{"id":10507,"date":"2025-11-05T09:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/?p=10507"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:42:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:42:30","slug":"mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2025-michael-biggins-pickle-rick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2025-michael-biggins-pickle-rick\/","title":{"rendered":"MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2025: Michael Biggins \u201cpickle rick\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Congratulations to Michael Biggins<\/strong>\u00a0who has been nominated in Original Work of the Year sponsored Musicians\u2019 Union in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2025. Vote now!<\/a><\/strong>. It’s going to be another great night at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards on Saturday 6th December in Aberdeen Music Hall. Why not join us for a brilliant night of music and awards. Buy a ticket here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We asked Michael of Michael Biggins \u201cpickle rick\u201d<\/strong> the following questions.<\/p>\n

Tell us about yourself<\/strong>
\nMy name is Michael Biggins 28 years old and I play the piano and accordion.<\/p>\n

Why are you involved in Scottish music?<\/strong>
\nI am violently passionate about William Marshall. (Note from editor – William Marshalll was a very good fidler and composer.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Any particular career highlights?<\/strong>
\nNothing notable<\/p>\n

What are your plans for the future?<\/strong>
\nBig house loads of money and more handsome<\/p>\n

Michael Biggins \u201cpickle rick\u201d Social Media<\/strong>
\nWebsite: https:\/\/michaelbiggins.co.uk<\/a>
\nFacebook: \/michaelbiggins<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2025 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards are on the 6th December 2025 in Aberdeen Music Hall! You will be able to watch it live in person (buy a ticket here<\/a>). Watch it live in the UK at 9pm (GMT) on BBC ALBA and and around the world here<\/a>. Hosted by Scottish personalities Alistair Heather and Mary Ann Kennedy, the night in the Granite City will also welcome live performances from some of the brightest lights on the thriving trad scene today including beloved singer Hannah Rarity, UK folk legends The Poozies, trad pop band Mec Lir and BBC Radio scotland Young Traditional Musician and Scots Performer o the Year Ellie Beaton and many more!<\/p>\n

If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians why not become a friend of Hands Up for Trad<\/a><\/strong>. In addition to our high profile events like the Scots Trad Music Awards, we also deliver a less well known, education programme for young people from 8yrs right through to young adults at the start of their careers. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Michael Biggins\u00a0who has been nominated in Original Work of the Year sponsored Musicians\u2019 Union in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2025. Vote now!. It’s going to be another great night at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards on Saturday 6th December in Aberdeen Music Hall. Why not join us for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nominee-2025","8":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2025\/11\/IMG_3657.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10507"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10519,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10507\/revisions\/10519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}