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Shetland Musicians Nominated For Awards

Several Shetland musicians have been nominated in this year's MG Alba Traditional Music Awards.

The new album by Fiddler's Bid, All Dressed In Yellow, which we've previously reviewed in the Newsletter, is one of the nominations for album of the year. One member of Fiddler's Bid, fiddler Kevin Henderson, also plays in another nominated band, Session A9. In the category for ‘up and coming artist of the year', nominations include the 2008 Shetland Young Musician of the Year, talented fiddler Maggie Adamson and guitarist Brian Nicholson, with whom she has toured far and wide. Steven Spence, who hails from the island of Unst, has been nominated as composer of the year. Bands involving other Shetland musicians have also been nominated: Paul Jennings is in Treacherous Orchestra and Ross Couper plays in Bodega. The winners will be revealed on 29 November at an event in Dumfries.

Published: 02/11/2009

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