There has been a Scottish Traditional Music Hall Of Fame in place since 2005. I get the idea of PR manipulation but I think a lot of the idea in the Scottish one is just to recognise people who have contributed over the years. Two people who have sometimes attended our wee sessions have been inducted. Both for basically giving their time over the years in bringing on young musicians in two local community groups. Really nothing to do with fame or PR - just recognising people giving their time. Yes there is the professional performers who have been inducted too but I think just a squint down the list of inductees for those show it is more about recognising achievements rather than purely pushing sales. So don't know about the US one but I don't think they are automatically a negative thing.


https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/inductees/