EDINBURGH outfit rEDOLENT have been crowned winners of the Scottish Album of the Year Award 2024 for their debut album ‘dinny greet’.

Just a couple of weeks after performing at our very own TENEMENT TRAIL, the band – made up made up of brothers Danny and Robin Herbert, Andrew Turnbull, Robbie White and Alice Hancock – collected the £20,000 prize at a ceremony in Stirling’s Albert Halls on Thursday night.

They saw off competition for the award from a shortlist that included the likes of Arab Strap, Corto-Alto and Rachel Sermanni.

Redolent said: “This feels like the dream of a seven-year-old child, it’s making me question all of existence and reality!

“I always feel like we’re sprinting behind the pack trying to keep up and all I’ve wanted to do is contribute something.

“We’re just so grateful this helps us keep this wee club that we’ve got going.”

Robert Kilpatrick, creative director of the Scottish Music Industry Association, praised Redolent’s album for its “sharp social commentary and inventive electronic textures”.

He added: “Redolent’s win is a testament to the importance of recognising and investing in Scotland’s diverse creative talent.”

Meanwhile, the final record by Canadian-Scottish musician Martyn Bennett, entitled Grit, won the Modern Scottish Classic Award, with his widow Kirsten Bennett and close friend BJ Stewart accepting the award on his behalf.

Kirsten Bennett, whose husband died after a battle with cancer in 2005, said: “This is a very special award.

“Martyn would have loved that this represents so much of what is outstanding about Scottish music that’s happening now, no matter what genre.

Dillon Barrie was also named The Sound of Young Scotland. Following in the footsteps of former winners LVRA, Berta Kennedy and No Windows, he was named ahead of fellow nominees Alice Faye, Goliath, Pippa Blundell and Spyres.

Chosen by a panel of 11 former SAY Award nominees, Barrie, originally from Pitlochry, moved to Glasgow in 2021 to pursue a career in music, enrolling in a jazz course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The award will see Barrie receive a funding package worth up to £10,000 to help him create his debut album.

The winners were announced at a ceremony in Stirling’s Albert Halls on Thursday evening, hosted by broadcasters Nicola Meighan and Vic Galloway.