Lotto cash thanks from award winner
Award- winning guitarist RM Hubbert says he has a Lotto to be thankful for after his latest release.
The Troon troubador, who won the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year prize, was awarded National Lottery funding for his Telling the Trees album.
The record, released earlier this year, featured collaborations between Hubbert and international female artists and was possible thanks to his £ 6,000 lottery grant.
He said: “It’s very difficult to make a living as a musician or any kind of artist these days.
“Funding like Creative Scotland and The National Lottery if that was to go away a huge amount of the arts would have to go away as well.
“Record sales across everywhere are way down. We need all the help we can get which is why this funding was essential.”
Hubby, as he is affectionately known by Scottish music fans, appears in a new short film highlighting the work done thanks to National Lottery grants.
Iain Munro, deputy CEO at Creative Scotland said: “The National Lottery forms a vital part of funding support for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland. The projects highlighted in this film, including RM Hubbert, provide just a snapshot of the wide variety of cultural activity taking place across the country thanks to National Lottery players.
“Funding from The National Lottery enables artists and organisations to create work that reaches into communities and makes a real difference to people’s lives right across Scotland.”