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Brothers, Andrew Swift, Beccy Cole and Travis Collins win Golden Guitars
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take a look at the 2019 CMAA Awards and the main events of The Tamworth Country Music Festival, it includes:
2019
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In Brief:
47th Country Music Awards of Australia Winners
Contemporary Album of the Year: The
Wolfe Brothers, Country Heart
Traditional Country Album of the Year: Kasey
Chambers and the Fireside Disciples, Campfire
Song of the Year: The Wolfe Brothers
New Talent of the Year: Andrew Swift
Alt Country Album of the Year: Andrew Swift
Female Artist of the Year: Beccy Cole
Male Artist of the Year: Travis Collins
Single of the Year: Morgan Evans, Day Drunk
Vocal Collaboration of the Year: Felicity
Urquhart, Kevin Bennett and Lyn Bowtell featuring Karl Broadie, Every Hello
Heritage Song of the Year: Troy Cassar-Daley,
Shadows on the Hill
Video of the Year: Fanny Lumsden, Sam Brumby
and Anna Phillips, Elastic Waistband
New Group or Duo of the Year: The Wolfe
Brothers, Country Heart
Bush Ballad of the Year: John Williamson, Please
Don't Forget Me
Recording of the Year: Kristy Cox, Ricochet
Hall of Fame Inductee: James Blundell
2019
Toyota Golden Guitar Awards
The
2019 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards
celebrated a remarkable year for the Australian country music industry, with a
line-up of standout performances by this year’s nominated artists at the
Tamworth Regional Entertainment and Conference Centre (TRECC) which took place on
Saturday 26 January 2019.
The Toyota Golden Guitar
Awards are the only industry affiliated country music awards in Australia and
the greatest celebration of Australian country music talent. The awards
are the pinnacle event of the Toyota Country Music Festival, Tamworth.
Held over ten days from 18
until 27 January 2019, the Toyota Country Music Festival, Tamworth is a
Festival experience like no other with more than 300,000 visitors expected, 700
artists performing at over 2,800 events across 120 venues.
HOSTS: Tamworth Regional
Council and the Country Music
Association of Australia (CMAA) announced that Adam Brand and Amber
Lawrence would be the official hosts for the biggest event in the
Australian country music calendar.
Adam
Brand is a household name in Australian country music, having more than 20
years of experience within the industry. Brand has sold over 600,000 albums and
has several accolades to his name, including 12 Golden Guitars.
Amber
Lawrence kick-started her country music career in 2008, and his since soared to
becoming one of the most renowned artists in Australia. In 2015, she was
awarded her first Golden Guitar Award for Female Artist of The Year, the first
of many prestigious awards for the fan favourite. Lawrence also performed in
Tamworth during the festival on January 25.
PRESENTERS: The assembly of
presenters included 37- time Golden Guitar winning artist Lee Kernaghan,
country music favourites, Troy Cassar-Daley, Adam Eckersley & Brooke
McClymont, Beccy Cole, Adam Harvey, Sara Storer and legendary INXS keys player
and songwriter, Andrew Farriss.
2019
Golden Guitar award finalists Catherine Britt, Fanny Lumsden, Missy Lancaster,
Troy Kemp and Jayne Denham presented as well as Jasmine Rae, Aleyce Simmonds,
Brad Butcher, Felicity Urquhart, Ashleigh Dallas, Pete Denahy, and Luke O’Shea.
Also
presenting were some of the names most synonymous with country music including
industry pioneer Chad Morgan OAM, Jean Stafford, Anne Kirkpatrick, Shaza Leigh,
and multi-Golden Guitar award winning artists and icons Rex Dallas, Lindsay
Butler OAM, Lawrie Minson, and Pixie Jenkins.
NOMINATIONS:
Going
into the awards Kasey Chambers and The Fireside Disciples led the way receiving a whopping seven Toyota Golden Guitar Nominations
in total, with four nominations for the hit song The Campfire Song
featuring Alan Pigram.
Chambers and The Fireside Disciples were contenders in the following
categories: Traditional Country Album Of The Year, Country Music Capital News
Group Or Duo Of The Year, Regional Australia Bank Collaboration Of The Year,
Heritage Song Of The Year, APRA AMCOS Song Of The Year, CMC Video Of The Year
and Single Of The Year.
The Wolfe Brothers continued to go from strength-to-strength with their fourth album COUNTRY HEART being nominated across five categories including Contemporary Country Album Of The Year, Country Music Capital News Group Or Duo Of The Year, APRA AMCOS Song Of The Year, CMC Video Of The Year and Single Of The Year.
Husband and wife duo, Adam Eckersley and Brooke McClymont received four nominations for their first album together, Adam & Brooke. The couple will vie for Contemporary Country Album Of The Year, Country Music Capital News Group Or Duo Of The Year, APRA AMCOS Song Of The Year and Single Of The Year.
Adam Harvey’s latest album, THE NASHVILLE TAPES landed him four nominations in the categories of Traditional Country Album Of The Year, Male Artists Of The Year, Heritage Song Of The Year And Regional Australia Bank Vocal Colaboration Of The Year alongside Lee Kernaghan for their song Three Rivers Hotel.
Andrew Swift made a big mark with his second album CALL OUT FOR THE CAVALRY nominated in four categories:
The Wolfe Brothers continued to go from strength-to-strength with their fourth album COUNTRY HEART being nominated across five categories including Contemporary Country Album Of The Year, Country Music Capital News Group Or Duo Of The Year, APRA AMCOS Song Of The Year, CMC Video Of The Year and Single Of The Year.
Husband and wife duo, Adam Eckersley and Brooke McClymont received four nominations for their first album together, Adam & Brooke. The couple will vie for Contemporary Country Album Of The Year, Country Music Capital News Group Or Duo Of The Year, APRA AMCOS Song Of The Year and Single Of The Year.
Adam Harvey’s latest album, THE NASHVILLE TAPES landed him four nominations in the categories of Traditional Country Album Of The Year, Male Artists Of The Year, Heritage Song Of The Year And Regional Australia Bank Vocal Colaboration Of The Year alongside Lee Kernaghan for their song Three Rivers Hotel.
Andrew Swift made a big mark with his second album CALL OUT FOR THE CAVALRY nominated in four categories:
Alt Country Album Of The Year and up for Male
Artist Of The Year.
Travis Collins picked up four nominations receiving praise for
his album BRAVE & THE BROKEN
nominated for: Contemporary Country Album Of The Year, Male Artist Of The Year,
CMC Video Of The Year and Single Of The Year.
Morgan Evans, whose single “Day
Drunk”, the #1 most played song on Australian radio across all-genres
received three nominations for APRA
AMCOS Song Of The Year, CMC Video Of The Year and Single Of The Year.
WINNERS:
CMAA 2019 Report
The Wolfe Brothers were the
big winners of the night. Taking home four
awards from their five nominations, Nick and Tom Wolfe, together with
Brodie Rainbird collected the coveted Toyota
Album Of The Year award for their highly acclaimed fourth studio
album, Country Heart, along with Contemporary Country Album Of The Year, Country Music Capital News Group Or Duo Of The Year and APRA AMCOS Song Of The Year for Ain’t
Seen It Yet, co-written by the band with Erik Dylan.
The band thrilled the audience, performing
their hit single Country Heart, which pays tribute to their country
roots and their home in rural Tasmania, where Nick and Tom run their family
farm, in addition to their successful career as one of Australia’s leading
country bands.
Andrew Swift celebrated after collecting two awards from his four nominations.
The rising Alt-Country artist won Qantas
New Talent Of The Year for his single Runaway Train and Alt Country Album Of The Year for Call
Out For The Cavalry.
Swift’s performance of his
upbeat single Runaway Train was a highlight of the evening for
the thousands of country music fans that attended the awards.
Kasey Chambers
& The Fireside Disciples took out Traditional Country Album Of The Year for their album, Campfire with
the group performing The Campfire Song, which pays homage to
Chambers’ upbringing in the remote outback of Australia.
Male
Artist Of The Year went
to Travis Collins and Female
Artist Of The Year went to Beccy Cole.
This is Collins’ 7th
Golden Guitar award with his latest album Brave & The Broken receiving
high praise. His performance of Its Just Music was very
poignant, speaking to the power and importance of story-telling through song
and the way it unites us all.
It is the 11th Golden Guitar for Cole and
5th FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR award. Her latest album, Lioness is
an all-female outfit, produced and performed by females.
Bush
Ballad Of The Year went to John
Williamson for Please Don’t Forget Me, from
his 20th studio album Butcherbird.
Heritage
Song Of The Year went to Troy
Cassar-Daley for Shadows
On The Hill, taking his Golden Guitar tally to 37. He joins Lee
Kernaghan, who also has 37 Golden Guitars, just behind Slim Dusty’s record 38
Golden Guitars.
The event also saw the
awarding of the previously announced 2018 Sanity
Top Selling Album Of The Year award, which went to country music
superstar Keith Urban for his
latest album Graffiti U. Earlier in the week, Urban delighted
fans by performing a benefit show for drought relief at Tamworth Town Hall.
Morgan Evans won Single Of The Year with his platinum
selling single Day Drunk which reached #1 on the Australian
all-genre airplay chart in 2018 and still holds in the Top 20 after 32
weeks.
COCA COLA Instrumental Of The Year went to Tommy
Emmanuel for Wheelin’ And Dealin’.
Bluegrass
Recording Of The Year went to Kristy
Cox for Ricochet.
Fanny
Lumsden’s Elastic Waistband directed
by Anna Phillips and Sam Brumby was awarded CMC Video Of The Year.
Bennett, Bowtell & Urquhart featuring the late Karl Broadie picked up the Regional Australia Bank Vocal Collaboration Of The Year. Outstanding singer/songwriters in their own right, the trio – Kevin Bennett, Lyn Bowtell and Felicity Urquhart performed Every Hello from their latest album Weeds. Their performance was a moving tribute to their friend and collaborator, the late Karl Broadie.
Following an outstanding
career spanning over 30 years, James Blundell was honoured with the industry’s most
prestigious award – the Australasian Country Music Roll of Renown. The award
was presented by 37- time Golden Guitar winning artist Lee Kernaghan and
Tamworth Country Music Festival co-founder Max Ellis.
“The diversity of talent
across the country music industry is well represented tonight. It’s an exciting
time for Australian country music,” Dan Biddle, chair of the Country Music
Association of Australia said.
Toyota Australia’s Chief
Marketing Officer, Wayne Gabriel said, “On behalf of Toyota Australia, we’d
like to congratulate all of the finalists and winners of the 2019 Golden Guitar
Awards on their achievements.
“Toyota has been a proud
supporter of the Country Music Festival in Tamworth for over 27 years. It has
grown to be one of Australia’s most iconic events, a true celebration of a
vibrant industry.”
The 47th Country Music Awards
of Australia – the Toyota Golden Guitar Awards were proudly supported by
Toyota, the NSW Government via its tourism and major events agency Destination
NSW, APRA AMCOS, Country Music Capital News, QANTAS, Regional Australia Bank,
Coca-Cola and the Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA).
2019
Toyota Golden Guitar Awards
Here’s
the full list of the 2019 Golden Guitar Nominees and Winners:
ALT COUNTRY ALBUM OF
THE YEAR
Imogen
Clark - Collide
Tori
Forsyth - Dawn of the Dark
Bennett,
Bowtell & Urquhart - Weeds
Andrew Swift - Call Out for the
Cavalry * WINNER *
Catherine
Britt & The Cold Cold Hearts - Catherine Britt & The Cold Cold Hearts
CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Missy
Lancaster - Piece of Me
Travis
Collins - Brave & the Broken
The Wolfe Brothers - Country Heart * WINNER *
Brad
Cox - Brad Cox
Adam
Eckersley & Brooke McClymont - Adam & Brooke
TRADITIONAL COUNTRY
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Graeme
Connors - From the Backcountry
Adam
Harvey - The Nashville Tapes
Kasey Chambers &
The Fireside Disciples – Campfire * WINNER *
John
Williamson - Butcherbird
Beccy
Cole - Lioness
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
John
Williamson - Butcherbird
Graeme
Connors - From the Backcountry
Travis Collins - Brave & the
Broken * WINNER *
Andrew
Swift - Call Out for the Cavalry
Adam
Harvey - The Nashville Tapes
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE
YEAR
Beccy Cole – Lioness * WINNER *
Imogen
Clark - Collide
Tori
Forsyth - Dawn of the Dark
Kristy
Cox - Ricochet
Missy
Lancaster - Piece of Me
COUNTRY MUSIC CAPITAL NEWS
GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Bennett,
Bowtell & Urquhart - Weeds
Kasey
Chambers & The Fireside Disciples - Campfire
The Wolfe Brothers - Country Heart * WINNER *
Catherine
Britt & The Cold Cold Hearts - Catherine Britt & The Cold Cold Hearts
Adam
Eckersley & Brooke McClymont - Adam & Brooke
REGIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK
VOCAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Bennett, Bowtell &
Urquhart
feat. Karl Broadie - Every Hello * WINNER *
Jayne
Denham & Troy Kemp - Hung Up on You
Andrew
Swift feat. Catherine Britt - Fire & Ice
Kasey
Chambers & The Fireside Disciples feat. Alan Pigram - The Campfire Song
Adam
Harvey feat. Lee Kernaghan - Three Rivers Hotel
BUSH BALLAD OF THE YEAR
Rex
Dallas - Lady of the Road
John Williamson - Please Don't Forget
Me * WINNER *
Allan
Caswell - Feeding the Crew
Dean
Perrett - Earn Your Spurs
Jeff
Brown - After January Rains
HERITAGE SONG OF THE
YEAR
Graeme
Connors - Kimberley Frontier
Kasey
Chambers & The Fireside Disciples feat. Alan Pigram - The Campfire Song
Adam
Harvey - Those Holden Days
John
Williamson - Buddy and Slim
Troy Cassar-Daley - Shadows on the Hill * WINNER *
INSTRUMENTAL OF THE
YEAR
Montgomery
Church - Middlingbank Road
Tommy
Emmanuel - Wheelin' and Dealin' * WINNER *
Lindsay
Waddington - Nullarbor
Mustered
Courage - Back on the Horse
Runaway
Dixie - Tele Rambler
BLUEGRASS RECORDING OF
THE YEAR
The
Weeping Willows feat. Allan Caswell - The Roses Fall
Kristy Cox – Ricochet * WINNER *
Hillbilly
Goats - Gypsy Girl
Montgomery
Church - I'm Gonna Love Her All the Time
Mustered
Courage - Fire in Her Fingers
NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR
Judah
Kelly - Real Good Time
Andrew Swift - Runaway Train * WINNER *
Tori
Forsyth - In the Morning
Imogen
Clark - Late Night Girl
Brad
Cox - Lake House
APRA AMCOS SONG OF THE
YEAR
Adam
Eckersley & Brooke McClymont - Train Wreck
Troy
Cassar-Daley - Wouldn't Change A Thing
The Wolfe Brothers - Ain't Seen It Yet * WINNER *
Kasey
Chambers & The Fireside Disciples feat. Alan Pigram - The Campfire Song
Morgan
Evans - Day Drunk
CMC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Kasey
Chambers & The Fireside Disciples feat. Alan Pigram - The Campfire Song
The
Wolfe Brothers - Ain't Seen It Yet
Travis
Collins - Happy
Morgan
Evans - Kiss Somebody
Fanny Lumsden - Elastic Waistband * WINNER *
Music video for ELASTIC WAISTBAND, the second
single from Fanny Lumsden's second album REAL CLASS ACT (released September 22,
2017):
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Morgan Evans - Day Drunk * WINNER *
Adam
Eckersley & Brooke McClymont - Train Wreck
Kasey
Chambers & The Fireside Disciples feat. Alan Pigram - The Campfire Song
The
Wolfe Brothers - Ain't Seen It Yet
Travis
Collins - High Horse
THE TOP SELLING ALBUM
OF THE YEAR
(ARIA sales records from Jan 1, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018) GRAFFITI U - Keith Urban
CMAA 2019 Performances: The
2019 Country Music Awards of Australia Show
Held at the Tamworth Region Entertainment and Conference
Centre on Saturday 26 January 2019,
for the fourth year running fans who couldn’t get to Tamworth
could watch the action LIVE via the www.tcmf.com.au/LIVE stream and for the first time ever LIVE on the ABC Landline
Facebook.
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| CMAA 2019 Hosts: Amber Lawrence (L) & Adam Brand (R) |
The 47th Toyota Golden Guitar Awards were hosted by Adam Brand and Amber Lawrence the Country Music Awards Australia – celebrated the best of Australian country music in 2018 and take a look at some of the new music to hit the charts in 2019
The CMAA 2019 Awards House band:
Brendan Radford (Musical Director & Acoustic Guitar), Mitch Farmer (Drums), Michel Rose (Pedal Steel Guitar/Mandolin ), Camille Te Nahu (backing harmony vocals; originally
from Gisborne, NZ) with her husband Stuart (Stuie) French (guitar ;
Tasmania, Australia), Glen Hannah (Electric
Guitars), Bill Risby (Keyboard) and James Gillard (bass)
Watch the award ceremony 3 hours 20 min duration:
Performance Running order
a) Kacey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples - “The Campfire Song”
b) Adam Brand - “Milestones”
c) Imogen Clark - “Late Night Girl”
d) Brad Cox - “Lake House”
e) Andrew Swift – “Runaway Train”
f) Bennett, Bowtell & Urquhart feat. The
late Karl Brodie - “Every Hello”
g) Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont -
“Nothing Left To Win”
h) Tori Forsyth - “In The Morning”
i) Graeme Connors And Catherine Britt & The
Cold Cold Hearts - “In Memoriam – Go On”
j) Adam Harvey - “This Lovin’ You”
k) Kristy Cox - “Ricochet”
l) Beccy Cole - “Lioness”
m) James Blundell (2019 Roll Of Renown
Unductee) – “This Road”
n) John Williamson – “The Valley Of His
Dreams”
o) Troy Cassar-Daley – “Shadows On The
Hill”
p) Amber Lawrence – “Outrageous”
q) The Wolfe Brothers – “Country Heart”
Famous
hands inducted at 2019 imprinting ceremony
Eight
of country music’s brightest stars were inducted into the Country Music Hands
of Fame at the imprinting ceremony (Jan 26).
Robyn
McIntosh, Aleyce Simmonds, Lindsay Waddington, Gina Timms, Ashley Cook and Ross
McGregor joined some of country music’s biggest names with their hands cemented
in history at the Hands of Fame Park.
Also
being recognised this year was Ron Adsett and Rosie Adsett who for almost half
a century, have been involved in every aspect of the Australian country music
industry and who for some decades were the major country music retailers in
Australia.
Established
in 1977 by Radio 2TM as a tribute to people who have made a name for themselves
in Australian country music, inductees are determined by the Hall of Fame on
behalf of Tamworth Regional Council.
“This
year’s inductees are in good company, joining artists including Slim Dusty,
Smoky Dawson, The McKean Sisters, Allan Caswell, Shirley Thoms, Keith Urban,
Beccy Cole and Lee Kernaghan,” said Lorraine Pfitzner, Chair of the Hands of
Fame Committee.
The
Hands of Fame is located in Hands of Fame Park at the corner of Kable Avenue
and Brisbane Street.
The Official Guide to the Tamworth Country Music
Festival produced and published by Country Music Capital News - is recognised
as one of the world’s biggest festival publications.
It is the original and definitive guide featuring the Official Program and Official A to Z Artist Directory.
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| Click to Enlarge Front CoverOfficial Guide |
It is the original and definitive guide featuring the Official Program and Official A to Z Artist Directory.
The 2019 souvenir Official Guide covered
the countdown (seven days prior to the festival) and the official 10 days
festival period from the January 18 to 27, 2019.
CMAA 2019 Winners (2019) 2-CD Compilation
The
CMAA Winners compilation returns for
another year featuring the very best of Australian country music!
The
album is a 2CD set of the nominees for the 47th CMAA Awards (to be awarded on
Saturday 26th January 2019 at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment &
Conference Centre).
Featured
artists include Morgan Evans, The Wolfe Brothers, Kasey Chambers & The
Fireside Disciples feat. Alan Pigram, Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont,
Travis Collins, Missy Lancaster, Fanny Lumsden and much more.
The compilation has reached #5 on ARIA Compilation Albums Chart
Release
Date: 11 Jan 2019
Artist:
Various
Sku:
2409828
Catalogue
No: 5386516
Category:
Compilation
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