Nominees Announced for 2020 Scottish Traditional Music Awards
The MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards will take place this year on 12 December in the form of a broadcast on BBC ALBA as well as a series of specially recorded music performances. Twelve awards will be given, including Musician of the Year, Original Work of the Year and Online Performance of 2020.
Among the nominees this year are composer and harper Ailie Robertson, guitarist Jenn Butterworth, singer Siobhan Miller and pianist John Carmichael. See the full list of nominees below. The winners in each category will be decided by public vote, which is now open.
In addition to the twelve award categories, three stalwarts of the Scotish traditional music community will be recognised through special awards – the Janet Paisley Services to Scots Language Award, the Services to Gaelic Award, and the Hamish Henderson Award for Services to Traditional Music.
Last year’s winners included the Kinnaris Quintet, Blazin’ Fiddles, Breabach and Man of the Minch among winners.
On the day of the awards, there will also be a presentation of Scottish traditional music on the social media pages of organising body Hands Up For Trad. Presented by singer-songwriter Findlay Napier, the presentation will feature Kinnaris Quintet, folk ensemble Dallahan, electronic-folk group Inyal, Glasgow five-piece The Paul McKenna Band, fiddle-player Ryan Young and Jenn Butterworth.
For more information, and to vote in the awards, visit: https://bit.ly/2TOzvzT
MG Alba Scots Trad Music Award – 2020 Nominees
- Rua MacMillan
- Rachel Hair
- Josie Duncan
- Lauren MacColl
- Corrina Hewat
- Laura Beth Salter
- Louise Mackenzie
- Fionnag NicChoinnich (Fiona MacKenzie)
- Joy Dunlop
- Rachel Walker
- Raymond Bremner
- All Is Not Forgotten by Siobhan Miller
- Banjaxed by Ciaran Ryan
- Bayview by Project Smoke
- Eye of the Storm by Tide Lines
- Light My Byre by Peat & Diesel
- Shhh I’m on the Phone by Innes Watson
- Steall by Ewen Henderson
- The Ledger by Gillian Frame, Findlay Napier and Mike Vass
- The Roke by Ross Miller
- The Woods by Hamish Napier
- Benedict Morris
- Rebecca Hill
- Malin Lewis
- Avocet
- Campbell’s Ceilidh
- Tunes in the Hoose
- MacGregor’s Live at Five
- Hands Up for Trad Strathspey and Reel Society
- Joy Dunlop’s Covid Choir
- Carry On Streamin
- Comhairle Cèilidhs (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar)
- 365 stories + Music (Aidan O’Rourke and James Robertson)
- Virtual Edinburgh International Harp Festival
- Fèis Rois Adult Feis Weekend Online
- Tional Gaelic Online Music Festival
- BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 20th Anniversary Concert (Celtic Connections)
- Coastal Connections (Celtic Connections)
- Siobhan Miller
- Claire Hastings
- Adam Holmes
- Allan & Rosemary McMillan
- ‘Erica’s’ by Balter
- ‘Calum Dan’s Transit Van’ by Peat & Diesel
- ‘Deep Dark Beast’ by Twelfth Day
- ‘Moorlough Shore’ by ELIR
- ‘Ceòl Mòr Style’ by Calum MacCrimmon
- ‘Taste the Rain’ by Tide Lines Choir
- Sandy on Sunday Show (Sandy Brechin)
- Live from The Lounge with Paul Anderson and Shona Donaldson
- Pete Clark from the shed
- Tide Lines Virtual World Tour
- Skerryvore Live Across The World
- Duncan Chisholm’s Covid Ceilidh
- Lomond Ceilidh Band’s The Daily Ceilidh
- The Woods by Hamish Napier
- ‘Everyday Heroes’ by Skerryvore
- The Orcadians of Hudson Bay by Graham Rorie
- ‘To the Awe’ by Rachel Newton
- ‘Camhanaich (Dawn)’ by Mhairi Hall
- Marie Martin – Box and Fiddle Magazine
- Ewan Galloway and Derek Hamilton – RadioGH
- Fiona McNeill – Celtic & Folk Fusions Radio Show
- Sruth na Maoile – BBC Radio nan Gàidheal and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
- Anna Massie – Black Isle Correspondent
- Tim Edey
- Peter Wood
- Anna Massie
- Jenn Butterworth
- Ailie Robertson
- John Carmichael