CONGRATULATIONS to Joy Dunlop, who has been nominated in the category Gaelic singer of the Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards. Joy was born and raised in Connel and is a Royal National Mòd gold medal winner. She is also the first, and only, person to ever win the Traditional Singer of the Year and the Traditional Dancer of the Year at the pan-Celtic festival. We had a chat with Joy about the nomination, her passion for Gaelic singing and her plans for the future.
Being nominated for a trad award is a very big deal. How did you react when you were told?