{"id":1348,"date":"2015-02-23T15:18:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T15:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2015-02-24T11:28:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T11:28:30","slug":"scots-trad-music-awards-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/scots-trad-music-awards-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Trad Music Awards 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"C_1784\"<\/a>All the nominations from our 2004 event. The Awards were held in Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall on December 4th 2004. Performing at the awards were\u00a0Battlefield Band (Best Live Band 2003), Cliar (Best Album 2003), James Graham (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2004), Hadhirgaan (23 piece youth band from Orkney), Nicol McLaren Scottish Dance Band, Scottish Power Pipe Band (Best Pipe Band 2003), Sheena Wellington.<\/p>\n

Nominees and winners were:<\/p>\n

Album of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by Birnam CD<\/p>\n

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas – Fire & Grace (winner)
\nBlair Douglas: Angels from the Ashes
\nMartyn Bennett: Grit
\nThe Occasionals – Reel of Four<\/p>\n

BBC Radio Scotland Personality of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frank McArdle
\nFiona MacKenzie (winner)
\nRita Hunter
\nHarris Playfair<\/p>\n

Club of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by The Living Tradition)<\/p>\n

Ceilidh Place, Ullapool
\nGlenfarg Village Folk Club
\nGretna Accordion & Fiddle Club
\nHootananny, Inverness (winner)<\/p>\n

Community Project of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by Greentrax<\/p>\n

ALP Scots Music Group
\nBroonie \u2013 The Legend
\nFeis Rois Traditional Music in Schools project (winner)
\nGlasgow Fiddle Workshop<\/p>\n

Songwriter of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by New Makars Trust<\/p>\n

Jim Malcolm (winner)
\nDavid MacLennan (Meantime)
\nDougie MacLean
\nKarine Polwart<\/p>\n

Event of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by VisitScotland<\/p>\n

Celtic Connections Festival
\nHebridean Celtic Festival (winner)
\nPiping Hot, Glasgow International Piping Festival
\nShetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival<\/p>\n

Gaelic Singer of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by Macmeanmna<\/p>\n

Julie Fowlis
\nMaggie MacInnes (winner)
\nRachel Walker
\nRona Lightfoot<\/p>\n

Journalist of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by Greentrax<\/p>\n

Jim Gilchrist – Jim writes for the Scotsman.
\nKenny Mathieson – Kenny writes for the Scotsman and is editor of Hi-Arts Internet Journal
\nRob Adams – Rob writes for the Herald.
\nSue Wilson – Sue writes for the Sunday Herald and other papers and magazines. (winner)<\/p>\n

The Media Award<\/strong> – Sponsored by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society<\/p>\n

Beolach
\nHighlands and Islands Arts Journal (HI~Arts Journal)
\nTake the Floor (Radio Scotland) – winner
\nThe Sunday Getherin\u2019 (Radio Borders)<\/p>\n

Instrumentalist of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by Temple Records<\/p>\n

Archie McAllister (fiddle)
\nChris Stout (fiddle)
\nCorrina Hewat (clarsach)
\nFred Morrison (bagpipes) (winner)<\/p>\n

Live Act of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by Musicians Union<\/p>\n

Blazin\u2019 Fiddles (winner)
\nFinlay MacDonald Band
\nSession A9
\nUnusual Suspects<\/p>\n

Scots Singer of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association<\/p>\n

Dick Gaughan (winner)
\nGordeanna McCulloch
\nJim Malcolm
\nMaureen Jelks<\/p>\n

Scottish Dance Band of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by the National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs<\/p>\n

Da Fustra (winner)
\nFergie MacDonald Band
\nIan Cruikshanks Scottish Dance Band
\nNicol McLaren and the Glencraig Scottish Country Dance Band<\/p>\n

Scottish Folk Band of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by Foot Stompin\u2019 Celtic Music<\/p>\n

Blazin\u2019 Fiddles
\nMeantime
\nOld Blind Dogs (winner)
\nTannahill Weavers<\/p>\n

Pipe Band of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by The National Piping Centre<\/p>\n

Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band
\nKintyre Schools Pipe Band
\nKirkwall City Pipe Band (winner)
\nThe National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland<\/p>\n

Up and Coming Artist of the Year<\/strong> – Sponsored by Wellington Consultancy<\/p>\n

Anna Massie Band
\nD\u00f2chas (winner)
\nFine Friday
\nSaltfishforty<\/p>\n

Retailer of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by Highlander Music<\/p>\n

Folk Revolution (Glasgow)
\nFoot Stompin Celtic Music (winner)
\nMusicScotland.com
\nRecord Rendezvous (Inverness)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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