Paul Kelly, Tame Impala Lead 2019 ARIA Artisan Awards Nominations

A slew of Australian artists and creatives have been recognised today as part of the 2019 ARIA Awards Artisan and Fine Arts nominations announcement, with local legends Paul Kelly, Kevin Parker, Kate Ceberano and more making the list.

The Artisan and Fine Arts winners will be revealed during the newly-named ARIA Awards Season Launch on October 10 at the Art Gallery of NSW, during which the full list of this year’s nominees will be announced.

Paul Kelly is currently up for Producer Of The Year alongside Steven Schram for Nature and Best Classical Album alongside James Ledger for Thirteen Ways To Look At Birds, while Kevin Parker is nominated across both Producer Of The Year and Engineer Of The Year for Tame Impala’s Patience, vying for both against Konstantin Kersting, nominated for his work on Tones & I’s global hit Dance Monkey, and Julia Jacklin engineer/producer Burke Reid.

Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky’s TRYST has been nominated for Best Jazz Album, while Gang Of Youths’ MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne) is up for Best Original Soundtrack Or Musical Theatre Cast Album and Melbourne Ska Orchestra’s One Year Of Ska lands among the Best World Music Album nominees.

“We are thrilled to be launching the 33rd annual ARIA Awards season by recognising the nominees for the 2019 Fine Arts and Artisan Awards,” ARIA Chief Executive Dan Rosen said. 

“These incredible artists and technicians showcase a breadth of talent, and we are proud to celebrate their work and achievements this year.

“I also would like to welcome the returning partners for their continual support of ARIA and Australian music. I look forward to working with them at this year's ARIA Awards.”

The ARIA Awards will take place at The Star in Sydney on November 27.

2019 ARTISAN AWARDS NOMINEES

Best Cover Art

Ben Jones for Amyl and The Sniffers - Amyl and The Sniffers (Flightless Records)

Jonathan Zawada for Flume - Hi This is Flume (Mixtape) (Future Classic)

Nick Mckk for Julia Jacklin - Crushing (Liberation Records)

Lucy Dyson for Paul Kelly - Nature (EMI Music Australia)

Emilie Pfitzner for Thelma Plum - Better In Blak (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)

Engineer Of The Year

Plutonic Lab for Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse (Hilltop Hoods/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Burke Reid for Julia Jacklin - Crushing (Liberation Records)

Kevin Parker for Tame Impala - Patience (Modular Recordings/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Sam Teskey for The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow (Ivy League Records)

Konstantin Kersting for Tones & I - Dance Monkey (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)

Producer Of The Year

Dann Hume for Matt Corby - Rainbow Valley (Matt Corby/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Kevin Parker for Tame Impala - Patience (Modular Recordings/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Burke Reid for Julia Jacklin - Crushing (Liberation Records)

Paul Kelly and Steven Schram for Paul Kelly - Nature (EMI Music Australia)

Konstantin Kersting for Tones & I - Dance Monkey (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)

2019 FINE ARTS AWARDS NOMINEES

Best Classical Album

Diana Doherty, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Westlake, David Robertson, Synergy Vocals - Nigel Westlake: Spirit of the Wild / Steve Reich: The Desert Music (ABC Classic/Universal)

Genevieve Lacey - Soliloquy: Telemann Solo Fantasias (ABC Classic/Universal Music Australia)

Grigoryan Brothers, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey - Bach Concertos (ABC Classic/Universal)

Nicole Car, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti - Heroines (ABC Classic/Universal Music Australia)

Paul Kelly, James Ledger - Thirteen Ways To Look At Birds (Decca Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Best Jazz Album

Andrea Keller - Transients Vol.1 (MGM)

Angela Davis - Little Did They Know (ABC Jazz/Universal Music Australia)

Barney McAll - Zephyrix (Extra Celestial Arts)

Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky - TRYST (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)

Phil Slater - The Dark Pattern (Earshift/The Planet Company)

Best Original Soundtrack Or Musical Theatre Cast Album

Burkhard Dallwitz - LOCUSTS: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Closereef Productions)

Gang Of Youths - MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne) (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)

Luke Howard - The Sand That Ate The Sea (Mercury KX/Universal Music Australia)

Trials - Cargo (Causeway Films/Universal Music Australia)

Various Artists - The Recording Studio (Music From The TV Series) (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)

Best World Music Album

Chaika - Arrow (Mara Music/Independent/Gyrostream)

Joseph Tawadros - Betrayal Of A Sacred Sunflower (Independent/The Planet Company)

Melbourne Ska Orchestra - One Year Of Ska (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)

Tara Tiba - Omid (Cezanne Producciones/The Planet Company)

Zela Margossian Quintet - Transition (Art As Catharsis)