Tartan Clef Awards do it in style in Glasgow
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The 2007 Tartan Clef Music Awards were played out on Saturday 24 November at The Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow’s Merchant City at which Amy Macdonald capped a startling debut year by collecting the Glasgow: Scotland with style Best Newcomer Award.
In aid of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland, the Tartan Clef Music Awards is Scotland's leading music charity event of the year, and raised an amazing £144,000, more than double the amount raised at last year's event.
Alongside Amy Macdonald, the prestigious annual ceremony saw fantastic live performances from Biffy Clyro, Generation X accompanied by Richard Jobson, from punk legends The Skids, The Law and Wet Wet Wet.
Other award winners included Johnny McElhone, who was presented with the Songwriter of the Year Award by his Texas colleague Sharleen Spiteri, and Glasgow art-rock standard bearers, Franz Ferdinand.
Rock legends U2, paid tribute to the Lifetime Achievement Award winners, The Skids via video link and Biffy Clyro scooped the Band of the Year Award.
This year, with the help of joint headline sponsors Glasgow City Marketing Bureau and Optical Express, the ceremony was recorded by STV and will be broadcast on Tuesday 18 December at 7:30pm.
Janet Halton, Executive Director Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland said: "The £144,000 raised at the awards ceremony means that our 14 therapists across the country can continue to develop and expand our good work with adults and children with special needs. This is a real step in the right direction for our aspirations in the future of a dedicated therapy space for the charity.
"We were also thrilled and delighted with the support we had to raise the bar this year, with international acts and firm charity supporters such as Wet Wet Wet plus Franz Ferdinand coming along to support the Tartan Clef Music Awards, our largest annual fund-raiser, and we hope this will encourage others to support us in our fund-raising for 2008."
Joe Aitken, Head of Events at Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, commented: “We are delighted to have, once again, lent our support to the Tartan Clef Music Awards and the wonderful work of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland.
“Glasgow is the ideal place to host the Tartan Clef Awards. The city’s live music scene has been described as “enthusiastic, vociferous and utterly magnetic” and again, Glasgow has delivered a night to remember.”
For more information or to make a donation please check out the new website www.tartanclef.org.
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Released by and further information from:
Russell Paton
Brand Public Relations Executive
Glasgow City Marketing Bureau
Phone: +(44) 141 566 0834
Email: russell.paton@seeglasgow.com
Notes for Editors:
Winners of the ten awards in order of ceremony were:
Guitar Guitar Best Traditional Act Award: Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain
96.3 Rock Radio Scottish Rock Award: Gun
XFM Scotland New Music Rising Award: The Law
Sunday Mail Industry Award: Peter Irvine & Barry White
VisitScotland Best Festival Act Award: Idlewild
Ticket Master Band of the Year Award: Biffy Clyro
Forty Two Financial Planning Songwriter Award: Johnny McElhone
Reo Stakis Lifetime Achievement Award: The Skids
Optical Express Tartan Clef Award: Franz Ferdinand
Glasgow: Scotland with style Best Newcomer Award: Amy Macdonald
Background information on Nordoff–Robbins and the Tartan Clef Music Awards:
What are the Tartan Clef Awards in aid of?
As a charitable organisation, Nordoff-Robbins relies heavily on contributions and donations to carry out its work in music therapy and naturally most people in the Scottish music business see the event as the worthiest of causes. Thanks to this generosity, the 2007 awards dinner raised £144,000 more than double the amount raised at the 2006 awards.
What is music therapy?
The Nordoff-Robbins approach to music therapy is grounded in the belief that everyone can respond to music, no matter how ill, disabled or traumatised. This can help patients both physically and emotionally, and can enhance communication and support change. It can reach people in ways that traditional therapy sometimes cannot.
Who are Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland?