The Specsavers Scottish Music Awards was held virtually on Saturday Night, the 28th of November, in the SWG3 in Glasgow. The event was hosted by Edith Bowman and the online broadcast saw the Scotland’s top musicians join forces to raise vital funds for charity Nordoff Robbins.
Big winners at the event were Lewis Capaldi, who won The Best UK Artist Award and Biffy Clyro who picked up the Best Album Award for their album A Celebration Of Endings that came out in August of this year. They shared a video acceptance speech saying; “Thank you so much for the Scottish Music Award Album of the Year, it means a lot to us. When we started recording this record last year, I guess like everyone else, we had no idea what 2020 held in store, but you know what, the power of music and art feels more important than ever this year.”
Scottish band, Texas were honoured with The Icon Award. Frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri said in their acceptance speech that the award was “very, very special, especially after the amount of years as a band that we’ve been together.” She added: “To be given this and for everybody to think that we deserve it, it means a lot. To be relevant, still making records and be successful this far down the line, for over 30 years, we feel very very lucky.”
A very special acoustic performance from @LewisCapaldi was exactly what we needed this year
A longtime supporter of our music therapy work, Lewis wins the Best UK Award sponsored by @yourSSE #ScottishMusicAwards
Watch live https://t.co/GYIQc0PDUd pic.twitter.com/hnn978hiSz
— Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy (@NordoffRobbins1) November 28, 2020
Lewis Capaldi also shared a special at-home acoustic performance. There were also socially distanced performances from Amy Macdonald, Texas, Wet Wet Wet, Dougie Maclean, Luke La Volpe, HYYTS and more, they all also picked up awards on the night.
The awards show aim is for Scottish Artists to come together to raise money for Nordoff Robins, which is the UK’s largest independent music therapy charity, they use music to enrich the lives of people with life-limiting illnesses, disabilities and feelings of isolation. The charity expects to lose 50% of its income in 2020 due to the coronavirus.
Speaking on the event, Donald C MacLeod, chairman of the Nordoff Robbins Fundraising Committee Scotland said; “Like so many charities, Nordoff Robbins have been severely impacted by COVID-19 and we truly can’t thank everybody who came together to make this event happen enough. From Scottish music legends like Dougie MacLean and Wet Wet Wet, superstars like Lewis Capaldi and Biffy Clyro, and not to mention rising stars like Stephanie Cheape and Luke La Volpe – music has been a lifeline for so many of us during these unprecedented times and their support is so appreciated.”
A list of the winners is below.
Best UK Artist Award - Lewis Capaldi
Best Album Award – Biffy Clyro – A Celebration Of Endings
Icon Award – Texas
Women In Music Award – Amy Macdonald
Outstanding Contribution Award – Wet Wet Wet
Best Male Breakthrough Award – Luke La Volpe
Best Female Breakthrough Award – Kitti
Best Pop Act Award – HYYTS
Special Recognition Award – Dougie MacLean
Ambassadors of Rock Award – Gun
Nordoff Robbins Legends Award – George Bowie
Innovation Award – Graeme Park
Song Writing Award – Young Fathers
