scots trad music awards

Hands Up for Trad have opened nominations for this year’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. Find out the 25 albums nominated for the Trad Album of the Year, many of which have featured on Folk Radio UK. Get voting.

Once again, this year, the team at Hands Up For Trad presented a magnificent event, celebrating the very best in Scots trad music from 2017. Neil McFadyen shares the highlights and winners from the evening.

To celebrate this year’s MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards we have a pair of tickets to giveaway for the award ceremony on Saturday 2nd December at Paisley’s Lagoon Centre. The night will be jam-packed with live performances – it will be a great night out.

The shortlist for this year’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards has just been revealed. The Scottish music scene goes from strength to strength as this shortlist shows, many of whom have featured on Folk Radio UK. The public can vote online up until 24th November. Get voting!

When Hands Up For Trad, the organisation that promotes and supports developing talent in Scots traditional music, invited Folk Radio UK to attend this year’s MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards we knew we’d be in for a treat, and we weren’t disappointed. Neil shares his highlights and details of the winners.

We have two pairs of tickets to giveaway to the Scots Trad Music Awards this coming Saturday 3rd December at Dundee’s Caird Hall. Here’s a reminder of the Album of the Year shortlist.

Shortlisted nominations have been unveiled for the 2016 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. The winners will be announced at the event on Saturday 3rd December, at the Caird Hall Dundee.

Hands Up for Trad today revealed that voting for this year’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards is now open and it’s up to the public to decide who they want to be nominated. Among the sterling list of nominees is the top 20 longlist for Scottish Traditional Albums of the Year 2016.

This year’s MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards at The Caird Hall in Dundee proved yet again it was the event of the year on the Scottish music calendar and we were fortunate enough to be there for it all!

Wherever you are tomorrow evening you’ll be able to watch the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. The Awards and Gala concert will be available to watch between 9pm and 11pm GMT from the iPlayer website.

In association with the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards we have a special Folk Radio UK Session from Ainsley Hamill. Ainsley is one of the nominees in this year’s awards for the Gaelic Singer of the Year category. Listen here.

We’ve teamed up with MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards this year to give away a pair of tickets for the event which takes place on Saturday 5th December in Dundee Caird Hall.