Emotional night at the Scots Trad Music Awards

Ciorstaidh has a big smile on her face as she holds up her award for musician of the year. Paul Campbell

Harpist Ciorstaidh Beaton was among the traditional music award winners at the weekend

The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards were held in Inverness on Saturday night.

The prize for album of the year was posthumously awarded to Glasgow-based Irish musician Eamonn Nugent.

The 31-year-old bodhrán player died in October after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Other winners included Glasgow harpist Ciorstaidh Beaton, who was named musician of the year.

Eamonn's friends and family are standing together holding his award and a framed photograph of his album cover.Paul Campbell

Friends and family of Eamonn Nugent collected his award for his album The Waiting Room

Members of the band celebrate with friends and family. They are high fiving each other while other guests look on smiling.Paul Campbell

Skye band Niteworks won live act of the year

A fiddler plays her instrument as she stands next to a microphone and against a blue backdrop.Paul Campbell

The awards, described as the most prestigious night in Scotland’s traditional music, featured live music

Fowlis and Chisholm are on a stage. There is a drum kit behind them and suspended from the roof as the letters "a", "d" and "s" from the word "Trads".Paul Campbell

Singer Julie Fowlis with fiddler Duncan Chisholm were among those who performed on the night

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