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As part of the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards we have an Album of the Year category (sponsored by Birnam CD). Musicians added their albums from the last 12 months (September 2015 to August 2016) and then in September 2016 we asked our Album panel (20 musicians / industry people) to listen to all the releases and bring it down to 20. You can view all the albums from the period here. Below is our 2016 Scots Trad Album of the Year Shortlist of 10 albums. Click on the links and read about the albums. We have also created a Scots Trad Album of the Year podcast featuring all 20 longlisted albums for you to listen to here.

To vote for your Album of the Year click here.

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Artist NameElephant Sessions
Album titleWhat Makes You
Album cover
Album linkdropbox.com
Alternative album link for panel. Will not be public.spotify.com
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Since the release of their second album, multi award winning band, Elephant Sessions have traversed the globe playing their unique brand of indie folk, became the first recipients of the Belhaven Bursary and are back with a new album.
What Makes You has been released to widespread critical acclaim and builds upon the success of the previous albums. It sees the front line of mandolin and fiddle pushing their limits further, matching the percussive rhythm of drums, bass and guitar, whilst fusing with electronic dance beats, synths and sampes.
It’s a musical progression of the journey that the band has been on since the last album.
This is traditional music turned on its head, a re-invention of expectation, a brand new sound.

Label NameElephant Sessions
Release Date10/05/2019
Websiteelephantsessions.com

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