Top ten revealed for album awards
Last year’s winner back in Paisley for SAY launch
The 10 shortlisted albums for the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award have been revealed.
Artists were named last night at a special BBC Music Day programming of the BBC Radio Scotland Quay Sessions.
The selected albums continue to confirm Scotland as a nation with incredible cultural importance, especially within music.
Last year’s SAY Award winner Anna Meredith visited Paisley, host to this year’s SAY Award ceremony, where she was greeted with a giant SAY Award logo outside Gilmour Street Station.
The SAY Award 2017 Shortlist is as follows: C Duncan, The Midnight Sun; Ela Orleans ,Circles Of Upper And Lower Hell; Honeyblood, Babes Never Die; Konx- om- Pax , Caramel; Meursault, I Will Kill Again; Mogwai for Atomic; Pictish Trail, Future Echoes (Public Vote Winner); Rachel Newton, Here’s My Heart Come Take It; RM Hubbert, Telling The Trees and Sacred Paws, Strike A Match.
Express readers can listen to and learn more about each album on The SAY Award Shortlist by visiting www.sayaward.com
After kicking off in March, the process has involved almost 300 public submissions, 20 longlisted records, a panel of 100 impartial nominators and finally the 10 shortlisted albums.
This year’s shortlisted artists have each won £1,000, provided by long-term award partner Creative Scotland.
In addition to this, each artist will be awarded with an exclusively- designed trophy created by the winner of The SAY Design Commission, Lisa Crockard.
Composer and performer Anna Meredith also joined the show, sharing news of her year since winning the coveted SAY Award for her album Varmints last year.
The winner will be announced on Wednesday, June 28 at Paisley Town Hall in support of Paisley’s bid to become UK City of Culture 2021.
The winning artist will pick up a £20,000 cash prize, also provided by Creative Scotland.
Jean Cameron, project director of Paisley’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2021, said: “Once again, the SAY Award shortlist shows the diversity and quality of Scotland’s music scene.”