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Scottish Album of the Year Award longlist to be unveiled in online event

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The SAY Award

The 20 albums to make it to the longlist of The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award will be announced as part of a virtual event later this month.

Live at the Longlist, which takes place on September 17, will see hosts Vic Galloway and Nicola Meighan announce the albums in the running for the top prize.

It follows a record-breaking number of submissions from fans and artists, with 362 eligible albums.

The likes of Deacon Blue, Lewis Capaldi, Gerry Cinnamon and Rachel Sermanni could all be in the running.

Previous winners include Young Fathers, Auntie Flo, RM Hubbert and Kathryn Joseph.

Performing at the virtual event, filmed at Edinburgh’s Summerhall and 54EP, are Glasgow duo Free Love, the Kinnaris Quintet and 2017 SAY Award winners Sacred Paws.

Sacred Paws said: “Playing live is always such a great release and a source of joy for us – we’re not really used to playing for cameras but everyone at The SAY Award made it so much fun that we almost felt like we were at a real gig for a moment!

“We really hope you enjoy watching as much as we did playing.”

The twenty albums on the longlist will then be reduced to a shortlist of ten. The final winning artist, announced in a ceremony on October 29, will collect a £20,000 cash prize, and nine runners up are each awarded £1,000.

The SAY Award have also announced their commitment to the Keychange pledge in 2020, ensuring the independent judging panel and nominators list set to decide this year’s longlist and ultimately, the final winner, features a 50:50 gender split for the second year running.

Featuring a broad range of influential tastemakers from across the country, the list spans music genres and creative industries.

The 11 judges, chaired by John Williamson, are tasked with listening to the twenty outstanding albums which make up this year’s longlist to narrow down to a shortlist of ten.

Nine titles will be decided by the esteemed judging panel while the final album will be chosen by music fans in a 72-hour online public vote.

For the first time in the award’s history, The SAY Award will feature judges from four selected international territories, aiming to build upon and maintain vital and valued international links for Scottish music.


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