IT WAS a triumph for traditional music on Saturday December 3, as Hands Up for Trad celebrated the 14th year of the prestigious MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards with a glittering ceremony held in the Caird Hall, Dundee.
Broadcast live on BBC ALBA, BBC Radio Scotland and globally through the BBC ALBA website, the distinguished awards saw stars of the Scottish music scene take to the Caird Hall for the second year in a row to celebrate and honour the very best of traditional talent. With performances from The Scott Wood Band, Mohsen Amini, Dallahan and many more, the event further showed why it’s hailed as one of the biggest events in Scotland’s cultural calendar.
This year’s notable winners include Breabach, who scooped both the coveted Album of the Year award, sponsored by Birnam CD, for their fifth studio album Astar, and Folk Band of the Year, sponsored by Threads of Sound. The band have certainly clocked up the air miles this year, as they travelled to Germany, Italy, Canada and around the UK promoting the album, which has received impressive reviews.