The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards were held in the Perth Concerts Hall on Friday 3rd December. A great evening of entertainment provided by a range of young and more experience artistes.
The Full List of deserving winners is as follows:
Album of the Year sponsored by Birnam CD
Manran – Manran
Gaelic Singer of the Year sponsored by Macmeanmna
Norrie MacIver
Instrumentalist of the Year sponsored by Temple Records
Innes Watson
Music Tutor of the Year sponsored by Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative
Mairi Campbell
Composer of the Year sponsored by PRS for Music
Aidan O’ Rourke
Coda Music Venue of the Year Award
Ben Nevis
Event of the Year sponsored by VisitScotland
Orkney Folk Festival
Up and Coming Artist of the Year sponsored by The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Rura
Trad Music in the Media sponsored by ScottishCultureOnline.com
Transatlantic Sessions
Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association
Siobhan Miller
Community Project of the Year sponsored by Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust
Blazin in Beauly
Live Act of the Year sponsored by Greentrax Recordings
Skerryvore
Scottish Folk Band of the Year sponsored by All Celtic Music
Battlefield Band
Pipe Band of the Year
Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band
Scottish Dance Band of the Year sponsored by National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs
Robert Nairn
Club of the Year sponsored by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Leith Folk Club
Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame sponsored by Fèisean nan Gàidheal
2011 Inductees
John Watt
Pipe Major Ian Duncan
Billy Thom
Alasdair Fraser
Bert Jansch
Donald MacLeod, Islay
Tannahill Weavers
Bobby MacLeod
Services to Gaelic Music sponsored by Bòrd na Gàidhlig – Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches
Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music Award
Arthur Cormack
