The Audreys, Husky Among Finalists For Vanda & Young Songwriting Comp

24 November 2014 | 11:13 am | Staff Writer

50 finalists revealed!

The finalists for the 2014 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition have been revealed, with 50 acts in the running for the prize.

Some of the more high profile names include folk-rock veterans The Audreys, Melbourne indies Husky, singer-songwriter and musician Lior and Tom Iansek of Big Scary, who is nominated twice - one for Big Scary and the other, his side project #1 Dads.

Emerging artists like Bullhorn, Gang Of Youths, Meg Mac, Little May and Nova & The Experience are also finalists for the $50,000 prize. There will also be a second prize of $10,000 and a third prize pf $5,000 handed out, plus an encouragement award of $2,000.

The competition is run by APRA/AMCOS, Alberts and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia.

2014 finalists


Molly & Reuben (Molly Apirana) — All The Lights
Andy McGarvie Band — Any Other Way
Andy Bull — Baby I Am Nobody Now
Juliet Oswell — Barrier
Paige Valentine — Beautiful Mess
Madeleine Brooks — Diamond Sheets
Esther Sparkes — Fortress
Streets of Laredo (Dave Gibson) — Girlfriend
Livi Mulholland — Hands Shake
Mogadishu Family Band (Eric Fortaleza) — Heartbrokenly In Love
Loren Kate — Henry
Little May — Hide
Hayley Warner — Hollow
Olympia — Honey
Jack Carty — Honey, Do You Know The Way Back Home?
Marley Carter — I Love You More
Sitara (Erin Fowler) — In The Water
Georgi Kay — Ipswich
Nova & The Experience (James Buckingham) — Jennifer Lawrence
Gang Of Youths (Dave Le'aupepe) - Kansas
Morgan Evans — Like A Tornado
Lisa Salvo — Lullaby
Jesse Will — Mama, Say
The Stoops (Matt Beaton) — Middle Of A Riot
Hannah Robinson — Midnight Hour
George Byrne — Mountain Lion
The Audreys (Tristan Goodall) — My Darlin' Girl
Lior — My Grandfather
Lucy Neville — On My Own
Gang of Youths (Dave Le'aupepe) — Poison Drum
New Reptiles (Paul Gauvin) — Poking Tongues
Apes (Lachlan Hodgson) — Pull The Trigger
Krista Schmeling — Rattlesnake Preacher
#1 Dads (Tom Iansek) — Return To (feat. Tom Snowdon)
Bullhorn (Simon Ward) — Roll Of The Top
Meg Mac — Roll Up Your Sleeves
Lucy Mason — Roses
Louis Schoorl — Run For Your Life
Peta & The Wolves — Scum
De̊ǰa (Rromarin) — Sirens
Domenica — Springtime Sun
Husky — St. Joan
Sarah Aarons — Struggle Town
The Delta Riggs (Michael Tramonte) — The Records Flawed
Clancye Milne — The River Song
Big Scary (Tom Iansek) — Twin Rivers
Penelope Austin — Under Water
Roberto De Sa and Alex Hope — Undone
The Ninjas (Joshua Stewart) — Yeah Yeah
Jonathan Skovron — You, Me And The Sea feat. Rachael Conway)