WINNERS of the annual MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards were announced on a special show on BBC ALBA on Saturday. The usually live event featured special performances from some of traditional music’s top luminaries, including The Iona Fyfe Trio, Project Smok, Deirdre Graham, Jarlath Henderson and Karen Matheson as well as Phil Cunningham. Hosted by Alistair Heather and Mary Ann Kennedy, the event had been set to take place in Dundee’s Caird Hall, but Hands Up for Trad worked to support artists and provide an alternative platform, culminating in two special programmes of Na Trads on BBC ALBA.
A CHARITY single written, recorded and performed as a tribute for NHS workers has picked up an award at this year s Scots Trad Music Awards. The annual event was broadcast last night as artists from Scotland s traditional music scene were recognised for brilliant achievements and stand-out releases. And among the worthy winners from last night s broadcast included the NHS charity single Everyday Heroes , which won Original Work of the Year. Skerryvore member Martin Gillespie said he wrote the track to pay tribute to the hundreds of thousands of NHS staff, volunteers, and key workers who are risking so much to fight Covid-19 and keep us all safe.