Maggie Adamson
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Maggie Adamson is a musician from
Shetland Shetland (until 1975 spelled Zetland), also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the ...
, Scotland, who plays fiddle, violin, accordion and piano. She has played with several groups, including Swingin’ Fiddles. She may be best known for her collaboration with Shetland guitarist Brian Nicholson.


Awards and achievements

*2007 - Winner of Shetland
Young Fiddler of the Year Shetland's Young Fiddler of the Year is an annual competition held over two days organised by the Shetland Folk Society. It is open to fiddle players 16 or under from Shetland with around 80 entrants each year. The most entries ever received wer ...
competition *2008 - Winner of Danny Kyle Open Stage Award at
Celtic Connections The Celtic Connections festival started in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has since been held every January. Featuring over 300 concerts, ceilidhs, talks, free events, late night sessions and workshops, the festival focuses on the roots of trad ...
*2008 - Winner of seven prizes including best overall junior fiddler and original composition at the National Association of Fiddle and Accordion Clubs' festival *2009 - Nominee for Up and Coming Artist of the Year at the
Scots Trad Music Awards The Scots Trad Music Awards or Na Trads were founded in 2003 by Simon Thoumire to celebrate Scotland's traditional music in all its forms and create a high profile opportunity to bring the music and music industry into the spotlight of media an ...


Discography

*Take Note - Swingin' Fiddles (Jan 2006) *Wir Waanderins - Swingin' Fiddles (Dec 2006) *Tammie Norrie - Maggie Adamson & Brian Nicholson (Feb 2008) *Anidder Een! - Maggie Adamson & Brian Nicholson (Nov 2008) *Back to the Hills - Maggie Adamson & Brian Nicholson (Jan 2010) *Hameaboot- Maggie Adamson & Brian Nicholson (Dec 2011) *Here 'n Now- Maggie Adamson & Brian Nicholson (Dec 2015)


References

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