The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Lukas Murphy

album of the year

1. John Flanagan - There's Another Way To Where You're Going
2. Sarah Jarosz - Undercurrent
3. Matt Corby - Telluric
4. James Hunter - Hold On!
5. Steve Poltz - Folksinger

song of the year

1. Steve Poltz - Folksinger
2. John Flanagan - She's Leaving Melbourne
3. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Parlor

international artist performance

1. Punch Brothers                                
2. Steve Poltz

australian artist performance

1. John Flanagan

top tv show

1. Stranger Things 
2. Luke Cage
3. Westworld

2016 highlight of the year

The Punch Brothers at the Riverside Theatre, Perth. Unequivocally one of the best live music experiences I have ever had - a bluegrass line-up playing everything from jazz to country, folk to classical. All the while, they 'mixed' their own onstage sound by moving toward and away from the single microphone between them.