Golden Guitar Awards Unveil 2015 Finalists List

17 November 2014 | 4:39 pm | Staff Writer

The best and brightest of Australian country music will be recognised this January

Acclaimed songstress Kasey Chambers and equally lauded troubadour Luke O'Shea lead the pack of finalists for the 2015 Country Music Awards Of Australia, affectionately known as the Golden Guitars.

Storming the beaches (or bushland, we suppose) with a hearty six nominations apiece, Chambers and O'Shea are regular names found among the annual prizes' fourteen categories, with which they share finalist honours with the legendary John Williamson and Adam Harvey, who both nabbed five nominations each, as well as triple-nod achievers The McClymontsLyn BotwellKristy CoxHarmony James and McAlister Kemp, with Keith Urban also staying strong, with two nominations.

Chambers and O'Shea both share nominations in several categories, including Album Of The Year, Vocal Collaboration Of The Year, APRA Song Of The Year and Video Clip Of The Year. Chambers is also up for Single Of The Year and Female Artist Of The Year; O'Shea stands a chance at taking out Male Artist Of The Year and Toyota Heritage Song Of The Year.

Unveiled at an event held at Sydney's Museum Of Contemporary Art, this year's field of nominated acts is a new record for the Golden Guitars, "spread between signed artists and independents, and is a great testament to the strength and diversity of the Australian country music brand", Country Music Association of Australia vice-chairman Roger Corbett said in a statement.

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The 2015 awards well be held from 7.30pm (with pre-event live entertainment from 5pm) on January 24 at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment and Conference Centre, the triumphant closing note for the annual Toyota Country Music Festival, next year staged from Friday, January 16, to Sunday, January 25.

For more information, head to the festival's website.

Category
Album/Track Title
Artist
Producer/Songwriter/Collaborator
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 Davidson
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 or 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
Collaborator: Troy Cassar-Daley
 
It's All About Love
John Williamson & Beccy Cole
Collaborator:  Beccy Cole
 
Bittersweet
Kasey Chambers & Bernard Fanning
Collaborator:  Bernard Fanning
 
How Long?
Lyn Bowtell & Kevin Bennett
Collaborator:  Kevin Bennett
 
Truckstop Flowers
Luke O'Shea & Aleyce Simmonds
Collaborator: 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 & 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
Songwriter: 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 & 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 Toombes
 
Canoe
Sara Storer
Director:  Duncan Toombes
 
 
 
 
 
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
My Side Of the Street
Adam Brand
Producer:  Craig Portiels 
(ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Family Life
Adam Harvey
Producer:  Graham Thompson
(Sony Music Australia)
If I Want To
Jasmine Rae
Producer:  Luke Wooten
(ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
 
Harder to Tame
McAlister Kemp
Producer:  Jeremy Stover
(ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
 
Here's To You & I
The McClymonts
Producer:  Lindsay Rimes
(Island Music Australia/Universal Music Australia)
 
 
 
 
Top Selling International Album of the Year
Blue Smoke
Dolly Parton
Producer:  Kent Wells
(Sony Music Australia)