About

Nominators

Aby Watson

Push It
Website


Alan Bissett
Writer

Website
Paisley

Alana Hepburn
Promoter
PITCH / SAMA
Website
Glasgow

Alasdair Campbell
Artistic Director
CounterFlows
Website
Glasgow

Alex Matthew





Alex Misick
Projects & Digital Producer
CCA
Website
Glasgow

Alexander Riches
Operations Manager
St Luke's
Website
Glasgow

Alistair Braidwood
Founder
Scots Whay Hae!
Website
Glasgow

Ally McCrae
Development Producer
Channel 4



Amy Ferguson
Producer – The Afternoon Show with Janice Forsyth, Grant Stott & Nicola Meighan
BBC Radio Scotland
Website
Edinburgh

Andrew Baxter

Central FM



Andrew Thomson
Founder
Clyde Built Radio
Website
Glasgow

Andy Reilly
Journalist
SNACK Magazine
Website


Andy Shearer
Creative Director
Horsecross Arts
Website
Perth

Ankna Arockiam

Shared Narratives



Arusa Qureshi
Freelance Journalist
Freelance
Website
Edinburgh

Barry Price
Partner and Director
Sub Club
Website
Glasgow

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

Callum Fergusson
Booker
PCL
Website
Glasgow

Callum Gallacher
Presenter
Hits Radio Network, Scotland
Website
Glasgow

Callum Jones
Programme Coordinator
Leith Theatre
Website
Edinburgh

Carol Main
Director
Live Music Now Scotland
Website
Edinburgh

Caroline Campbell
Venue Manager
Ironworks
Website
Inverness

Caroline MacLennan
Festival Director
HebCelt Festival
Website
The Outer Hebrides

Caroline Sewell
Regional Organiser
Musicians' Union
Website
Glasgow

Catriona Logan
Festival Director
Celtic Media Festival
Website
Glasgow

Chae Houston
Director
Tenement TV
Website
Glasgow

Charlotte Mountford
Director
Lyth Arts Centre
Website
Lyth, Wick

Chidera Chukwujekwu
Head of Communications
Intercultural Youth Scotland
Website


Chris Beltran
Promoter
DF Concerts
Website
Glasgow

Chris Wemyss
Venue Manager
MacArts
Website
Galashiels

Claire Francis
Freelance Music Journalist
Freelance
Website
Glasgow

Claire Ingram
Finance Director
HTS (Scotland) Ltd
Website
Dundee

Craig Gornall
Founder
Alive and Amplified
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 Boyle
Director of Kelburn Arts
Kelburn Garden Party
Website
Kilmarnock

David Pollock
Freelance music writer and journalist

Website
Edinburgh

David Watkin
Head of Strings
RCS
Website
Glasgow

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

Dep Downie
Co-owner, Monorail Music
Monorail Music
Website
Glasgow

Diljeet Kaur Bhachu
Arts professional / Researcher / Educator / Musician

Website
Glasgow

Dougie Brown
Event Producer
Belladrum
Website
Inverness

Edith Kyle

The Jazz Bar



Emma Lamont
Presenter
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
Website


Emma Ready
Bgirl, Choreographer, Creative Coach
Emma Ready
Website
Edinburgh

Emma Smith
multi media artist / double bass player

Website


Erfan Shojanoori
General Manager
The Hug and Pint
Website


Evan Henderson
Chief Executive
The Queen's Hall
Website
Edinburgh

Ewen Duncan
Owner
Europa Music
Website
Stirling

Feena McKinnell
Programming
EHFM
Website
Edinburgh

Fiona Alexander

Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival

Edinburgh

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

Fiona McMenamin
Assistant Manager
FOPP
Website
Glasgow

Fiona Shepherd
Freelance Music Journalist
The Scotsman
Website
Glasgow

Floortje Matthew
Programme Manager
Shetland Arts
Website
Lerwick

Frankie Elyse Allan
Co-Founder
Polka Dot Disco Club



Gill Maxwell
Executive Director
Scottish Music Centre
Website
Glasgow

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

Hannah Boyle

Gold Flake Paint



Hannah Campbell

Queens Of Noise / Academy of Music and Sound Scotland



Helen McVey
Director of Business Development
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Website
Glasgow

Holly Lennon
Journalist
Glasgow Live
Website
Glasgow

Iain MacDonald

Ceolas



Ica Headlam
Director/Founder
We Are Here Scotland
Website
Aberdeen / Aberdeenshire

Iona Lee
Poet

Website
Edinburgh

Jamie Macdonald
Founder/Editor
Netsounds
Website
Inverness

Jamie Murray
Festival Director
Doune the Rabbit Hole
Website
Doune

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 / BFBS
Website
Glasgow

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

Jules Boyle
Journalist
The Sunday Mail
Website
Glasgow

Kadri Soerunurk
Coordinator
Sound / Sound Festival
Website
Aberdeen

Karen Dufour
Project Manager
New Music Scotland / Scottish Awards for New Music
Website
Glasgow

Katie Goh
Freelance journalist
Gal-Dem
Website
Edinburgh

Katie Guthrie
Founder
Underground Sounds
Website
Edinburgh

Kip Cozy
Director
Twelve 50 TV
Website


Kirsteen Davidson Kelly
Chief Executive Officer
NYOS



Kirsty MacLauchlan
Senior Digital Designer
8 Million Stories
Website
Alloa

Laura Pollock
Multimedia Journalist
The National



Lesley McKay
Assistant General Manager
o2 Academy Glasgow

Glasgow

Lesley Shaw
Festival Manager
Celtic Connections
Website
Glasgow

Lindsay Pell
Senior Producer for Music
BBC Radio 3/Radio Scotland
Website


Lindsey Davidson
Content Creator
Grlbandblog
Website
Glasgow

Lisa Thomson

SWG3



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

Liz Clark
Director / Producer /Presenter
Celtic Music Radio
Website


Louise Warmington
Head of Communications
Fruitmarket
Website
Edinburgh

Mark Mackechnie
Co-founder
Riverside Festival
Website
Glasgow

Mark Mackie
Director
Regular Music
Website
Edinburgh

Martin Kasprowicz

Stonehaven Folk Festival



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

Maya Medvesek
DJ / Producer
Nightwave
Website
Glasgow

Meg Findlay
Artist Co-ordinator
Stonehaven Folk Club / Stonehaven Folk Festival
Website
Stonehaven

Megan MacLellan
Presenter
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal - Rapal
Website


Megan Merino

The List



Michael Moloney
Owner
Chameleon
Website
Aberdeen

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


Niall Munro
Director
Skye Live Festival
Website
Skye

Nicola Meighan
Presenter
BBC Radio Scotland
Website


Nicola Muir
Marketing Manager
Celtic Connections
Website
Glasgow

Nicolas Zekulin
Chief Executive & Artistic Director
National Youth Orchestras of Scotland
Website
Glasgow

Nigel Graham
Owner
Union Vinyl
Website
Inverness

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

Paul Harkins
Lecturer
Edinburgh Napier University
Website
Edinburgh

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

Phoebe Inglis-Holmes
Broadcaster / Writer / DJ

Website


Riah Fairweather
General and Projects Manager
Sonic Bothy
Website
Glasgow

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

Robert Blair
Journalist




Robin Murray
Editor – clashmusic.com
Clash
Website
London

Ruairidh Gollan

Sutherland Sessions

Aberdeen / Aberdeenshire

Sami Omar
Founder
UP2STNDRD
Website
Glasgow

Sanjeev Mann
Editor
Hip Hop Scotland
Website
Ayr

Sarra Wild
Founder and Promoter
OH141
Website
Glasgow

Sebastian Scotney
Editor/Publisher
London Jazz News
Website
London

Simon Eilbeck
Founder and Promoter
Hot Mess
Website
Edinburgh

Sof Staune, James Iball, Ross Keppie
Programmer
Stereo
Website
Glasgow

Steven Milne
Programmer
Aberdeen Performing Arts
Website


Stewart Bain
Manager
Grooves Records (Orkney)
Website
Kirkwall

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

Suz O'Neill
Co-Founder
Radio Buena Vida
Website
Glasgow

Suzanne Bonner
DJ
Shoot Your Shot
Website
Glasgow

Tallah Brash
Music Editor
The Skinny
Website
Edinburgh

Tara McLoughlin
Senior Cultural Programmer
Tolbooth Stirling + Stirling's Albert Halls
Website
Stirling

Tim Saul
Chairman
Bute Jazz Concerts Ltd & Bute Manouche
Website
Bute

Vic Galloway
Presenter
BBC Radio Scotland
Website
Edinburgh