NT Song Of The Year Awards Finalists Announced
The judges have found their 45 acts across nine genre categories
Territorian industry body MusicNT has announced the finalists for this year's coveted NT Song Of The Year Awards.
The judging process was an “extremely difficult” one, according to a statement from the body. More than 340 songs were entered for 2014, with the ultimate pool of finalists comprising 45 of those across nine genre categories including Rock, Pop, Folk, Electronic/Dance, Heavy, Country, Urban/Hip-hop, Blues and Roots, and School-aged.
Bands and artists from across the NT have been shortlisted for the awards, with a few names popping up multiple times: members of the Tjintu Desert Band are well represented, as is solo artist Ben Allen, aka Broadwing; Darwin-based country singer Jenni Boon is nominated twice in the Country category, while rising troubadour and 2013 award-winner Gareth Dawkins finds himself quite literally all over the shop, from the Folk to Blues and Roots to Pop categories.
The annual NT Song Of The Year Awards are designed to celebrate and recognise the breadth of musical talent in the Northern Territory. The winners for 2014's event will be revealed at the awards night on Saturday, June 28, during the Original Recipe Music Festival.
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In addition to the main ceremony, the Song Of The Year Awards runs a People's Choice competition (open now), which allows the general public the chance to vote on their favourite finalist tracks. The winner of the People's Choice comp will be announced in July, at the intune alice music conference.
For more information about the awards, head over to the event website.
Full list of finalists
Folk
Between Two Worlds – Glynis Lee and Glenn Bellis (The Sojourners)
First Light – Katie Harder
Grandfather's Dreaming – Jeffrey Zimran, Terry Marshall and Joseph Zimran (Tjintu Desert Band)
Il-Anthawirriyarra a-Kurija – Saltwater People Song – Michelle Morris
Siren – Gareth Dawkins
Electronic & Dance
Departure – Ben Allen (Broadwing)
This Moment – Aaron and Levi VanderAa (Enth Degree)
Trestle – Ben Allen (Broadwing)
War Upon Us – Karla Borela-O'Connor (Liberty Avenue)
Welcome to the Orient – Matt Balfe
Blues & Roots
Everything – Leah Flanagan
Kapi – Terry Marshall and Joseph Zimran (Tjintu Desert Band)
Ngurra Ikuntjinya – Jeffrey Zimran (Tjintu Desert Band)
Raggae – Shayote (EmDee)
Troubadour featuring Colin Lillie – Gareth Dawkins
Country
Cigarettes Make Me Mean – Alicia Scobie and Timothy Webb
Four Walls – Jenni Boon
K-Town – Neil Camm
Last Night's Clothes – David Garnham, Dave Crowe and Toby Robinson
Show Me The Way – Jenni Boon
Heavy
Abandonment Issues – Darryl Barba, John Coulehan, Brian McLeod and Fletcher Kane Bowman (Roy Mackonkey)
Bacteria Of This Earth – Shaun Howell, Jackson Smith, Kyle Mines, Tim Glyde and Malcom McDonald (Miazma)
Fukushima – Craig Ninness, Shane Jovanovic, Sam Washusen and Callum Munro (Clever Monkey)
Pestilence - Shaun Howell, Jackson Smith, Kyle Mines, Tim Glyde and Malcom McDonald (Miazma)
The Untouchable – Wade Roach and Jared Winter (Chasin Aces)
Pop
A Feather To The Sea – Louise Madill (Syren)
Baby Steps – Andy Walker and Fred Leone
Highway Girls & Well-Dressed Boys - Sam Weaver, Arran Barker, Jack Weaver and Lachlan Barker (Skarlett)
Steam - Mike Meston, Paul Dopper, Marcel Zimmet and James Gough (Green Stone Garden)
Valentines Day – Gareth Dawkins
Rock
Great Divide – Darryl Barba, John Coulehan, Brian McLeod and Fletcher Kane Bowman (Roy Mackonkey)
Hold On – Dave Crowe and Colin Lillie (Shadows on Blue)
I Want You To Know – Sam Weaver, Arran Barker, Jack Weaver and Lachlan Barker (Skarlett)
Just A Spark – Mike Meston, Paul Dopper, Marcel Zimmet and James Gough (Green Stone Garden)
Tjamuku Ngurra – Terry Marshall and Aaron Sharpe (Tjintu Desert Band)
Urban & Hip Hop
Early AM – Clayton Bennett (Requiem)
Fatal Attraction – Liam Devine and Nathaniel Polkinghorne (DT3)
First World Problems – Daniel McAleer and Kyle Doevendans (Dan the Underdog)
In the End – Gavin McLean, Matthew Lim and Jessica Arbuckle (My Team Dilemma)
Win City – Michael Koufos (Kouf)
School – Aged
Bi-Polar Bear – James Rooney, Rikquishe Wright and James Munson (Indica Sunrise)
Bright – Miles Elkington (OK Kaleidoscope)
Going Nowhere – Michael Lindsey
Up or Down – Miles Elkington (OK Kaleidoscope)
Voices in the Basement – The Shak Crew
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