The Queensland Music Awards have come and gone for another year, and some of the city's most well-loved artists are going home with awards tucked under their arms.
Early on Thelma Plum took out the Indigenous award thanks to her song Rosie (written alongside Andrew Lowden), adding to the NIMA awards she picked up in Darwin at the weekend. Familiar names Kingfisha and Harmony James took out the blues/roots and country categories respectively, before the big guns came out blazing late in the evening.
The Trouble With Templeton took out the Rock category this year with their song Six Months In A Cast, world beaters The Amity Affliction won the Heavy award for their Chasing Ghosts and Ball Park Music picked up their first of two awards for the night with their Surrender taking out the Pop award. Georgia Potter became the first ever winner of the awards' Music Video category with her video XO.
While she left her run late, Emma Louise was there when it counted, taking out the awards for Export Achievement, Most Popular Female and Album Of The Year (for her acclaimed vs Head vs Heart). Ball Park Music took out their second award for the night, taking out the much coveted Song of the Year category, while The Jungle Giants were voted Most Popular Group.
Perhaps the night's biggest upset was that of Velociraptor frontman and much-loved solo artist Jeremy Neale snatching victory against former Powderfinger frontman and all-round Aussie hero Bernard Fanning in the Most Popular Male category.
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The late, great Mick Hadley of the Purple Hearts was honoured posthumously for the G.W. McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Queensland music over so many years.
Violent Soho, Seja, Thelma Plum, The Jungle Giants, The Trouble with Templeton, Urban category winners BlaqCarrie, Harmony James, Pigeon and Chukale all performed through the night.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Schools: Kimberley Terrace – I Cannot Lie
Indigenous: Thelma Plum – Rosie
Regional: Jayson Watkin – Jacky Kneebone
Childrens: Nadia Sunde – Shake It Down
Blues/Roots: Kingfisha – Fallen Empire
Country: Harmony James – Emmylou's Guitar
Folk/Singer-Songwriter: Ange Takats – Minnesota
Urban: BlaqCarrie – Let There Be Hope
Electronic/Dance: MKO – Snarly
Jazz: Andrew Butt Trio – The Alligator Escalator
World: The Saruzu Quartet – Pollito
Rock: The Trouble With Templeton – Six Months In A Cast
Heavy: The Amity Affliction – Chasing Ghosts
Pop: Ball Park Music – Surrender
Video: Georgia Potter – XO
Most Popular Male: Jeremy Neale
Most Popular Female: Emma Louise
Most Popular Group: The Jungle Giants
Song Of The Year: Ball Park Music – Surrender
Album Of The Year: Emma Louise – vs Head vs Heart
