The fat nominees for this one year’s SAY Award were confirmed.
The Scottish Album Of The one year Award is continually a highlight of the one year, platforming the very best in Scottish tune. Remaining one year’s winner Fergus McCreadie stole judges hearts with his album ‘Wooded arena Ground’, mixing jazz and folks components to a sublime level.
A few moments within the past the fat nominations for this one year’s SAY Award were announced, and it’s a generally tremendous bunch. There’s an awfully good deal of Conflict favourites in there – outdated winners Younger Fathers are represented, alongside Glasgow-based mostly fully mostly rapper Bemz, Free Indulge in, and Dundee-rooted composer Andrew Wasylyk.
The final observe ceremony takes assign at Stirling’s Albert Halls on October twenty sixth.
Robert Kilpatrick, Intervening time CEO and Inventive Director of the Scottish Music Industrial Affiliation
(SMIA) talked about: “A gigantic congratulations to every of this one year’s nominees. With 2023 seeing a memoir-breaking 437 eligible albums submitted, it’s an ideal achievement and a testomony to the skill and differ of Scotland’s recorded output.”
Alan Morrison, Head of Music at Inventive Scotland added: “The album is an anchor within the choppy seas
of random playlists. It’s a private convey of intent, a self-contained physique of labor that lets
listeners know the plan an artist is feeling at a true second in time. The 20 nominees on this one year’s
SAY Award Longlist occupy an even time friendship and fatherhood, confront dismay and identity, and
generally appropriate revel within the unbridled joy of true tune. Right here’s a amazing snapshot of Scotland in all
its inventive glory.”
The SAY Award Longlist in alphabetical enlighten is:
Andrew Wasylyk – Listening to The Water Before Seeing The Falls
Becky Sikasa – Twelve Wooden Boxes
Bemz – Nova’s Dad
Brìghde Chaimbeul – Carry Them With Us
Brooke Combe – Murky Is the Contemporary Gold
Brownbear – Demons
Cloth – Secret Measure
Consolation – What’s Corrupt Sufficient?
Eyes of Others – Eyes of Others
Free Indulge in – Inside of
Hamish Hawk – Angel Numbers
Joesef – Permanent Effort
Juliette Lemoine – Soaring
Kapil Seshasayee – Laal
LVRA – Gentle Indulge in Steel
Paolo Nutini – Remaining Night within the Bittersweet
Scott William Urquhart & Fixed Follower – Even Days Dissolve
The Snuts – Burn The Empire
Su-a Lee – Dialogues
Younger Fathers – Heavy Heavy
Photo Credit: Rory Barnes
