Scots Trad Music Awards

Scotland's top Awards celebrating Scottish music

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: Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust

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The Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust has sponsored the Community Project of the Year for the last 4 years. Read below to find out more about them. If you haven’t voted in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards yet do so now!! The Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust was formed to raise funds for the promotion […]

Votes are flying out of the door

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We are having a record breaking year for votes! We are now into the 2nd week of voting in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2013 and there has been loads of interest. When we started the Scots Trad Music Awards back in 2003 our main aim (and still is) was to let the […]

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 […]

Birnam CD

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Birnam CD (like Greentrax) have been one of the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards longest running sponsors. They’ve have been supporting us and sponsoring Album of the Year since 2003. We always look forward to Martin’s ‘witty’ speech or song. If you have any CD pressing needs they’re the company to go to. Read […]

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 […]

SCOTS TRAD AWARDS RETURNS FOR 11TH YEAR

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SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR MG ALBA SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS Last year marked the 10th anniversary of the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards and they are back again this year with a bang. After weeks of anticipation and thousands of nominations from the public, shortlist for the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, has been […]

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