FBi Radio Have Announced The Winners For Their Annual SMAC Awards

Sydney/Eora based leading community radio station FBi Radio last night aired their Sydney Music Arts & Culture Awards for 2021.

The awards this year were voted by FBi Radio listeners, acknowledging the incredible challenges taken by creative communities all across Sydney.

The winners were announced last night on air on 9.45FM, hosted by Adele Luamanuvae and Mia Hull, which was originally meant to be presented in Chippendale's Phoenix Central Park before COVID struck.

The big award on offer is the overarching SMAC award, which is presented to an individual or collective who has made an exceptional contribution to Sydney’s cultural fabric, joining past recipients including Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Heidi Lenffer, Jess Scully, and Sally Rugg.

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Taking it out was artist, lawyer, mother, advocate for women's safety and writer Amani. Last year she published her memoir, 'The Mother Wound', which reflects on how she lost her mother to a brutal act of domestic violence and begins a conversation on the insidious nature on violence against women.

On the music front, Ngaiire's '3' took out The Record Of The Year, Barkaa's King Brown win song of the year, Milan Ring was voted the best live act and Mi-kaisha was hailed as The Next Big Thing.

You can check out the full list of winners below, and on the FBi Radio website HERE.