The Scots Trad Music Awards or Na Trads were founded in 2003 by

Simon Thoumire Simon Thoumire is a Scottish musician and an English concertina virtuoso. Thoumire has played all over the world. A winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Tradition Award in 1989,Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

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in all its forms and create a high profile opportunity to bring the music and music industry into the spotlight of media and public attention. Nominations are made by the public and in 2019 over 100,000 public votes were expected across 18 categories. The awards are organised by Thoumire's organisation Hands Up for Trad. Since 2008 the awards have been sponsored by

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, and the event is televised on

BBC Alba BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air public broadcast television channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba. The channel was launched on 19 September 2008 and is on-air for up to seven hours a day with BBC Radio nan Gàidheal s ...

. Since 2019 the ceremony has including the awarding of The

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, sponsored by

Belhaven Brewery Belhaven Brewery is a brewery based in Belhaven, Scotland. The brewery dates from 1719, at least; by 2005 it had become the largest and oldest surviving independent brewery in Scotland. In November 2005, the Suffolk based brewery Greene Ki ...

. The prize consists of £25,000, an ale brewed with the winner's name on it, an appearance at an event at Tartan Week in

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and the use of the winner's music in an advertising campaign. The cash prize is the largest music prize in Scotland, matched only by the

Mercury Prize The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. It was created by Jon Webster and Robert Chandler in association with the B ...

Award winners

2021

The ceremony was held at the Engine Works in Glasgow *Original Work of the Year: ''7 Years Old'' by Calum MacPhail *Community Project of the Year: Riddell Fiddles’ Two Towns Housing Estate Youth Musical Outreach Programme *Event of the Year:

Celtic Connections The Celtic Connections festival started in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has since been held every January. Featuring over 300 concerts, ceilidhs, talks, free events, late night sessions and workshops, the festival focuses on the roots of tra ...

*Gaelic Singer of the Year:

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*Musician of the Year:

Iona Fyfe Iona Fyfe (born 16 January 1998) is a Scottish singer from Huntly, Aberdeenshire known for singing Scots folk songs and ballads. In 2016, she was a semi-finalist of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award and, in 2017 and 2021, was a finalist of the B ...

*Online Performance of 2021: Norrie "Tago" MacIver Live Streams *Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year: Ellie Beaton *Trad Video of the Year: ''Doddies Dream'' by

Bruce MacGregor Bruce MacGregor (born April 26, 1941) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played for the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association (WHA ...

*Trad Music in the Media: ''Ceòl is Cràdh'' (Mental health in musicians’ documentary) on

. *Up and Coming Artist of the Year:

The Canny Band ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

*Music Tutor of the Year:

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, Director of Piping and Drumming at

Strathallan School Strathallan School is an independent boarding and day school in Scotland for boys and girls aged 7–18. The school has a campus at Forgandenny, a few miles south of Perth. School roll The school has 73 full-time staff, and 18 part-time staff ...

*Album of the Year: ''Where the World Is Thin'' by

Kris Drever Kris Drever (born 31 October 1978) is a Scottish contemporary folk musician and songwriter who came to prominence in 2006 with the release of his debut solo album, ''Black Water''. Drever is the vocalist and guitarist of the folk trio Lau with ...

2020

The awards had been due to be staged in the

Caird Hall Caird Hall is a concert auditorium located in Dundee, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building. History The site currently occupied by the building was occupied by a series of closes and tenements. The foundation stone for the building was ...

Dundee, but were moved online due to the

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, and presented by

Alistair Heather Alistair is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic ''Alasdair''. The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic variant of the Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, which was incorporated into English in the sam ...

and Mary Ann Kennedy. The categories were also adapted for the circumstances. * Album of The Year: ''The Woods'' by

Hamish Napier Back of the Moon was a Scottish musical group from the Isle of Arran which played both new and Scottish traditional tunes and songs cast in modern sounding arrangements. Since forming in 2000, the band had toured annually throughout the UK, Cana ...

* Original Work of the Year: ''Everyday Heroes'' by

Skerryvore Skerryvore (from the Gaelic ''An Sgeir Mhòr'' meaning "The Great Skerry") is a remote island that lies off the west coast of Scotland, southwest of Tiree. Skerryvore Lighthouse is located on these rocks, built with some difficulty between 18 ...

* Community Music Project of the Year: "Tunes in the Hoose" * Event of the Year Award:

BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician The BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician competition has run annually since 2001. It exists to encourage young musicians to keep their tradition alive and to provide performance opportunities, tools and advice to help contestants make ...

Award 20th Anniversary Concert (

) * Gaelic Singer of the Year: Fionnag NicChoinnich (Fiona MacKenzie) * Musician of the Year:

Tim Edey Tim Edey is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer who grew up in Broadstairs, Kent and is now based in Perthshire, Scotland. In 2012 he was Musician of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and, with Brendan Power, Best Duo. He was aw ...

* Online Performance of 2020: Duncan Chisholm's Covid Ceilidh * Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year:

Siobhan Miller Siobhan Miller is a Scottish folk singer and the only three-time winner of Best Singer at the Scots Trad Music Awards (in 2011, 2013, and 2017). She also won the Best Traditional Track at the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and has frequently perfor ...

* Trad Video of the Year: ''Calum Dan's Transit Van'' by Peat & Diesel * Trad Music in the Media: Anna Massie – ''Black Isle Correspondent'' * Up & Coming artist of the Year: Rebecca Hill * Music Tutor of the Year: Josie Duncan * Janet Paisley Services to Scots Language Award: James Robertson * Services to Gaelic Award: John Smith (BBC Television) * Hamish Henderson Award for Services to Traditional Music: Lisa Whytock

2019

The awards were staged in

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

* Album of the Year: Frenzy of the Meeting by

Breabach Breabach is a Scottish folk music band formed in 2005. In 2011, they received nominations for ‘Best Group’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. They won Scottish Folk Band of the Year in 2012 and Live Act of the Year in 2013 at the Scots Trad Music ...

* The Belhaven Bursary for Innovation in Scottish Music:

Kinnaris Quintet Kinnaris Quintet is a Scottish folk band, founded in 2017, whose music is influenced by Scottish and Irish traditional music, bluegrass and classical. The group takes its name from the south-east Asian mythological creature, the Kinnaris, r ...

* Club of the Year: Sutherland Sessions * Composer of the Year:

Jenna Reid Jenna Reid is a Scottish fiddle player who has been described as "...the finest fiddler in Scotland of her generation." She was born and brought up in the village of Quarff, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland and found a fiddle in her grandmot ...

* Community Project of the Year: SEALL Festival of Small Halls * Event of the Year:

Tiree Music Festival Tiree Music Festival is a Scottish folk music music festival, festival held annually on the Island of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides. The festival was founded in 2010 by resident Stewart MacLennan and local musician Daniel Gillespie of the band Skerr ...

* Gaelic Singer of the Year: Mary Ann Kennedy * Musician of the Year:

Jenn Butterworth Jenn Butterworth is an acoustic folk guitarist and singer based in Glasgow, Scotland, who was awarded the title "Musician of the Year" at the 2019 Scots Trad Music Awards, and was nominated for the same title at the 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award ...

* Live Act of the Year:

Peat and Diesel Peat and Diesel are a three-piece band from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, comprising Calum “Boydie” MacLeod, Innes Scott and Uilly Macleod. The band formed over Saturday sessions at the band members' homes in Stornoway, and grew i ...

* Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year:

Steve Byrne Steve Byrne (born July 21, 1974) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known from his multiple stand up comedy hour specials, creating, writing and starring in ''Sullivan & Son'' and as the writer/director of the feature film ...

* Scottish Dance Band of the Year: The Cruickshank Family Band * Scottish Folk Band of the Year:

Blazin' Fiddles Blazin' Fiddles are a contemporary Scottish fiddle band from the Highlands and Islands. They formed in 1998 to showcase Scotland's distinct regional fiddle styles. The band have a number of awards, including; the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards L ...

* Scottish Pipe Band of the Year:

Inveraray & District Pipe Band Inveraray and District Pipe Band is a Grade 1 pipe band based in Inveraray, Scotland. History Stuart Liddell, a native of Argyll and one of the world's top solo players began coaching youngsters at Inveraray Primary School in 2003, and registere ...

* Trad Video of the Year: Heroes by

Tide Lines Glasgow-based 4 piece, Tide Lines, have grown their large & passionate fanbase through blistering live shows and their trademark anthemic songs. Bending the edges of a number of genres, their neo-folk/rock sound has massive appeal. This unique ...

* Music Tutor of the Year: Iain Ruari Finlayson, Skye Schools * Up and Coming Artist of the Year: Man of the Minch * Venue of the Year Award: An Tobar (Mull) * The Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music Award: Dr. Peter Cooke * Services to Gaelic: Anne Soutar * The Janet Paisley Services to Scots Language:

Sheena Blackhall Sheena Blackhall is a Scottish poet, novelist, short story writer, illustrator, traditional story teller and singer. Author of over 180 poetry pamphlets, 15 short story collections, 4 novels and 2 televised plays for children, The Nicht Bus and ...

2018

The awards were staged in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

and broadcast live on BBC Alba. * Belhaven Bursary for Innovation in Scottish Music:

Talisk Talisk are a Scottish folk band composed of Mohsen Amini, Benedict Morris, and Graeme Armstrong. The band rose to prominence after winning the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award and the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards "Folk Band of the Year" ...

* Album of the Year : Sandwood by

Duncan Chisholm Duncan Chisholm (born 31 October 1968) is a Scottish fiddle player and composer. He has released six solo albums as a solo artist. His studio album, '' Affric'', released in 2012, was longlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award. In ...

* Club of the Year: Partick Folk Club * Composer of the Year: Duncan Chisholm * Community Project of the Year: Care for a Ceilidh * Event of the Year: Far Far from Ypres * Gaelic Singer of the Year: Eilidh Cormack * Instrumentalist of the Year:

Calum Stewart Calum Stewart (born 1982) is an uilleann piper, low whistle and wooden flute player and composer from Garmouth in Scotland, who performs primarily traditional Scottish, Irish and Breton music. Career Brought up in a musical household, Calum St ...

* Live Act of the Year: Elephant Sessions * Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year:

* Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Susan MacFadyen * Scottish Folk Band of the Year:

Dàimh Dàimh (pronounced "dive") is a folk band which performs in Scottish Gaelic. Its members are Angus MacKenzie (musician), Angus MacKenzie (whistle/Great Highland bagpipe, bagpipes), Gabe McVarish (Violin, fiddle), Ellen MacDonald (voice/Great High ...

* Scottish Pipe Band of the Year:

* Trad Music in the Media: ''Pipeline'',

BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland is a Scottish radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of programmes. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same name from 23 November 197 ...

* Music Tutor of the Year: Anna Wendy Stevenson * Up and Coming Artist of the Year: Assynt * Venue of the Year Award: Drygate Brewery, Glasgow * Services to Gaelic:

Runrig Runrig were a Scottish Celtic rock band formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973. From its inception, the band's line-up included songwriters Rory Macdonald and Calum Macdonald. The line-up during most of the 1980s and 1990s (the band's most succe ...

* The Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music Award: Pete Shepheard * Services to Scots Language:

Janet Paisley Janet Violet Paisley (12 January 1948 – 9 November 2018) was a writer, poet and playwright from Scotland, writing in Scots and English. Her work has been translated into German, Russian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Spanish, Hungarian, Ukrainian, I ...

2017

The awards were staged at Lagoon Centre, Paisley and broadcast live on BBC Alba. * Album of the Year: All We Have Is Now by Elephant Sessions * Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year:

* Club of the Year:

Edinburgh Folk Club Edinburgh Folk Club is the principal folk club within the Scottish capital city, Edinburgh. The club's roots date back to the early seventies where it grew from the British folk revival into one of the most respected and long running clubs in ...

* Community Project of the Year: Tiree Songbook * Composer of the Year: Adam Sutherland * Dance Band of the Year: Duncan Black Band * Event of the Year: ''A Night for Angus'' (

Shooglenifty Shooglenifty are a Scottish, Edinburgh-based six-piece Celtic fusion band that tours internationally. The band blends Scottish traditional music with influences ranging from electronica to alternative rock. They contributed to Afro Celt Sound Sy ...

at Celtic Connections) * Folk Band of the Year:

* Gaelic Singer of the Year: Robert Robertson * Instrumentalist of the Year:

Gary Innes Gary Innes (born 13 December 1980) is a Scottish musician, shinty player, composer and a broadcaster from Spean Bridge, Lochaber, Scotland. He was a founder member of Scottish folk-rock band Mànran. Music Innes has had a professional c ...

* Live Act of the Year:

Skipinnish Skipinnish is a traditional Scottish band from the Gàidhealtachd, singing primarily in English. The band (and brand) Skipinnish was created by Angus MacPhail and Andrew Stevenson in 1999 - both studying at the time at the Royal Scottish Academ ...

* Music Tutor of the Year: Emma Tomlinson * Scottish Pipe Band of the Year:

* Trad Music in the Media:

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music, with the aim of raising the profile of folk and acoustic music. The awards have been given annually since 2000 by British ra ...

* Up and Coming Artist of the Year: Hò-rò * Venue of the Year: Tolbooth,

Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...

2016

The awards were staged at

, Dundee and broadcast live on BBC Alba. * Album of the Year: Astar by

* Club of the Year: Stonehaven Folk Club * Composer of the Year:

* Community Project of the Year: Feis Rois Life Long Learning Project * Event of the Year:

Piping Live! Festival The Piping Live! Festival (a.k.a. Piping Hot Festival) is an annual bagpiping event held in Glasgow by the National Piping Centre. The festival was created in 2003 and occurs on the run-up to the World Pipe Band Championships. It is estimated th ...

, Glasgow * Gaelic Singer of the Year: Ellen MacDonald * Instrumentalist of the Year:

Rachel Newton Rachel Newton is a Scottish singer and harpist. As well as playing both acoustic and electric harp she also plays viola, fiddle, piano and harmonium. She performs solo as well as in the bands The Shee, The Furrow Collective and Boreas and wa ...

* Live Act of the Year:

* Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year:

Lori Watson Lori Watson is a fiddle player and folk singer who performs traditional and contemporary folk music. She is the first doctor of Artistic Research in Scottish Music. Biography Watson grew up in the Scottish Borders where she was a founder member ...

* Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Trail West * Folk Band of the Year:

* Scottish Pipe Band of the Year: North Lanarkshire Schools Pipe Band * Trad Music in the Media: BBC Radio Scotland's Take the Floor * Music Tutor of the Year: Jim Hunter * Up and Coming Artist of the Year:

Ryan Young Ryan Young (born June 28, 1976) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the New York Jets, Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Kansas State University. Early years Young (ni ...

* Venue of the Year: The Glad Café, Glasgow

2015

The awards were staged at

, Dundee and broadcast live on BBC Alba. * Album of the Year: Grind by Treacherous Orchestra * Club of the Year: Orkney Accordion and Fiddle Club * Composer of the Year:

Ross Ainslie Ross or ROSS may refer to: People * Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan * Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning * Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland Places * RoSS, the Republic of Sout ...

* Community Project of the Year: Live Music Now Scotland * Event of the Year: GRIT: Celtic Connections Opening Concert * Gaelic Singer of the Year:

Griogair Labhruidh Griogair Labhruidh (born 24 October 1982) is a Scottish Gaelic singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist from Gartocharn with strong roots in the Gaelic tradition of Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands. After many years re ...

* Instrumentalist of the Year:

Mairi Campbell Mairi Campbell (born 1965) is a Scottish folk singer and musician. Campbell's songs and music have a rooted and powerful quality that range from the everyday to the universal, both in sound and subject matter. Campbell has been much praised for ...

* Live Act of the Year:

RURA Rura is a Nagar Panchayat in Kanpur Dehat District in Uttar Pradesh state of the India. The town is situated on the banks of Lower Ganga canal. The district headquarters is 15 km away at Mati. The town is located at a distance of 49 k ...

* Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year: Fiona Hunter * Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Simon Howie * Scottish Folk Band of the Year:

* Pipe Band of the Year:

Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band The Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band is a grade 1 pipe band from Shotts, in the North Lanarkshire region of Scotland. The band has won the World Pipe Band Championships sixteen times. The current pipe major is Emmett Conway. History The ...

* Trad Music in the Media: ''Port'',

* Music Tutor of the Year:

* Up and Coming Artist of the Year: League of Highland Gentlemen * Venue of the Year Award: SEALL at

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig () (Great Barn of Ostaig) is a public higher education college situated in the Sleat peninsula in the south of the Isle of Skye, with an associate campus at Bowmore on the island of Islay, Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle (the ...

2014

The awards were staged at the Inverness Leisure Centre and broadcast live on BBC Alba. * Album of the Year: ''Live at

'' by

* Club of the Year: Tin Hut Sessions * Composer of the Year: Jim Sutherland * Community Project of the Year: Summer Isles Festival * Event of the Year: GRIT: The Martyn Bennett Story * Gaelic Singer of the Year: Mischa Macpherson * Instrumentalist of the Year: Catriona McKay * Live Act of the Year:

* Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year: Emily Smith * Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Da Fustra * Scottish Folk Band of the Year:

Julie Fowlis Julie Fowlis (born 20 June 1978) is a Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who sings primarily in Scottish Gaelic. Early life Fowlis grew up on North Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides, in a Gaelic-speaking community. Her mothe ...

* Pipe Band of the Year: West Lothian Schools pipe band * Trad Music in the Media:

Isles FM Isles FM is a local radio station operating from Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The station is operated entirely by a volunteer staff, from a building in the Newton area of the town. Isles FM is the trading name of Western Isles Com ...

* Music Tutor of the Year: Douglas Montgomery * Up and Coming Artist of the Year: The Elephant Sessions * Venue of the Year Award: The Ceilidh Place

2013

The 2013 ceremony was held in

. * Album of the Year: ''Room Enough For All'' by

Battlefield Band Battlefield Band were a Scottish traditional music group. Founded in Glasgow in 1969, they have released over 30 albums and undergone many changes of lineup. As of 2010, none of the original founders remain in the band. The band is noted for t ...

* Club of the Year: Folklub * Composer of the Year: Donald Shaw * Community Project of the Year: Gizzen Briggs (

Tain Tain ( Gaelic: ''Baile Dhubhthaich'') is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. Etymology The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. The ...

Royal Academy) * Event of the Year:

Tiree Tiree (; gd, Tiriodh, ) is the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The low-lying island, southwest of Coll, has an area of and a population of around 650. The land is highly fertile, and crofting, alongside tourism, and ...

Music Festival * Gaelic Singer of the Year: Rachel Walker * Instrumentalist of the Year:

Chris Stout Chris Stout (born 1976) is a Scottish fiddle/violin player from Shetland, now based in Glasgow. Stout grew up in Fair Isle and lived there until 8 years of age before moving to Sandwick on the Shetland Mainland, then on to Glasgow in the 1990s. ...

(Shetland) * Live Act of the Year:

* Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year:

* Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Trail West * Scottish Folk Band of the Year:

* Pipe Band of the Year:

Ullapool Ullapool (; gd, Ulapul ) is a village and port located in Northern Scotland. Ullapool has a population of around 1,500 inhabitants. It is located around northwest of Inverness in Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands. Despite its modest size, ...

and District Junior Pipe Band * Trad Music in the Media: ''Travelling Folk'',

* Music Tutor of the Year:

Corrina Hewat Corrina Hewat (born 21 December 1970, Edinburgh) is a Scottish harpist and composer who was awarded Music Tutor of the Year at Na Trads in 2013. She has worked with poet Robin Robertson and has written music for the Dunedin Consort. She sings wit ...

(Borders) * Up and Coming Artist of the Year: Robert Robertson * Venue of the Year Award:

National Piping Centre The National Piping Centre is an institution in Glasgow, Scotland, dedicated to the playing of the bagpipes, to include not only the Great Highland Bagpipes, but also the Scottish smallpipes and Irish uileann pipes, as well as other traditional ...

, Glasgow

2012

* Album of the Year: ''Cille Bhrìde (Kilbride)'' by

Kathleen MacInnes Kathleen MacInnes, or Caitlin NicAonghais in Scottish Gaelic, (born 30 December 1969) is a Scottish singer, television presenter and actress, who performs primarily in Scottish Gaelic. She is a native of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and ...

* Club of the Year: Falkirk Folk Club * Composer of the Year: Mike Vass * Community Project of the Year: Feis Rois Local and National Ceilidh Trail 2012 * Event of the Year: Scots Fiddle Festival * Gaelic Singer of the Year: Riona Whyte * Instrumentalist of the Year:

* Live Act of the Year: Session A9 * Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year: Paul McKenna * Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Deoch 'n' Dorus * Scottish Folk Band of the Year:

* Pipe Band of the Year: George Watson's College Pipes and Drums * Trad Music in the Media:

for '' Brave'' * Music Tutor of the Year: Gillian Frame * Up and Coming Artist of the Year:

Niteworks Niteworks (also known by the Scottish Gaelic ''Obair Oidhche'') is an Electronic Celtic fusion band from the Isle of Skye. The band are known for writing new songs in Gaelic and melding the bagpipes and Gaelic songs such as puirt a beul with te ...

* Venue of the Year Award: Bogbain Farm, Inverness

2011

The ceremony was held in the Perth Concert Hall. * Album of the Year: ''

Mànran Mànran are a Scottish band that was established in June 2010. Mànran is a Gaelic word for a melodic sound or a sweet tone. Since 2010 they have performed in over 30 countries worldwide including several international folk & world music festi ...

'' by

* Club of the Year: Leith Folk Club * Composer of the Year: Aidan O'Rourke * Community Project of the Year: Blazin' in Beauly * Event of the Year: Orkney Folk Festival * Instrumentalist of the Year: Innes Watson * Live Act of the Year:

* Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year:

* Gaelic Singer of the Year:

Norrie MacIver Skipinnish is a traditional Scottish band from the Gàidhealtachd, singing primarily in English. The band (and brand) Skipinnish was created by Angus MacPhail and Andrew Stevenson in 1999 - both studying at the time at the Royal Scottish Academy ...

* Scottish Folk Band of the Year:

* Pipe Band of the Year:

Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band is a competitive grade one pipe band from Lisburn, Northern Ireland named in honour of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. The band has won the World Pipe Band Championships 13 times, making it th ...

* Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Robern Nairn * Trad Music in the Media Award:

Transatlantic Sessions Transatlantic Sessions is the collective title for a series of musical productions by Glasgow-based Pelicula Films Ltd, funded by- and produced for BBC Scotland, BBC Four and RTÉ of Ireland. The productions comprise collaborative live performan ...

* Music Tutor of the Year:

* Up and Coming Artist of the Year:

* Venue of the Year: Ben Nevis

2010

* Album of the Year: Uam by

* Club of the Year: Highland Club (

Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...

) * Composer of the Year:

Iain Morrison Iain Morrison (born 6 May 1983), also known by the nickname of " Drago", is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who last played for Featherstone Rovers after signing in October 2009. He signed for Hull Kingston Rovers from ...

* Community Project of the Year:

Orkney Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...

Traditional Music Project * Event of the Year:

Shetland Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...

Folk Festival * Instrumentalist of the Year: Martin O'Neill * Live Act of the Year:

Red Hot Chilli Pipers Red Hot Chilli Pipers are a Celtic rock band from Scotland. Formed in 2002, they became popular internationally in 2007 after winning the BBC talent show ''When Will I Be Famous?'' The band's lineup features three highland bagpipers and trad ...

* Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year: Joe Aitken * Gaelic Singer of the Year: Eilidh Mackenzie * Scottish Folk Band of the Year:

Malinky Malinky is a Scottish folk band specialising in Scots song, formed in autumn 1998. Career Early years The original members were Karine Polwart from Banknock, Stirlingshire (vocals, guitar, bouzouki), Steve Byrne from Arbroath (vocals, guitar ...

* Scottish Pipe Band of the Year: Oban High School Pipe Band * Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Ian Muir Scottish Dance Band * Trad Music in the Media Award: ''Travelling Folk'',

* Music Tutor of the Year: Gordon Connell * Up and Coming Artist of the Year: Matheu Watson * Venue of the Year: Skipinnish Ceilidh House,

Oban Oban ( ; ' in Scottish Gaelic meaning ''The Little Bay'') is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William. During the tourist season, th ...

2009

* Album of the Year: ''All Dressed in Yellow'' by

Fiddlers' Bid Fiddlers' Bid are a Shetland based instrumental group known for playing contemporary arrangements of traditional Shetland fiddle tunes. The seven piece line-up consists of four fiddles, acoustic guitar, bass guitar and piano/Clàrsach. The band ...

* Club of the Year:

Stonehaven Stonehaven ( , ) is a town in Scotland. It lies on Scotland's northeast coast and had a population of 11,602 at the 2011 Census. After the demise of the town of Kincardine, which was gradually abandoned after the destruction of its royal cast ...

Folk Club * Composer of the Year: Mairearad Green * Community of the Year:

Caledonian Canal The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. The canal was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford. Route The canal r ...

Ceilidh Trail The Ceilidh Trail is a scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. This coastal route along the Gulf of St. Lawrence is located on the west coast of Cape Breton Island in Inverness County and runs from the Canso Causeway in Port Has ...

* Event of the Year:

Hebridean Celtic Festival The Hebridean Celtic Festival (Scottish Gaelic: Fèis Cheilteach Innse Gall) or HebCelt is an international Scottish music festival, which takes place annually in Stornoway on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Headliners to date inclu ...

* Instrumentalist of the Year:

Lauren MacColl Lauren MacColl is a Scottish fiddle player from Fortrose. She has released three solo albums as well as a duet album with flute player Calum Stewart. MacColl is a member of the fiddle quartet RANT and contemporary folk band Salt House. Discogra ...

* Live Act of the Year:

Lau Lau or LAU may refer to: People * Lau (surname) * Liu (劉/刘), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in Cantonese and Hokkien * Lau clan, one of the Saraswat Brahmin clans of Punjab * LAU (musician): Laura Fares Places * Lebane ...

* Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year: Shona Donaldson * Gaelic Singer of the Year:

Christine Primrose Christine Primrose ( gd, Cairistìona Primrose; born 17 February 1950) is a Gaelic singer and music teacher. She was born in Carloway, Lewis, but she currently lives on the Isle of Skye. In interviews Primrose has stated that she has been singin ...

* Scottish Folk Band of the Year: Bodega * Scottish Pipe Band of the Year: Haddington Pipe Band * Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band * Trad Music in the Media Award: The Reel Blend (

) * Music Tutor of the Year: Ian Duncan * Up and Coming Artist of the Year:

Paul McKenna Band The Paul McKenna Band are a five piece folk musical group from Glasgow, Scotland. Music career The band was formed in 2006. Early members of the band were singer and songwriter Paul McKenna (guitar), Sean Gray (flute, whistles), David McNee (bo ...

* Venue of the Year: The Old Fruit Market Glasgow

2008

* Album of the Year: ''Farrar'' by

* Composer of the Year: Blair Douglas * Live Act of the Year:

Peatbog Faeries The Peatbog Faeries are a largely instrumental Celtic fusion band. Formed in 1991, they are based in Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Their music embodies many styles and influences, including folk, electronica, African pop, rock and ...

* Instrumentalist of the Year:

* Up and Coming Artist of the Year: Jeana Leslie &

* Gaelic Singer of the Year: Margaret Stewart * Club of the Year: The Wee Folk Club, Edinburgh * Community Project of the Year: Ceolas * Event of the Year: Piping Live! - Glasgow International Piping Festival * Services to Industry Award:

Arthur Cormack Arthur Cormack (Scottish Gaelic: Art MacCarmaig; born 1965) is a Scottish Gaelic singer and musician from Portree, Isle of Skye and was educated at Portree High School. Music Cormack started competing in Gaelic singing competitions when he w ...

* Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year: Emily Smith * Scottish Dance Band of the Year:

* Scottish Folk Band of the Year: The Chair * Scottish Pipe Band of the Year:

ScottishPower Pipe Band The ScottishPower Pipe Band, is a Grade 1 pipe band sponsored by the international energy company ScottishPower. History Formed in 1969 as the British Caledonian Airways Pipe Band, the band won the World Pipe Band Championships (Grade 2) in 19 ...

* Strathspey and Reel Society of the Year: Scottish Fiddle Orchestra * Venue of the Year: Perth Concert Hall

2007

* Album of the Year: ''Cuilidh'' by

* Composer of the Year: Phil Cunningham * Live Act of the Year:

* Instrumentalist of the Year: Catriona McKay * Up and Coming Artist of the Year:

Maeve Mackinnon Maeve Mackinnon is a Scottish folk singer. Originally from Glasgow, she performs primarily in Scottish Gaelic, and also in English. She is also one of two Gaelic singers who share the same name. Early life Maeve Mackinnon grew up in the west en ...

* Gaelic Singer of the Year:

* Club of the Year: Ceol's Craic, Glasgow * Community Project of the Year: Scots Music Group * Event of the Year: The Royal National Mod * Services to Industry Award:

John Purser John Purser (born 1942) is a Scottish composer, musicologist, and music historian. He is also a playwright.cover notes from ''Scotland's Music'' CD Purser was born in Glasgow. He initiated the reconstruction that commenced in 1991 of the Iron ...

for ''Scotland's Music – A Radio History'' * Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year:

* Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Cullivoe Dance Band * Scottish Folk Band of the Year:

Old Blind Dogs Old Blind Dogs is a Scottish musical group which plays traditional Scottish folk music and Celtic music, with influences from rock, reggae, jazz, blues, and Middle Eastern music rhythms. Background The three founding members of the band (Ian F ...

* Scottish Pipe Band of the Year: The Mid Argyll Pipe Band * Strathspey and Reel Society of the Year: Fochabers Fiddlers * Venue of the Year:

An Lanntair An Lanntair () is an arts centre in the town of Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The centre is home to a cinema, and art gallery. Previously located in the Town Hall, An Lanntair moved to its current new building overlooking the harbo ...

(

Stornoway Stornoway (; gd, Steòrnabhagh; sco, Stornowa) is the main town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland. The town's population is around 6,953, making it by far the largest town in the Outer Hebrides, as well a ...

)

2006

* Album of the Year: ''Heart of America'' by

Donnie Munro Donnie Munro (Scottish Gaelic: Donaidh Rothach /dɔnɪ rɔhəx/) (born 2 August 1953) is a Scottish musician, and former lead singer of the band Runrig. A native speaker of Scots Gaelic, much of his work is in that language. Early life Munro ...

* Club of the Year: Wick Accordion and Fiddle Club * Composer of the Year: Donald Shaw * Community Project of the Year: Fèisean nan Gàidheal * Event of the Year:

World Pipe Band Championships The World Pipe Band Championships is a pipe band competition held in Glasgow, Scotland. The World Pipe Band Championships as we currently know them have been staged since 1947 although the Grade 1 Pipe Band Competition winners at the annual Cowal ...

* Gaelic Singer of the Year:

* Instrumentalist of the Year: Aidan O'Rourke * Live Act of the Year:

The McCalmans The McCalmans (originally ''The Ian MacCalman Folk Group'') were a Scottish folk trio. Formed on 6 October 1964, they recorded and toured without interruption until they disbanded in December 2010. Their performance was based on three part har ...

* Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year: Sylvia Barnes * Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Marian Anderson Scottish Dance Band * Scottish Folk Band of the Year: Anna Massie Band * Scottish Pipe Band of the Year: Kintyre Schools Pipe Band * Services to Industry Award: Johnny Mowat * Strathspey and Reel Society of the Year: Banchory Strathspey and Reel Society * The McEwan's Sessions Venue of the Year: The Lismore, Glasgow * Up and Coming Artist of the Year: Jenna Cumming

2005

* Album of the Year: ''Magnificent Seven'' by

* Club of the Year: Glenfarg Folk Club * Composer of the Year: Charlie McKerron * Community Project of the Year: Lochgoilhead Fiddle Workshop * Event of the Year: Blazin' in Beauly * Gaelic Singer of the Year:

* Instrumentalist of the Year: Aaron Jones * Live Act of the Year:

* Media Award: Aig Cridhe Ar Ciuil (At the Heart of our Music is Song) * Scots Singer of the Year:

Jim Reid James McLeish Reid (born 29 December 1961) is a Scottish singer/songwriter and the lead singer for the alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, which he formed with his elder brother and guitarist William Reid in 1983. Career The Jes ...

* Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band * Scottish Folk Band of the Year:

Back of the Moon Back of the Moon was a Scottish musical group from the Isle of Arran which played both new and Scottish traditional tunes and songs cast in modern sounding arrangements. Since forming in 2000, the band had toured annually throughout the UK, Cana ...

* Scottish Pipe Band of the Year: The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band * Services to Industry Award: MusicScotland * The McEwan's Sessions Venue of the Year: Hootananny, Inverness * Up and Coming Artist of the Year:

2004

* Album of the Year: ''Fire & Grace'' by

Alasdair Fraser Alasdair Fraser (born 14 May 1955, Clackmannan, Scotland) is a Scottish fiddler, composer, performer and recording artist. Fraser operates Culburnie Records and is a leading artist on the label. He has founded five summer fiddling programs: ...

Natalie Haas Natalie may refer to: People * Natalie (given name) * Natalie (singer) (born 1979), Mexican-American R&B singer/songwriter * Shahan Natalie (1884–1983), Armenian writer and principal organizer of Operation Nemesis Music Albums * ''Natal ...

* BBC Radio Scotland Personality of the Year: Fiona Mackenzie * Community Project of the Year: Feis Rois Traditional Music in Schools project * Club of the Year: Hootananny,

* Event of the Year:

* Gaelic Singer of the Year:

Maggie MacInnes Maggie MacInnes (born 29 August 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish folk singer and clàrsach player, who performs primarily in Scottish Gaelic. She is the daughter of two Barra-natives; lawyer Alister MacInnes and legendary Gaelic folk sin ...

* Instrumentalist of the Year:

Fred Morrison Fred Morrison (born 1963 in Bishopton, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish musician and composer. He has performed professionally on the Great Highland Bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, Border pipes, low whistle, Northumbrian Smallpipes and uilleann pipe ...

* Journalist of the Year: Sue Wilson * Live Act of the Year:

* The Media Award: '' Take the Floor'' (

) * Retailer of the Year: Foot Stompin Celtic Music * Scots Singer of the Year:

Dick Gaughan Richard Peter Gaughan (born 17 May 1948) is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter, particularly of folk and social protest songs. He is regarded as one of Scotland's leading singer-songwriters. Early years Gaughan was born in Glasgow's Roy ...

* Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Da Fustra * Folk Band of the Year:

* Pipe Band of the Year: Kirkwall City Pipe Band * Songwriter of the Year: Jim Malcolm * Up and Coming Band of the Year: Dòchas

2003

* Best Album: ''Cliar'' by Cliar * Best Scots Singer:

Karine Polwart Karine Polwart ( ) (born 23 December 1970) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She writes and performs music with a strong folk and roots feel, her songs dealing with a variety of issues from alcoholism to genocide. She has been most recognised fo ...

* Best Gaelic Singer:

Karen Matheson Karen Matheson OBE (born 11 February 1963) is a Scottish folk singer who frequently sings in Gaelic. She is the lead singer of the group Capercaillie and was a member of Dan Ar Braz's group L'Héritage des Celtes, with whom she often sang lea ...

* Best Instrumentalist: Phil Cunningham * Best Scottish Dance Band: Alasdair MacCuish and the Black Rose Ceilidh Band * Best Pipeband:

* Best Folk Band:

Capercaillie ''Tetrao'' is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily known as capercaillies. They are some of the largest living grouse. Taxonomy The genus ''Tetrao'' was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his ...

* Best Festival:

* Best Club: Shetland Accordion Club * Best Live Act:

* Best Up and Coming Artist/Band:

* Radio/TV Show of the year: ''Travelling Folk'',

* Retailer of the year: Coda Music * Media Award:

The Living Tradition ''The Living Tradition'' was a bi-monthly music magazine published in the United Kingdom between 1993 and 2022. It specialised in traditional folk music from the UK, Ireland and beyond. The original editors were Peter and Heather Heywood. In 20 ...

* Services to Traditional Music:

Hamish Henderson Hamish Scott Henderson (11 November 1919 – 9 March 2002) was a Scottish poet, songwriter, communist, intellectual and soldier. He was a catalyst for the folk revival in Scotland. He was also an accomplished folk song collector and disc ...

References

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