Nominees are revealed for the 13th annual Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMA), with the winners announced at ceremony at Glasgow’s Saint Luke’s on Thursday 8th December 2022.
Potential winners include the composer of an underworld opera about trans experience, an audio-visual artist who collaborates with ballet dancers, the progenitor of his own ‘Afrocentric’ genre, a metal band whose latest record critiques town planning and an artist who gained a major label record deal for a stripped-back cover ‘Yes Sir, I Can Boogie’.
From floor-filling funk to psychedelic folk, from uplifting r’n’b and hedonistic slam metal to intimate soul and socially-realist hip hop, the 28 SAMA 2022 nominees show exceptional levels of talent and creativity at play across Scotland in the past twelve months.
The public are asked to vote for the best nominee in each of the seven categories via online vote open from 12pm Monday 28th, to 5pm Wednesday 30th November using a system of one vote per IP address to ensure the winning results are fair and accurate. You can vote HERE.
The results will be announced at a live prize-giving ceremony at Glasgow’s Saint Luke’s on December 8 hosted by new music champion Jim Gellatly and acclaimed poet Leyla Josephine.
Now supported by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland in recognition of the event’s key status across Scotland and beyond, the ceremony will feature live performances by electro-rock outfit VLURE, rap trio The Honey Farm and indie-soulster Becky Sikasa.
Founded over a decade ago by Richy Muirhead, the SAMA have grown in prominence over the years, with past winners including Fatherson, Gerry Cinnamon and Lewis Capaldi.
Now in its 13th year, the awards ceremony marks a celebratory culmination of what’s now a year-long operation presenting other activities including the Paisley Takeover and Pitch, Scotland’s conference of hip hop and underground culture.