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Scots Trad Music Awards 2005
Nominations page 1 of 3
 WINNERS
ANNOUNCED
Voting is open to everyone and we
would like you to make one choice for each of the 16 categories
below by ticking or circling 1 nominee in each category. You
do not have to complete every category if you feel unqualified.
You can also complete this form online at the BBC’s
Celtic Roots website (www.bbc.co.uk/celticroots).
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Album of the
Year sponsored by Birnam
CD
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Luminosity
- Back of the Moon
A lovely mix of singers and songs -
mostly from the tradition, with fiddle, pipes, whistles
and more. This release sees folk band Back of the Moon
coming into their full maturity. |
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Magnificent
Seven – Blazin’ Fiddles (winner)
This release features Blazin' Fiddles in ensemble
and solo mode. From Shetland style to Texas swing, Irish
folk to a Hardanger fiddle waltz and Gaelic trad to vaudeville
stunt piece, this album just about covers it all.
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Ordinary
Angel - Compilation
A compilation album made up of 'gifted' tracks
from some of Scotland's top performers. A superb collection
of specially recorded pieces, much-loved tracks and personal
favourite tune sets, this album celebrates the talent
of artistes dear to Skye-based Stephen and Sheila McCabe.
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Yont the
Tay – Jim Reid
Jim Reid is asn outstanding singer songwriter.
This album is a reminder of the virtues of unadorned folk
singing. Reid’s voice is placed centre stage, supported
by deft but unobtrusive accompaniments by some of Scotland’s
top players. |
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Club of
the Year sponsored by Living
Tradition Magazine
An Award to recognise
the club (folk club, accordion club etc) which guest
musicians feel was best organised, most welcoming, had
the best or most discerning audiences etc.
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Campsie
Accordion and Fiddle Club
A popular club which meets First Tuesday
of the Month 7.30pm (Sept. - May) at the Glazert Country
House Hotel. All enthusiasts and musicians of accordion
and fiddle are made welcome. |
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Glenfarg
Folk Club
(winner)
The Internationally Famous Glenfarg Village Folk
Club is now in its 26th year and still going strong. It
meets every Monday night and offers a wide range of musical
acts as well as providing an opportunity for budding performers
to ’have a go’. Members also enjoy many social
events throughout the year including a Treasure Hunt &
BBQ, trips to other folk clubs and more.
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Leith Folk
Club
A young club but one which is gaining a reputation
for excellence. The club, which meets weekly, was started
to introduce a variety of high quality folk music (in
its widest possible sense) to local audiences. In its
first year, it has hosted many superb evenings featuring
an array of top-notch guests. |
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Stirling
Folk Club
Another club of long-standing which has played
host to just about every musician of note on the folk
scene. A friendly organisation with a welcoming atmosphere,
the club meets on Monday nights. A recent guest was folk
singer Sheena Wellington. |
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Composer of the Year
sponsored by Distil
An Award for the best songwriter
or tunesmith of 2005.
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Charlie
McKerron (winner)
Better known as a fiddler and member of Scots
supergroup Capercaillie, Charlie McKerron is an excellent
composer and his tunes Bulgarian Red and the 70th Year
are but two which have entered the Scots folk-tune repertoire.
In 2002 he was rewarded with two Royal Television Society
awards for Best Soundtrack and Best Theme in UK television.
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Donald
Shaw
Accordionist with Supergroup Capercaillie. He
has written many pieces of music and in 2002 he was rewarded
with two Royal Television Society awards for Best Soundtrack
and Best Theme in UK television (joint project with Charlie
McKerron).
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Karine
Polwart
Her debut solo album Faultlines got five nominations
in the 2005 Radio 2 Folk Awards, with her song, The
Sun's Coming Over The Hill, one of her three outright
winners! Karine says the thing she loves most of all
about writing songs is the meanings they take on for
people who hear them. |
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Michael
Marra
One of Scotland's most prolific songwriters,
and a much loved & respected figure in the entertainment
business. He is a storyteller in song with an acerbic
wit, mixing jazz, folk, pop and many other styles in his
music. A combination of humour and thought provoking lyrics,
Michael Marra's songs offer insights into the human condition.
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Community Project
of the Year
Award for the traditional
music project that best serves your community.
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Celtic
Connections Education Programme
Not only is Celtic Connections a wonderful annual
festival of music, it is also runs an education programme
which reaches out to local school children, offering a
wide range of free workshops and concerts. These workshops
provide the chance for Scottish schoolchildren to really
experience the musical roots of their country. |
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Glasgow
Fiddle Workshop
The key aim of this fine organisation
is to advance education, and in particular to promote
the learning, understanding and appreciation of Scottish
traditional fiddle music and its links with other traditions.
It achieves this admirably by running a series of classes
for 33 weeks of the year. As well as the classes GFW have
ceilidhs, sessions, weekend events and much more. |
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Inverness
Traditional Music Project
Traditional Music programme, coordinated by Margo
Maclennan, goes from strength to strength. In addition
to the 200 or so regular pupils, there have been successful
shorter projects plus the popular 4 week long Caledonian
Canal Ceilidh Trail. |
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Lochgoilhead
Fiddle Workshop (winner)
Lochgoilhead Fiddle Workshop, founded in November
2002, teaches traditional fiddle, and offers traditional
music concerts, and arts, crafts and author events, not
just to its own tiny Scottish west coast community, but
also to residents and tourists across Cowal and Argyll.
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Event of the Year
sponsored by VisitScotland
An Award to recognise the
event/festival which guest musicians feel was best organised,
most welcoming, had the best or most discerning audiences
etc
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Auchtermuchty
Auchtermuchty Traditional Music Festival: The
Traditional Music and Song Association (TMSA) organise
a Traditional Music Weekend at this long running festival.
A much-loved event which is always great fun there are
concerts, ceilidhs, competitions, workshops singarounds,
openair music, pub gatherings, childrens events. A festival
for the whole family. |
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Blas
It was devised by The Highland Council
with Fèisean nan Gàidheal and the Promoters Arts Network
to grow from its beginnings in 2005 into an international
celebration of Highland music and Gaelic culture. Blas
showcases and promotes the best of Gaelic culture and
Highland music, young Highland performers with local,
national and international artistes.
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Blazin’
in Beauly (winner)
Blazin' in Beauly is the musical extravaganza
started by the band Blazin' Fiddles in the historic
village of Beauly, 15 miles west of Inverness. With
the aim of being "much more than a fiddle school" the
intention of the annual week in Beauly is to immerse
people in the music of the Highlands and Islands. Participants
get the chance to work with world class performers;
but the instruction is only a part of the week - the
sessions, the talks, the concerts and the craic all
add up to make this a very popular event.
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Girvan
Folk Festival
One of the friendliest and most popular Folk
Music festivals in Scotland. Girvan is a small fishing
town in South Ayrshire and all the festival events, concerts,
workshops sessions, competitions, ceilidh, open stage
take place around the harbour and upper area of the town,
the venues all within easy strolling distance of one another.
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