Stonehaven Folk Club wins Scots Trad Award
Tuesday 6th December 2016
Stonehaven Folk Club has been named 'Club of the Year' at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2016.
The awards ceremony was held on Saturday 3 December at Dundee's Caird Hall, and broadcast live on BBC ALBA, BBC Radio Scotland and globally through the BBC ALBA website.
Here's a full list of this year's winners:
Album of the Year – Sponsored by Birnam CD – Astar by Breabach
Club of the Year – Sponsored by Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland – Stonehaven Folk Club
Composer of the Year – Sponsored by PRS for Music – Kris Drever
Community Project of the Year – Sponsored by the Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust – Feis Rois Life Long Learning Project
Event of the Year – Sponsored by VisitScotland – Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival
Gaelic Singer of the Year – Sponsored by Macmeanmna – Ellen MacDonald
Instrumentalist of the Year – Sponsored by the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society – Rachel Newton
Live Act of the Year – Sponsored by Greentrax Recordings – Skerryvore
Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year – Sponsored by the Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland – Lori Watson
Scottish Dance Band of the Year – Sponsored by the National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs – Trail West
Folk Band of the Year – Sponsored by Threads of Sound – Breabach
Scottish Pipe Band of the Year – Sponsored by The Glenturret Single Malt Whisky – North Lanarkshire Schools Pipe Band
Trad Music in the Media – Sponsored by Skipinnish – BBC Radio Scotland’s Take the Floor
Music Tutor of the Year – Sponsored by Creative Scotland Youth Music Initiative – Jim Hunter
Up and Coming Artist of the Year – Sponsored by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – Ryan Young
Venue of the Year – Sponsored by the Musicians’ Union – The Glad Café, Glasgow