BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year
The BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year is an annual music competition launched in 2001 open to young Scottish traditional musicians.
The award "exists to encourage young musicians to keep their tradition alive and to maximise their musical potential by the pursuit of a career in traditional music. The winner [is] provided with high profile performance opportunities and the necessary tools and advice they require to launch a career in traditional music."[1]
Winners
- 2015 - Claire Hastings - Singer
- 2014 - Robyn Stapleton - Singer
- 2013 - Paddy Callaghan - Glasgow - Button Accordion
- 2012 - Rona WIlkie - Fiddle
- 2011 - Kristan Harvey, Orkney - fiddler[2]
- 2010 - Daniel Thorpe - Fiddle
- 2009 - Ruairidh Macmillan, Nairn - fiddler[3]
- 2008 - Ewan Robertson (23) Carr-bridge - guitarist, singer[4][5][6]
- 2007 - Catriona Watt (19), Lewis - Gaelic singer[7][8][9]
- 2006 - Shona Mooney - Fiddler[10]
- 2005 - Stuart Cassells, Falkirk - bagpipes[11]
- 2004 - James Graham, Lochinver - Gaelic singer[12]
- 2003 - Anna Massie, Fortrose - multi instrumentalist[13][14][15]
- 2002 - Emily Smith, Thornhill - Singer[16][17][18]
- 2001 - Gillian Frame, Arran - fiddler, singer[19][20][21]
References
- ↑ http://www.handsupfortrad.co.uk/youngtrad/index.htm
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/showcase/clips/p00drldy/in/genre/folk
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/celticconnections/2009/artists/young_trad_ruaridh_macmillan/index.shtml#emp
- ↑ http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/default.aspx.locid-hianewneo.html
- ↑ http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/celticconnections/display.var.2000561.0.Young_Traditional_Musician_of_the_Year_Final_2008.php
- ↑ http://www.screenmachine.co.uk/default.aspx.locid-hianewnen
- ↑ http://www.handsupfortrad.co.uk/youngtrad/young_trad_2007_winner.htm
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6313271.stm
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/01_january/29/musician.shtml
- ↑ http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-hianewm2j.RefLocID-hiacg5005001.Lang-EN.htm
- ↑ http://www.handsupfortrad.co.uk/press/pressrelease_24jan2005.htm
- ↑ http://www.handsupfortrad.co.uk/youngtrad/James_Graham.htm
- ↑ http://www.handsupfortrad.co.uk/youngtrad/Anna_Massie.htm
- ↑ http://www.footstompin.com/artists/anna_massie
- ↑ http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/webrevs/cdfsr1722.htm
- ↑ http://www.themagpiesnest.co.uk/artists/emily-smith
- ↑ http://www.emilysmith.org/Reviews/Singout%20Sept07.html
- ↑ http://www.footstompin.com/artists/emily_smith
- ↑ http://www.footstompin.com/artists/back_of_the_moon
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2006/03/01/back_of_the_moon_ktb_review_feature.shtml
- ↑ http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/webrevs/cdfsr1711.htm