GOLDEN GUITARS 2014: Red carpet | PHOTOS
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GOLDEN GUITARS 2014: Awards ceremony | PHOTOS
KASEY Chambers and Luke O'Shea are leading the charge for Golden Guitars at next year's Country Music Awards of Australia.
Announced at a gala function in Sydney's The Rocks today, Chambers and O'Shea are categories in six categories each, including Male and Female Artist of the Year sections.
O'Shea's placings include the filmclip for Sing You Up, which was filmed in Boggabri at Camp Wando, a CSG protest camp.
Next in line is John Williamson with five finalist placings that include Clouds Over Tamworth, a song he wrote about the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
Adam Harvey is also a finalist in five categories, and with three each – The McClymonts, Lyn Bowtell, Kristy Cox, Harmony James and McAlister Kemp.
Nashville-based Keith Urban, a former winner of the Star Maker, has scored a finalist berth in two categories - Single of the Year and Video Clip of the Year.
Catherine Britt and Morgan Evans hosted the event where the Golden Guitar Awards for Top Selling International Album of the Year which went to Dolly Parton for Blue Smoke, and the Sanity Top Selling Australian Album of the Year which was won by The McClymonts for Here’s To You & I.
CMAA vice chair Roger Corbett said there was a record number of nominations for 2015.
"This record number of entries are spread between signed artists and independents and is a great testament to the strength and diversity of the Australian country music brand,” he said.
“The CMAA congratulates every artist named as a finalist. The Golden Guitar Awards celebrate excellence and achievement and the finalists for 2015 represent the very best that Australian country music has to offer.”
Mr Corbett said the CMAA was delighted to be partners with the Tamworth Regional Council in presenting the 43rd Country Music Awards of Australia in Tamworth, as the pinnacle event of the city’s iconic country music festival.
The complete list of finalists for the 2015 Country Music Awards of Australia (The Golden Guitars) is
Album of the year:
Family Life - Adam Harvey Producer: Graham Thompson
Cautionary Tales - Harmony James Producer: Herm Kovac
Honest People - John Williamson Producer: John Williamson & Matt Fell
Bittersweet - Kasey Chambers Producer: Nick DiDia
Sing You Up - Luke O'Shea Producer: Luke O'Shea
Alternative Country Album of the Year:
Sometimes When You Lose You Win- Allan Caswell Producer: Roger Corbett
Wanderlust - Davidson Brothers Producer: Hamish Davidson & Lachlan
Living For The Moment - Kristy Cox Producer: Jerry Salley
The Other Side - Lou Bradley Producer: Anthony Lycenko & Lou Bradley
Heart Of Sorrow - Lyn Bowtell Producer: Shane Nicholson
Male Artist of the Year:
My Side Of the Street - Adam Brand
Family Life - Adam Harvey
Honest People - John Williamson
Sing You Up -Luke O'Shea
Morgan Evans - Morgan Evans
Female Artist of the Year:
Superheroes - Amber Lawrence
Cautionary Tales - Harmony James
Bittersweet - Kasey Chambers
Living For The Moment- Kristy Cox
Heart Of Sorrow - Lyn Bowtell
Country Music Capital News Group of Duo of the Year:
The First Album - Adam Eckersley Band
Wanderlust -Davidson Brothers
Harder To Tame - McAlister Kemp
Here's To You & I - The McClymonts
Nothin' But Trouble - The Wolfe Brothers
Vocal Collaboration of the Year:
My Country My Land - Dean Perrett & Troy Cassar-Daley
It's All About - Love John Williamson & Beccy Cole
Bittersweet - Kasey Chambers & Bernard Fanning
How Long? Lyn Bowtell & Kevin Bennett
Truckstop Flowers -Luke O'Shea & Aleyce Simmonds
Bush Ballad of the Year:
Bloodwood And Clover - Dean Perrett Songwriter: Ian Quinn
Jack Bridle - Dianne Lindsay Songwriter: Dianne Lindsay & Peter Simpson
He's Droving Once Again - Graham Rodger Songwriter: Graham Rodger
Honest People - John Williamson Songwriter: John Williamson
That Day In Cunnamulla - Tom Maxwell Songwriter: Geoff Sidebottom
Toyota Heritage Song of the Year:
The Lifesaver - Amber Lawrence Songwriter: Amber Lawrence
My Country My Land - Dean Perrett featuring Troy Cassar-Daley Songwriter: Dean Perrett and Troy Cassar-Daley
Coal Seam Gas - Harmony James Songwriter: Harmony James
Clouds Over Tamworth - John Williamson Songwriter: John Williamson
Three Brothers (The Great War) - Luke O'Shea Songwriter: Luke O'Shea
Instrumental of the Year:
Old Hickory - 8 Ball Aitken
Bottle Cappin', Back Crackin' Blues - Davidson Brothers
Young Gun - Michael Fix
Candle Creek - Mustered Courage
Riders Of The Kimberley - Terry Bennetts/Ian Simpson
Bluegrass Recording of the Year:
Take Me to the Mountains - Davidson Brothers
Oh Ye Must Be Born Again - Dean Perrett
One Heartbreak Away - Kristy Cox
Kiss From A Rose - Mustered Courage
Making Hay - Simply Bushed
QantasLink New Talent of the Year:
Give Her The World- Adam Eckersley Band
Wish You Were A Cowboy - Christie Lamb
Deep End - Jared Porter
Blood Meridian - Jenny Queen
Making Hay- Simply Bushed
APRA Song of the Year:
Family Life - Adam Harvey Songwriter: Adam Harvey & Clint Crighton
Bittersweet - Kasey Chambers & Bernard Fanning
Three Brothers (The Great War) - Luke O'Shea Songwriter: Luke O'Shea
Fight Me - McAlister Kemp Songwriter: Drew McAlister & Troy Kemp
Here's To You & I - The McClymonts Songwriters: Stuart Crichton & The McClymonts
Video Clip of the year:
Bittersweet - Kasey Chambers and Bernard Fanning Director: Renny Wijeyamohan
Somewhere In My Car - Keith Urban Director: John Urbano
Sing You Up - Luke O'Shea Director: Ross Wood
Fight Me - McAlister Kemp Director: Duncan Toombs
Canoe -Sara Storer Director: Duncan Toombs
Single of the year:
She Don't Know She's Beautiful - Adam Harvey
Bittersweet - Kasey Chambers & Bernard Fanning
Somewhere In My Car - Keith Urban
Canoe - Sara Storer
That Kinda Night - The Wolfe Brothers
Sanity Top Selling Australian Album of the Year:
WINNER: Here's To You & I - The McClymonts Producer: Lindsay Rimes (Universal)
Top Selling International Album of the Year
WINNER: Blue Smoke - Dolly Parton Producer: Kent Wells (Sony Music Australia)
