The full shortlist for this year’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards is below. Click on the links to read more about the nominees. Click here to vote! To buy a ticket for the awards click here.
Album of the Year – Sponsored by Birnam CD
Live at Celtic Connections (Duncan Chisholm)
Heirs and Graces (Adam Holmes)
The Brightest Path (Patsy Reid)
Echoes (Emily Smith)
Club of the Year – Sponsored by Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS)
Community Project of the Year – Sponsored by Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust
Composer of the Year – Sponsored by PRS for Music
Event of the Year – Sponsored by VisitScotland
Struileag – Children of the Smoke
Gaelic Singer of the Year – Sponsored by Macmeanmna
Trad Music in the Media Award – Sponsored by Skipinnish
Hotchkiss Hotchpotch – Celtic Music Radio
Instrumentalist of the Year – Sponsored by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Live Act of the Year – Sponsored by Greentrax
Gavin Marwick’s Journeyman Spectacular
Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year – Sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland
Scottish Dance Band of the Year – Sponsored by the National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs
Jack Delaney Scottish Dance Band
Matthew MacLennan Scottish Dance Band
Scottish Folk Band of the Year – Sponsored by Threads of Sound
Pipe Band of the Year – Sponsored by The National Piping Centre
Preston Lodge High School Pipe Band
West Lothian Schools Pipe Band
Inverary and District Pipe Band
Up and Coming Artist of the Year – Sponsored by Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Music Tutor of the Year – Sponsored by Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative
Venue of the Year Award
