{"id":1947,"date":"2015-11-01T23:42:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T23:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2015-11-02T23:54:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T23:54:04","slug":"mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2015-the-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2015-the-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2015 – The Nominees!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Print\"<\/a>It’s another amazing year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards<\/strong>. What brilliant\u00a0talent Scotland has in our trad music sector! Read about the nominees below and click on the links to read more are about each nominee. Vote here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Album of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by Birnam CD<\/a>
\nBlackhouse<\/a> by Peatbog Faeries
\nDespite The Dark<\/a> by RURA
\nFlight of Time<\/a> by Siobhan Miller
\nGrind<\/a> by Treacherous Orchestra
\nIn the Wake of Neil Gunn<\/a> by Mike Vass
\nNorth<\/a> by Blazin’ Fiddles
\nThe Bell That Never Rang<\/a> by Lau
\nThe Untied Knot<\/a> by Shooglenifty
\nUpsurge<\/a> by Scott Wood Band
\nWhen the Day is on the Turn<\/a> by Dallahan<\/p>\n

Club of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland<\/a>
\nHaddington Box and Fiddle Club<\/a>
\nIrvine Folk Club<\/a>
\nStrathaven Folk Club<\/a>
\nOrkney Accordion and Fiddle Club<\/a><\/p>\n

Composer of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by PRS for Music<\/a>
\nMarie Fielding<\/a>
\nPeter Morrison<\/a>
\nRachel Walker<\/a>
\nRoss Ainslie<\/a>
\nSarah Hayes<\/a>
\nSorren Maclean<\/a><\/p>\n

Community Project of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by the Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust<\/a>
\nMacMath – The Silent Page<\/a>
\nLive Music Now Scotland<\/a>
\nBlackford Fiddle group<\/a>
\nThe Small Hall Band<\/a><\/p>\n

Event of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by VisitScotland<\/a>
\nGrit opening concert, Celtic Connections<\/a>
\nKirriemuir Festival<\/a>
\nSkerryvore: Decade<\/a>
\nSpeyfest<\/a><\/p>\n

Gaelic Singer of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by Macmeanmna Records<\/a>
\nAlyth McCormack<\/a>
\nAinsley Hamill<\/a>
\nFiona J MacKenzie<\/a>
\nGriogair Labhruidh<\/a><\/p>\n

Instrumentalist of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society<\/a>
\nAli Hutton<\/a>
\nMairi Campbell<\/a>
\nRoss Couper<\/a>
\nTomas Callister<\/a>
\nTom Orr<\/a><\/p>\n

Live Act of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by Greentrax Recordings<\/a>
\nRura<\/a>
\nNae Plans<\/a>
\nTreacherous Orchestra<\/a>
\nSkipinnish<\/a><\/p>\n

Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by the Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland<\/a>
\nClaire Hastings<\/a>
\nFiona Hunter<\/a>
\nRobyn Stapleton<\/a>
\nAmy Lord<\/a><\/p>\n

Dance Band of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by the National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs<\/a>
\nSimon Howie<\/a>
\nIain Cathcart<\/a>
\nThe Full Scottish
\nAlan Crookston<\/a><\/p>\n

Folk Band of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by Threads of Sound<\/a>
\nDallahan<\/a>
\nDaimh<\/a>
\nKate in the Kettle<\/a>
\nBella Hardy<\/a><\/p>\n

Scottish Pipe Band of the Year<\/strong> sponsored by The National Piping Centre<\/a>
\nShotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band<\/a>
\nJohnstone Pipe Band<\/a><\/p>\n

Trad Music in the Media<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by Skipinnish<\/a>
\nBox and Fiddle Magazine<\/a>
\nLorne MacDougall’s PlanetPipe<\/a>
\nBrian Miller – Diamond Folk<\/a>
\nPort, BBC ALBA<\/a><\/p>\n

Music Tutor of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by Creative Scotland Youth Music Initiative<\/a>
\nAmy Geddes<\/a>
\nBarbara Anderson<\/a> (Huntly)
\nJenn Butterworth<\/a>
\nJohn Somerville<\/a>
\nGillian Fleetwood<\/a>
\nIan Lowthian<\/a><\/p>\n

Up and Coming Artist of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland<\/a>
\nAndrew Waite<\/a>
\nFara<\/a>
\nGr\u00e1inne Brady & Tina Jordan Rees<\/a>
\nInnovation<\/a>
\nThe League of Highland Gentlemen<\/a>
\nTalisk<\/a><\/p>\n

Venue of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sponsored by the Musicians’ Union<\/a>
\nScottish Storytelling Centre<\/a>
\nGlassel hall, Banchory<\/a>
\nLyth Arts Centre
\nSEALL at Sabhal Mor Ostaig<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s another amazing year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. What brilliant\u00a0talent Scotland has in our trad music sector! Read about the nominees below and click on the links to read more are about each nominee. Vote here! Album of the Year \u2013 Sponsored by Birnam CD Blackhouse by Peatbog Faeries Despite The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[4,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-nominee","9":"category-nominee-2015","10":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2015\/10\/Kate-Young-7-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947","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=1947"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2001,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions\/2001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}