About

Nominators

Ada Fuge
Manager
Subcity Radio
Website
Glasgow

Adam Khettabi
DJ & Radio Host
KTAB
Website
Glasgow

Aileen Sweeney
Podcast host
Ear to the Ground
Website


Alexander Riches
Operations Manager
St Luke's
Website
Glasgow

Alistair Braidwood
Founder
Scots Whay Hae!
Website
Glasgow

Amina Shah
Chief Executive
National Library of Scotland
Website
Fife

Andrea Mackintosh
Co-founder
Hypnotic Groove
Website
Inverness

Andy Reilly
Journalist
SNACK Magazine
Website


Andy Shearer
Creative Director
Perth Theatre And Concert Hall
Website
Perth

Anita Bhadani
Journalist
Freelance
Website
Glasgow

Ankna Arockiam

Shared Narratives
Website


Becci Wallace
Singer-songwriter | Lecturer
UWS | SongSeeds
Website


Brian Ferguson
Arts Correspondent
The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday
Website
Edinburgh

Carol Main
Director
Live Music Now Scotland
Website
Edinburgh

Cathie Boyd
Founder and Artistic Director
Cryptic
Website
Glasgow

Chae Houston
Director
Tenement TV
Website
Glasgow

Charlotte Mountford
Director
Lyth Arts Centre
Website
Lyth, Wick

Chris Beltran
Promoter
DF Concerts
Website
Glasgow

Chris Wemyss
Venue Manager
MacArts
Website
Galashiels

Claire Ingram
Finance Director
HTS (Scotland) Ltd
Website
Dundee

Claire Mackay
Director
The Touring Network
Website
Crieff

Craig Gornall
Booker
PCL Presents
Website
Edinburgh

Daniel Mutch
Senior Booker
432 Presents
Website
Glasgow

Daniella Kidd
Fundraising Officer
Tiree Music Festival
Website
Tiree

Darren Yeats
Owner
VoxBox Music
Website
Edinburgh

Dave Miller
General Manager
Dumfries Music Conference
Website
Dumfries

David Dryburgh
Founder
AliveandGigging
Website


David Pollock
Freelance music writer and journalist

Website
Edinburgh

Delaina Sepko
Presenter – Beats and Breaks
Sunny Govan Radio
Website
Glasgow

Dylan McPhee
Manager
Aberdeen DJ Academy
Website
Aberdeen

Eddie McGuire
Composer

Website
Glasgow

Errollyn Wallen
Composer | Visiting Professor
the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Website
Highlands

Evan Henderson
Chief Executive
The Queen's Hall
Website
Edinburgh

Ewen Duncan
Owner
Europa Music
Website
Stirling

Feena McKinnell
Director
EHFM
Website
Edinburgh

Finnbar Connell
Event Manager
The Tooth & Claw
Website
Inverness

Fiona Mactaggart
Freelance music journalist
Scottish Jazz Space & Jazz Forward
Website
Edinburgh

Fiona Munstermann
Manager
FOPP
Website
Glasgow

Fiona Shepherd
Freelance Music Journalist
The Scotsman
Website
Glasgow

Frankie Elyse Allan
Co-Founder
Polka Dot Disco Club
Website


Gaïa Jeannot
Booker
Nice n Sleazy
Website


Gill Maxwell
Executive Director
Scottish Music Centre
Website
Glasgow

Halina Rifai
Podcast Producer, Music Writer, Communications
Podcart, We Are Here Scotland
Website
Glasgow

Hazel Johnson
Director
Hidden Door
Website
Edinburgh

Iona Lee
Poet

Website
Edinburgh

Jamie Macdonald
Founder/Editor
Netsounds
Website
Inverness

Jamie Wilde
Freelance Music Journalist / Publicist
CLASH / The Skinny / Line of Best Fit / NME
Website
Dundee

Jennifer McGlone
Creative Consultant/ Mentor
Glow Arts
Website
Glasgow

Jill Rodger
Festival Director
Glasgow International Jazz Festival
Website
Glasgow

Jim Gellatly
Broadcaster
Amazing Radio
Website
Glasgow

Jim Gilchrist
Freelance writer
Freelance, writing on folk/jazz for The Scotsman
Website
Edinburgh

John Anderson
Coordinator
shmu & 57 North
Website
Aberdeen

John Williamson
Lecturer and Journalist
The University of Glasgow

Glasgow

Kacie McAdam
DJ/Curator
K4CIE, PEACH, 644 Studios
Website
Glasgow

Kadri Soerunurk
Coordinator
Sound / Sound Festival
Website
Aberdeen

Katie Guthrie
Founder
Underground Sounds
Website
Edinburgh

Kim Blyth
Venue Manager/Programmer
The Glad Cafe | Pop Mutations
Website
Glasgow

Laura Pollock
Multimedia Journalist
The National
Website


Lesley Shaw
Festival Manager
Celtic Connections
Website
Glasgow

Lisa Kapur
Cultural Development Officer
City of Edinburgh Council
Website
Edinburgh

Lisa Thomson

SWG3
Website
Glasgow

Lisa-Marie Ferla
New Music Columnist
The Scots Magazine
Website
Glasgow

Liz Clark Director and Company Secretary for Celtic Music Clark
Director / Producer /Presenter
Celtic Music Radio / Danny Kyle Open Stage hosted at Celtic Connections
Website
GLASGOW

Marie Collins
Music Project Producer
OneRen
Website


Mark McGuigan
Supervisor | Events Coordinator
HMV
Website


Martin Williams
Senior News Reporter
The Herald / Sunday Herald
Website
Glasgow

Megan Merino

The List
Website


Michael Moloney
Owner
Chameleon
Website
Aberdeen

Mobolaji Agoro
Festival Booker and Manager
Pitch Scotland | Forij Management | UP2STNDRD
Website
Glasgow

Naomi Clarke
Development Coordinator
The Sound Lab
Website


Nathon Jones
Project Co-ordinator & Festival Director
Trad Music Trust
Website


Neil Cooper
Writer and critic

Website
Edinburgh

Nicola Meighan
Presenter
BBC Radio Scotland
Website


Olaf Furniss
Founder/Director
Born To Be Wide / Wide Days / Off The Record
Website
Edinburgh

Paul MacAlindin
Conductor
The Glasgow Barons
Website


Pauline Black
Head of Music Engagement
University of Aberdeen & Jazz at the Blue Lamp
Website
Aberdeen

Phoebe Inglis-Holmes
Broadcaster / Writer / DJ

Website


Rachael Duff
Education Manager
Fèis Rois
Website


Riah Sneddon
General Manager
Sonic Bothy
Website
Glasgow

Richy Muirhead
Founder / Events Producer
Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMA) | Pitch Scotland
Website
Glasgow

Rik Smernicki
Lecturer

Website


Robin Murray
Editor – clashmusic.com
Clash
Website
London

Ryan Bell

guitarguitar
Website


Ryan Quigley
Trumpet player/composer and arranger

Website


Sami Omar
Founder
UP2STNDRD
Website
Glasgow

Sarah Northcott
Development Worker
Scots Music Group
Website
Edinburgh

Sean Paul O'Hare
CEO
An Lanntair Arts Centre Stornoway
Website
Stornoway

Simon Eilbeck
Founder and Promoter
Hot Mess
Website
Edinburgh

Simone Seales
Cellist and Educator
Simone Seales | Intersectional Cellist
Website


Sof Staune
Programmer
Stereo
Website
Glasgow

Steven Milne
Programmer
Aberdeen Performing Arts
Website


Stuart Fleming
Senior Manager, Scotland & Northern Ireland
PRS for Music
Website
Dundee

Stuart McHugh
Journalist / webmaster
isthismusic.com
Website
Linlithgow

Sushil Dade
Producer and Musician
BBC
Website
Glasgow

Susie Mitchell
Programme Director
Glasgow City of Science & Innovation | Glasgow International Jazz Festival | Session Vocalist
Website
Glasgow

Suzanne Oswald
Editor
Tenement TV
Website
Glasgow

Tallah Brash
Music Editor
The Skinny
Website
Edinburgh

Tara McLoughlin
Artistic Director
Tolbooth Stirling + Albert Halls
Website
Stirling

Thomas Mackie
Promoter
Regular Music
Website


Vic Galloway
Presenter
BBC Radio Scotland
Website
Edinburgh