Elsewhere(On Footstompin'), I made the following comments.

"I'm not going to moan too much about these(It's become a habit) but I'd suggest that they are still predictable.
Yes, there are many more younger nominees but it is still mostly "the establishment" albeit the "new" establishment.

There's also plenty of Scottish acts...really, there are especially if you think in terms of the size and population of the countries. However, they too are the names whom you would expect to see nominated. Of course, they are very worthy but they only represent a small part of what's going on up here.

I can't really complain about any of the nominees and certainly not about the artists on an individual basis. They are all very talented and entertaining but the overall list still seems to convey an overall impression of a somewhat narrow clique.

Having said all that, I'm not sure that the system adopted by our own Scots Trad Awards is necessarily the way to go either, i.e. everybody and their granny gets nominated at sometime or other and they even win on occasion!
It's as if a deliberate effort is being made to give everyone a chance just so they all are recognised in some way. It's the opposite extreme from The Radio Two awards but it's not without its flaws and issues either.

Maybe it's just the whole concept of awards which is wrong?"