MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2011 will be held in Perth Concert Hall 3rd December 2011.

The lineup is:

Peatbog Faeries
Skerryvore
Paul McKenna Band
Barbara Dickson Band
Salsa Celtica
Cathy Ann MacPhee
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
Joe Aitken/Geordie Murison/Scott Gardiner
Feis Rois 25th Anniversary
Kristen Harvey Band
National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland

MG ALBA Festival Club (Open till 3am)
Call box office 01738 621 031

2011 Awards (available for voting)

Album of the Year sponsored by Birnam CD
Club of the Year sponsored by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Community Project of the Year sponsored by Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust
Composer of the Year sponsored by PRS for Music
Event of the Year sponsored by VisitScotland
Gaelic Singer of the Year sponsored by Macmeanmna
Trad Music in the Media Award sponsored by ScottishCultureOnline.com
Instrumentalist of the Year sponsored by Temple Records
Live Act of the Year sponsored by Greentrax Recordings
Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association
Scottish Dance Band of the Year sponsored by National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs
Scottish Folk Band of the Year sponsored by All Celtic Music
Pipe Band of the Year sponsored by The National Piping Centre
Up and Coming Artist of the Year sponsored by The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Music Tutor of the Year sponsored by Creative Scotland's Youth Music Initiative
Coda Music Venue of the Year Award

2011 Special Awards (not for voting)

Scots Traditional Music Hall of Fame sponsored by Fèisean nan Gàidheal

Performers
Awarded to musicians who have been in the industry over 30 years who have altered our musical landscape for the better including musicians, now no longer with us.

John Watt
Ian Duncan
Billy Thom
Alasdair Fraser
Bert Janch
Donald MacLeod, Islay
Tannahill Weavers
Bobby MacLeod

Services to Gaelic Music - Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches sponsored by Bòrd na Gàidhlig

Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music Award
This award was introduced in 2003 to celebrate those special people whom Scottish traditional music couldn't do without. It was posthumously awarded to Hamish Henderson and thereafter known as "The Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music Award." In 2005 when the Hall of Fame was born we decided to bring the two awards together and insert recipients of both into the Hall of Fame.

Arthur Cormack

We have a dedicated website to the Hall of Fame. You can find it at http://www.tradmusichall.com/

The Nominations and Voting process is in two stages – both stages can be completed online:

Stage 1: Nominations: 3rd – 14th October. Open to everyone. We would like you to pick up to 4 nominations from the field of Scottish traditional music for each of the 16 categories listed in the Nominations Form printed below within the time frame October 2010 to October 2011. You do not have to complete every category if you feel unqualified. You can only nominate online so please Nominate now! (link not active yet)

Stage 2: Voting: 31st october– 18th November.

The results of Stage 1 of the nomination procedure will be collated and four nominations in each category will go forward to the Stage 2 voting process. The forms will be available online from Hands Up For Trad. The website will be open from 9am for voting on 31st October 2011.

Read about the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2010
Read about the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2009
Read about the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2008
Read about the Scots Trad Music Awards 2007
Read about the Scots Trad Music Awards 2006
Read about the Scots Trad Music Awards 2005
Read about the Scots Trad Music Awards 2004
Read about the Scots Trad Music Awards 2003

Please support all our sponsors - without them this event would not happen: MG ALBA, Creative Scotland, Birnam CD, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Coda Music, Fèisean nan Gàidheal, Foot Stompin’ Scottish Music, Greentrax, Macmeanmna, National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Temple Records, The National Piping Centre, Traditional Music and Song Association, VisitScotland, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.