The Scots Trad Music Awards has announced the full list of its nominations, featuring a who’s who of traditional Scottish music. The awards are up for public vote until Sunday 10 November, while winners will be announced at a ceremony in Inverness Leisure on Saturday 30 November, marking the first time in a decade that the night has been held in the Highlands. 

Legendary Skye band Niteworks will receive the Services To Gaelic award for crafting a music career rooted in the language. Christine Martin will be presented with The Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music Award, while celebrated poet Rab Wilson will receive The Janet Paisley Services to Scots Language Award. New to proceedings is The Gaisgeach na Gàidhealtachd, which means Hero Of The Highlands. This award will recognise a notable local organisation or figure who has made an invaluable contribution to Highland cultural life and the winner will be named on the night.

The full list of nominees amounts to 116 participants in Scotland’s traditional music scene, representing the musicians, organisers and key personnel that make the scene a dynamic force in Scotland. 

Scots Trad Music Awards organiser Simon Thoumire said, ‘Scotland’s traditional music scene is bursting at the seams with exceptional talent and it’s incredibly important we take time to recognise the achievements and progress over the last year. 

‘From some of the most exciting young new bands, to legends of the industry we will be tipping our hats to the best of the best in Inverness this November. Voting is now open and it’s over to the public to decide who they would like to see honoured on the night. We’re proud that this event has become synonymous with excellence in Scottish music and incredibly grateful to all those who make its staging possible.’

Here's the list of nominees in full: 

Album Of The Year, sponsored by Birnam CD

Headstrong by HEISK
Just A Second by Ryan Young
The Waiting Room by Eamonn Nugent
A Breaking Sky by Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach
The Outset by Project Smok
Vent by Laura Jane Wilkie
Halocline by Malin Lewis
The Magic Roundabout by Session A9
ReLoved by Capercaillie
The Homeroad by Ross Couper Band

Citty Finlayson Scots Singer Of The Year, sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association Of Scotland

Beth Malcolm
Siobhan Miller
Josie Duncan
Seàn Gray

Club Of The Year

Glee Club at Celtic Connections
Ayr Phoenix Folk Club
Ardersier International Folk Club
The World's Room 

Community Project Of The Year, sponsored by Traditional Arts And Culture Scotland

Scottish Polish Song Society - Aberdeen University
People's Parish
Fèis air an Oir
Falkirk Fiddle Workshop

Composer Of The Year, sponsored by PRS For Music

James Ross
Gillian Fleetwood
Alec Dalgeish
Mairead Green and Mike Vass (A.D.A.M)
Jack Badcock
Ali Hutton & Laura Beth (From the Ground)

Event Of The Year, sponsored by VisitScotland

Carrying Stream Festival
Skipinnish at Edinburgh Castle
Cuirm Nam Bonn òir le Ruairidh Gray
Jura Music Festival
Ceòl Cholasa
Fèis na Mara

Gaelic Singer Of The Year, sponsored by Highland Society Of London

Ainslie Hamill
Ceitlin Lilidh
Emma MacLeod
Kathleen MacInnes
Katie Macfarlane

Live Act Of The Year

Kinnaris Quintet
An Dannsa Dub
Mec Lir
Niteworks
Ross Ainslie and Tim Edey
RuMac

Music Tutor Of The Year, sponsored by Creative Scotland Youth Music Initiative

Margaret Houlihan
Douglas Montgomery
Carly Blain
Daniel Thorpe

Musician Of The Year, sponsored by University Of The Highlands And Islands

Ciorstaidh Beaton
Anna Massie
Tom Callister
Adam Holmes
Alasdair Iain Paterson
Patsy Reid

Original Work Of The Year, sponsored by Musicians’ Union

Ar Cànan 's ar Ceòl by Trail West
Centennial March (Glen Burnie Lodge) by Louise Bichan
Bass Culture by Alice Allen’s New Voices
The Dedication Jigs by Ross Miller
Tom Campbell Trio EP

Scottish Dance Band Of The Year, sponsored by National Association Of Accordion And Fiddle Clubs

Graeme MacKay
Jackie Raeburn
Calum Nicolson
Michael Philip

Scottish Folk Band Of The Year, sponsored by Threads Of Sound

Cala
Fras
Haltadans
The Paul McKenna Band
RANT
DLÙ

Scottish Pipe Band Of The Year, sponsored by National Piping Centre

Skye Youth Pipe Band
Dunoon Grammar Pipe Band
George Watson’s Pipe Band
Dornoch Pipe Band

Trad Music In The Media, sponsored by Glasgow Caledonian University

Friday Night Trad - Radio Skye with Robert MacInnes
Karine Polwart’s Monthly Newsletter
Piping Sounds with Michael Steele and Ewen Henderson
Kim Carnie Out Loud
Jared Rowan (Social Media)

Up and Coming Artist Of The Year, sponsored by Royal Conservatoire Of Scotland

Tarran
Amy Laurenson
Falasgair
Teud
Gillie O’Flaherty
Lauren Collier Band

Venue Of The Year

Catstrand Arts
Eden Court
Kings Place, London
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Croy Live

Scots Trad Music Awards 2024, Inverness Leisure, Saturday 30 November.