. Greentrax are sponsoring “Live Act of the Year” at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. Read more about this great company. Vote now in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. Greentrax Recordings Limited are the […]

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