The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2013 were held in the Music Hall, Aberdeen on 7th December 2013. Acts performing were Kathleen MacInnes, Blazin Fiddles, Jenna Reid and Tom Orr, North East North East Folk Collective, Paddy Callaghan Trio (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award Winner 2013), The Shee, Ross Ainslie Band, Deoch n Dorus, Tom Speirs and family, Bucksburn & District Pipe Band. The house band were the Kevin Murphy Trio. Check out the photos.
Nominees and winners were: (Read the press release)
Album of the Year – Sponsored by Birnam CD
Wide Open (Ross Ainslie)
Room Enough For All (Battlefield Band) (Winner)
Cruinn (Cruinn)
An Tra (Marie Fielding)
Club of the Year – Sponsored by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Banchory Accordion & Fiddle Club
Folklub (Glasgow) (Winner)
Ness Melodian Band (Ness, Isle of Lewis)
Milngavie Folk Club
Community Project of the Year – Sponsored by Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust
Gadie Music (Aberdeenshire)
Atomic Doric (Banchory)
Gizzen Briggs (Tain Royal Academy) (Winner)
Friends of Wighton (Dundee)
Composer of the Year – Sponsored by PRS for Music
Donald Shaw (Composer)
Duncan Lyall
Adam Sutherland
Ailie Robertson
Event of the Year – Sponsored by VisitScotland
Tiree Music Festival (Winner)
Jura Music Festival
Moniaive Folk Festival
Carrying Stream Festival
Gaelic Singer of the Year – Sponsored by Macmeanmna
Rachel Walker (Winner)
Alasdair Whyte (Alasdair MacIlleBhain)
Sineag MacIntyre
Linda MacLeod
Trad Music in the Media Award – Sponsored by
BBC Radio Scotland Travelling Folk (Winner)
Horo Gheallaidh (Mac TV, BBC ALBA)
Trad with Pad (Celtic Music Radio)
Transatlantic Sessions (Whirlie Records)
Instrumentalist of the Year – Sponsored by Temple Records
Chris Stout (Winner)
James Duncan Mackenzie
Patsy Reid
Angus Lyon
Live Act of the Year – Sponsored by Greentrax
Breabach (Winner)
Lau
The Outside Track
Mairearad and Anna
Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year – Sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland
George Donaldson
Fiona Hunter
Mick West
Siobhan Miller (Winner)
Scottish Dance Band of the Year – Sponsored by the National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs
Trail West (Winner)
Craig Paton and his Scottish Dance Band
Graeme Mitchell and his Scottish Dance Band
Nicky McMichan and his Scottish Dance Band
Scottish Folk Band of the Year – Sponsored by All Celtic Music
Manran
Nuala Kennedy Band
Blazin’ Fiddles (Winner)
Paul McKenna Band
Pipe Band of the Year – Sponsored by The National Piping Centre
Newtongrange Pipe Band
Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band
Greater Glasgow Police Scotland.
Ullapool and District Junior Pipe Band (Winner)
Up and Coming Artist of the Year – Sponsored by Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Adam Holmes And The Embers
Robert Robertson (Winner)
Scott Wood Trio
Tina Jordan Rees
Music Tutor of the Year – Sponsored by Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative
Corrina Hewat (Borders) (Winner)
Margaret Scollay (Shetland)
Bob Massie (Highlands)
Alpha Munro (Highlands)
Venue of the Year Award
Mareel, Shetland
Douglas Robertson’s House, Edinburgh
A’ the Airts, Sanquhar
National Piping Centre, Glasgow (Winner)
