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Nominations open for MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards

15/10/2020

Public Nominations open for MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2020. Nominations are invited for the following awards:

  1. Music Tutor of the Year, sponsored by Creative Scotland
  2. Gaelic Singer of the Year, sponsored by The Highland Society of London
  3. Album of The Year, sponsored by Birnam CD
  4. Up & Coming artist of the Year, sponsored by Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  5. Event of the Year
  6. Community Music Project of the Year, sponsored by Greentrax Recordings
  7. Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year, sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association (TMSA)
  8. Trad Video of the Year, sponsored by Threads of Sound
  9. Online Performance of 2020, sponsored by Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust
  10. Services to Gaelic Award, sponsored by Bòrd na Gàidhlig
  11. Original Work of the Year, sponsored by PRS for Music
  12. Trad Music in the Media, sponsored by Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
  13. Musician of the Year, sponsored by the University of the Highlands and Islands

The nomination stage closes on Sunday 18th October.

For more information and to nominate please visit: MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2020

 

Funding

New Music Support Fund for Folk In Crisis

15/10/2020

New Music Support Fund for Folk In Crisis Launches In Scotland To Help Musicians and Music Production Professionals. Stonehaven Folk Club has teamed up with Hands Up For Trad to start up a fund to help support Folk musicians and music production staff living in Scotland during the crisis.

The Folk Club is providing 20 grants of £250 to help towards living expenses during this period when people are unable to work. It’s hoped that further donations from other organisations and the public will help the fund grow.

Stonehaven Folk Club celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2017 and has twice been voted Club of the Year at the Trad Awards. Through this initiative, the club hopes to be able to help some of the fantastic Folk talent in Scotland get through the next few months and hopefully stay as performing artists.

For more information, to support the project and/or to apply for a grant please visit: Hands Up For Trad.