The longlist for the Trad Albums of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards have been announced. Vote for your favourite here. The albums are;
Air Fàir an Là by Niteworks
alterum by Julie Fowlis
Bare Knuckle by Chris Stout and Catriona McKay
Ellipsis by Fourth Moon
EVO by SKERRYVORE
Glasgow by Findlay Napier
In Praise of Home by Rura
Inyal by Inyal
Notes from the boat by Mike Vass
Pipes by John Mulhearn
Punch by The Poozies
Sanctuary by Ross Ainslie
Sandwood by Duncan Chisholm
SOLO by Sarah-Jane Summers
Some Other Land by Adam Sutherland
Sròmos by James Duncan Mackenzie
Symbiosis II by Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton
Tales From The North by Calum Stewart
The Key by Blazin’ Fiddes
The Morning Tempest by Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente
The Pipe Slang by Jamie MacDonald & Christian Gamauf
The Railway by Hamish Napier
The Rough Bounds by Daimh
The Seer by Lauren MacColl
Undersong by Salt House.
In the first two weeks of October the public will vote to shortlist these 25 albums to 10. These will be released on the 6th November and the public will vote to choose the Trad Album of the Year which will be announced on Saturday 1st December in Perth Concert Hall as part of the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards.
You can vote on the albums and nominate your favourite acts and organisations at http://www.scotstradmusicawards.com.