Motez, Wing Defence & More Win Big At The 2020 South Australian Music Awards

Some of Adelaide’s best musical talent was recognised last night at the annual South Australian Music Awards.

Taking place on the grounds of UniBar Adelaide’s College Green, this year’s celebration saw 29 gongs across Industry Voted and People’s Choice Award categories handed out, with local favourites Motez and Wing Defence picking up multiple honours, as well as tying for Best Release, which was presented by The Music.

Other locals who took the spotlight included Ollie English, Naomi Keyte, Towns, Siberian Tiger and more.

“It was so wonderful to be able to gather for the SAM Awards,” Music SA General Manager Kim Roberts said.

“It was a beautiful night and the perfect way to celebrate the depth and breadth of talent here in SA, especially after such a tough time for the industry. Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees and to the team of great people that worked hard to make this event possible.”

Check out the full list of winners below.

2020 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS

ADELAIDE UNESCO CITY OF MUSIC AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

FARHAN SHAH AND UDAN KHATOLA

MUSIC SA COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 

CRAIG ARMSTRONG

INDUSTRY VOTED AWARDS

BEST STUDIO

GHOSTNOTE RECORDING STUDIOS

BEST STUDIO ENGINEER/PRODUCER

MARIO SPATE

BEST LIVE TECHNICIAN

LUKE HANCOCK

BEST MAJOR FESTIVAL/EVENT

ST. JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL - ADELAIDE

BEST SMALL FESTIVAL/EVENT

THE PORCH SESSIONS

BEST VENUE

LION ARTS FACTORY

BEST COVER ART

TODD FISCHER FOR LOST WOODS' SHAPING DISTANT MEMORIES

BEST MANAGER

MATTHEW KHABBAZ

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

MOTEZ, PILOT STUDIO, MAPPED DESIGN, DAGGERS PRODUCTION, KELSEE PEDLER FOR MOTEZ'S SOULITUDE

BEST SONG

JESS DAY - AFFECTION

BEST NEW ARTIST

SIBERIAN TIGER

SLOWMANGO

BEST GROUP

WING DEFENCE

BEST ABORIGINAL/TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ARTIST

JESSICA WISHART

BEST SOLO ARTIST (Presented by theMusic.com.au)

JESS DAY

BEST RELEASE (Presented by theMusic.com.au)

MOTEZ - SOULITUDE

WING DEFENCE - FRIENDS

BEST MUSIC EDUCATOR

NICK O’CONNOR

BEST INNOVATION

PLAY / PAUSE / PLAY

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS (VOTING VIA THE MUSIC)

BLUES AND ROOTS

OLLIE ENGLISH

COUNTRY

JESSICA WISHART

ELECTRONIC

MOTEZ

EXPERIMENTAL

SONS OF ZOKU

FOLK

NAOMI KEYTE

HEAVY

NO NO NO NO NO

HIP HOP

WE MOVE LIKE GIANTS

JAZZ

DJANGO ROWE

POP

GERMEIN

PUNK

WING DEFENCE

ROCK

TOWNS

SOUL/FUNK/R&B

WANDERERS

Motez

Wing Defence

Ollie English

Noami Keyte

Towns

Siberian TIger