Tha Hands Up for Trad air geàrr-liosta airson duaisean ceòl traidiseanta Albannach MG ALBA 2018 ainmeachadh.

Tha an cuirm aithnichte mar thachartas cliùiteach ann an saoghal ceòl traidiseanta agus am-bliadhna bidh 17 gnèithean dhuaisean ann. Thèid iadsan a bhuannaicheas fhoillseachadh aig cuirm dhuaisean ghleansach air Disathairne 1 Dùbhlachd, aig Talla Chonsairt Pheairt. Thèid an tachartas a chraoladh beò air BBC ALBA, BBC Radio Scotland agus air feadh na dùthcha tro làrach-lìn BBC ALBA agus thèid a lìbhrigeadh le Màiri Anna NicUalraig agus Kim Carnie.

Tha an liosta gu h-ìseal ach nam measg tha Elephant Sessions, a tha a-staigh airson duais Còmhlan Beò na Bliadhna. Tha iad eòlach air a’ ghnothach an dèidh Up and Coming Artist of the Year a bhuannachadh ann an 2014, an Còmhlan Beò as Fheàrr ann an 2016 agus Duais Belhaven Bursary an-uiridh. Cuideachd a-staigh airson na duais tha Talisk, a bhuannaich duais folk BBC Radio 2 agus còmhlan an Eilean Sgitheanaich, Niteworks.

Tha ball de Elephant Sessions, Alasdair Taylor, a-staigh airson duais leis fhèin sa ghnè Sgrìobhaiche Ciùil na Bliadhna, sponsoraichte le PRS for Music.

Am measg iadsan a tha a-staigh airson Clàr Trad na Bliadhna tha Alterum le Julie Fowlis, EVO le Skerryvore agus The Seer le Lauren MacColl. Airson an dàrna bliadhna tha Ross Ainslie agus Ali Hutton a-staigh airson na duais leis an dàrna clàr aca, ‘Symbiosis II’.

Tha Josie Duncan agus Maeve Mackinnon a-staigh airson na duais chliùitich, Seinneadair Gàidhlig na Bliadhna. Tha Màrtainn Skene Highland Dance Band a-staigh airson Còmhlan Dannsa Albannach na Bliadhna le The Arc Sessions a-staigh airson Cluba na Bliadhna.

Tha Ímar à Glaschu, a bhuannaich grunnan duaisean folk BBC Radio 2, duais BBC Radio 2 Horizon agus a bha ainmichte airson Clàr MG ALBA na Bliadhna ann an 2017, air a’ gheàrr-liosta.

Thuirt Murchadh MacSuain, Manaidsear Conaltraidh MG ALBA, a bhios a’ toirt sponsaireachd dhan tachartas: “Tha sinne aig MG ALBA air leth moiteil a bhith a’ cur taic ri sàr thàlant ciùil na h-Alba agus tha sinn toilichte Duaisean Ceòl Traidiseanta Albannach MG ALBA a thaisbeanadh air feadh an t-saoghail tro iPlayer BBC ALBA”.

The shortlists are as follows:

Album of the Year sponsored by Birnam CD

• Alterum by Julie Fowlis
• EVO by Skerryvore
• Punch by The Poozies
• Sanctuary by Ross Ainslie
• Sandwood by Duncan Chisholm
• Some Other Land by Adam Sutherland
• Symbiosis II by Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton
• The Key by Blazin’ Fiddes
• The Railway by Hamish Napier
• The Seer by Lauren MacColl

Club of the Year Sponsored by Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (Tracs)

• Craigie Folk Club
• Arc Sessions
• Partick Folk Club
• Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Club

Composer of the Year Sponsored by PRS for Music

• Alasdair Taylor (Elephant Sessions)
• Duncan Chisholm
• Jenny Sturgeon
• Sileas Sinclair

Community Project of the Year Sponsored by Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust

• Taynuilt Ceilidhs
• Care for a Ceilidh
• Fèis Gleann Albainn
• Ceilidh Makers

Event of the Year Sponsored by VisitScotland

• Far Far from Ypres
• Bothy Culture and Beyond, Celtic Connections
• Findhorn Bay Arts Festival
• Mull Traditional Music Festival

Gaelic Singer of the Year Sponsored by Macmeanmna

• Josie Duncan
• Maeve Mackinnon
• Eilidh Cormack
• Ruairidh Cormack

Instrumentalist of the Year Sponsored by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

• Mike Vass
• Laura Wilkie
• Patsy Reid
• Calum Stewart

Live Act of the Year Sponsored by Greentrax Recordings

• Karine Polwart
• Findlay Napier
• Niteworks
• Elephant Sessions
• Talisk

Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year Sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association

• Iona Fyfe
• George Duff
• Hannah Rarity
• Christine Kydd

Scottish Dance Band of the Year Sponsored by National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs

• David Kennedy SDB
• Susan MacFadyen SDB
• Martainn Skene Highland Dance Band
• Iain MacPhail SDB

Scottish Folk Band of the Year Sponsored by Threads of Sound

• Paul McKenna Band
• Ímar
• Daimh
• Ryan Young and Jenn Butterworth
• Kinnaris

Scottish Pipe Band of the Year

• North Lanarkshire Schools
• Inverary and District
• Preston Lodge Novice B Pipe Band
• Scottish Power Pipe Band

Trad Music in the Media Sponsored by Skipinnish

• The Groove is Not Trivial (Film)
• Scots Radio
• Pipeline, BBC Radio Scotland
• The National

Music Tutor of the Year Sponsored by Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative

• Anna Wendy Stevenson
• Grant McFarlane
• Heather Anderson
• Mhairi Marwick

Up and Coming Artist of the Year Sponsored by Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

• Heisk
• Assynt
• Project Smok
• Eabhal

Venue of the Year Award Sponsored by Musicians’ Union

• Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
• Crafts and Things, Glencoe
• Glenbuchat Hall, Aberdeenshire
• Drygate Brewery, Glasgow