The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards has announced the 2020 Hall of Fame Inductees. The awards are given to Scottish musicians for their Services to Performance.
The 2020 Hall of Fame inductees are:
Fiddler, accordionist and guitar player Addie Harper Junior
Piper Fred Morrison
Piper, multi-instrumentalist, academic, and broadcaster Gary West
The late singer-songwriter and guitarist Jim Reid
The late fiddler and composer Johnny Cunningham
Vocalist, researcher and academic Margaret Stewart
Accordionist and broadcaster Nicol McLaren
Traditional singer Norman Kennedy
Folk and Celtic band Old Blind Dogs
Scottish rhythm and swing band The Easy Club
Composer Johnny MacLeod
[headline photo: Fred Morrison]
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