April 2013/Week 4
Student record labels launch 7 new artists : see page 3 TA Band Open Day - p6 : Feis a Bhaile needs volunteers - p6 : Free Dewars Batch - p8 : New Trade album - p14
Scottish Album of Year Award Longlist Announced Winning artist set to receive £20,000 The Scottish Music Industry Association ‘Regenerating Europe (SMIA) has announced the longlist of Through Music' twenty albums for the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award. The albums on the list represent a dazzling range of genres and musical styles highlighting, once again, the extraordinary depth of talent being produced in Scotland. The winner will be chosen from a shortlist of ten albums at an award ceremony held in Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom on Thursday, 20 June. The winning album will once again receive a first prize of £20,000 with the nine other shortlisted titles picking up £1,000 each. All ten shortlisted albums will also receive an exclusive artwork created by the winner of this year’s SAY Art Commission: a prize fund of £20,000 courtesy of Creative Scotland and contested by eight outstanding graduates from Scotland’s four principal art schools. Drawing upon the nominations of 100 individuals and organisations from across the arts and Scotland’s music industry, the twenty highest scoring albums, from Scottish artists who released albums in 2012, form The SAY Award Longlist. This year’s Nominators included journalists, bloggers, radio presenters and producers, promoters, retailers, venues, club DJs, festival organisers, academics and music fans from elsewhere in the arts. Over 270 albums were considered eligible with more than 135 albums picking up at least one vote from a Nominator. Following a four-week promotion when the public will have the chance to stream every one of the twenty longlisted titles, there will be a 24-hour voting window on Monday 27 May when the public can choose their favourite from the list.
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Scottish Music Centre hosted European Forum on Music a success for Glasgow - see p4+5