{"id":1380,"date":"2015-02-23T17:29:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T17:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2015-02-23T17:45:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T17:45:09","slug":"mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DSC_1640\"<\/a>The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2013 were held in the Music Hall, Aberdeen on 7th December 2013. Acts performing were\u00a0Kathleen MacInnes, Blazin Fiddles, Jenna Reid and Tom Orr,\u00a0North East North East Folk Collective, Paddy Callaghan Trio (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award Winner 2013), The Shee, Ross Ainslie Band, Deoch n Dorus, Tom Speirs and family, Bucksburn & District Pipe Band. The house band were\u00a0the Kevin Murphy Trio. Check out the photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nominees and winners were: (Read the press release<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Album of the Year – Sponsored by Birnam CD
\nWide Open (Ross Ainslie)
\nRoom Enough For All (Battlefield Band) (Winner)
\nCruinn (Cruinn)
\nAn Tra (Marie Fielding)<\/p>\n

Club of the Year – Sponsored by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
\nBanchory Accordion & Fiddle Club
\nFolklub (Glasgow) (Winner)
\nNess Melodian Band (Ness, Isle of Lewis)
\nMilngavie Folk Club<\/p>\n

Community Project of the Year – Sponsored by Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust
\nGadie Music (Aberdeenshire)
\nAtomic Doric (Banchory)
\nGizzen Briggs (Tain Royal Academy) (Winner)
\nFriends of Wighton (Dundee)<\/p>\n

Composer of the Year – Sponsored by PRS for Music
\nDonald Shaw (Composer)
\nDuncan Lyall
\nAdam Sutherland
\nAilie Robertson<\/p>\n

Event of the Year – Sponsored by VisitScotland
\nTiree Music Festival (Winner)
\nJura Music Festival
\nMoniaive Folk Festival
\nCarrying Stream Festival<\/p>\n

Gaelic Singer of the Year – Sponsored by Macmeanmna
\nRachel Walker (Winner)
\nAlasdair Whyte (Alasdair MacIlleBhain)
\nSineag MacIntyre
\nLinda MacLeod<\/p>\n

Trad Music in the Media Award – Sponsored by
\nBBC Radio Scotland Travelling Folk (Winner)
\nHoro Gheallaidh (Mac TV, BBC ALBA)
\nTrad with Pad (Celtic Music Radio)
\nTransatlantic Sessions (Whirlie Records)<\/p>\n

Instrumentalist of the Year – Sponsored by Temple Records
\nChris Stout (Winner)
\nJames Duncan Mackenzie
\nPatsy Reid
\nAngus Lyon<\/p>\n

Live Act of the Year – Sponsored by Greentrax
\nBreabach (Winner)
\nLau
\nThe Outside Track
\nMairearad and Anna<\/p>\n

Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year – Sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland
\nGeorge Donaldson
\nFiona Hunter
\nMick West
\nSiobhan Miller (Winner)<\/p>\n

Scottish Dance Band of the Year – Sponsored by the National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs
\nTrail West (Winner)
\nCraig Paton and his Scottish Dance Band
\nGraeme Mitchell and his Scottish Dance Band
\nNicky McMichan and his Scottish Dance Band<\/p>\n

Scottish Folk Band of the Year – Sponsored by All Celtic Music
\nManran
\nNuala Kennedy Band
\nBlazin’ Fiddles (Winner)
\nPaul McKenna Band<\/p>\n

Pipe Band of the Year – Sponsored by The National Piping Centre
\nNewtongrange Pipe Band
\nBoghall and Bathgate Pipe Band
\nGreater Glasgow Police Scotland.
\nUllapool and District Junior Pipe Band (Winner)<\/p>\n

Up and Coming Artist of the Year – Sponsored by Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
\nAdam Holmes And The Embers
\nRobert Robertson (Winner)
\nScott Wood Trio
\nTina Jordan Rees<\/p>\n

Music Tutor of the Year – Sponsored by Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative
\nCorrina Hewat (Borders) (Winner)
\nMargaret Scollay (Shetland)
\nBob Massie (Highlands)
\nAlpha Munro (Highlands)<\/p>\n

Venue of the Year Award
\nMareel, Shetland
\nDouglas Robertson’s House, Edinburgh
\nA’ the Airts, Sanquhar
\nNational Piping Centre, Glasgow (Winner)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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