29 November 2015
Newsdesk
The 17th Annual SSE Scottish Music Awards raised a total of £148,000 for Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland.
Auction prizes included a guitar signed by Paolo Nutini, donated by Trespass. The man himself encouraged attendees to bid by offering up a personalised tour of Paisley and literally the shoes on his feet! The lucky winner won the tour and footwear for a steal at £3,300.
The Paisley born singer-songwriter also made the winning bid of £8,000 for a trip to a luxury Gleneagles lodge – outbidding himself all in the name of the charity about which he spoke eloquently and at length, mentioning therapy sessions he has been part of and his ongoing and long term support for Nordoff Robbins Scotland.
Other highlights of the night included PR mogul Murray Chalmers winning the Sunday Mail Music Business Award whose 30 years in the industry has seen him work with artists such as Coldplay, Kylie, Paloma Faith, Noel Gallagher and Muse, who all personally congratulated Murray on the night.
The night, hosted by STV’s Jennifer Reoch and Ewen Cameron, brought together some of Scotland's most celebrated acts and artists and honoured them with numerous awards, handcrafted for the occasion by Scottish woodwork designer Paul Hodgkiss.
Winning the SSE Best Live Act Award was Paolo Nutini, who smashed a headline performance to 35,000 people for Glasgow’s Summer Sessions at Bellahouston Park, as well selling out two SSE Hydro shows at the start of the year.
Of the charity, Paolo said: "It's great to be invited along and to continue the relationship with Nordoff Robbins that we have built up over the last ten years. The awards are a celebration of Scottish musicians which is great but more importantly, they are a catalyst for raising money to help this great charity do the fantastic work that they do. Please, if you don't know about Nordoff and the work that they do then look into it and give them your support. Music can be a powerful thing.”
The full list of awards and winners is as follows:
SSE Best Live Act – Paolo Nutini
People Make Glasgow Special Recognition Award – Clare Grogan
Sunday Mail Music Business Award – Murray Chalmers
Nordoff Robbins Contribution to Music Award – Rab Noakes
Jack Daniels Best Breakthrough Award – White
Hard Rock Cafe Best Emerging Artist – Model Aeroplanes
Sir Reo Stakis Living Legend Award – Bay City Rollers
King Tut’s Songwriting Award – Amy McDonald
Ticketmaster Tourmaster Award – Noel Gallagher
STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh Scottish Music Hall of Fame Award– Donovan
Capitol FM’s Performance (no award) – Single By Sunday
SSE Hydro and Raymond Weil UK Artist of the Year - Foxes
Big Apple Rekordelig Award – KLOE
