Tkay MaidzaDominating festival stages and headline gigs around the country, Aussie rapper Tkay Maidza has walked way victorious from this evening’s SA Music Awards at Fowler's Live, scoring Best Female Artist among other awards.
The Adelaide singer was nominated in seven categories which follows a steady year of touring off the back of 2014’s Switch Tape EP, a released that claimed Best Release and Best Single for Switch Lanes.
Indie folkster Timberwolf, known to his pals as Christopher Panousakis, also walked away with numerous awards, including Best Male Artist and Best Songwriter, while punk rockers Grenadiers scored Best Group and Bad//Dreems locked down Best Live Act.
2015 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSIC AWARD WINNERS
BEST RELEASE
Tkay Maidza – Switch Tape
BEST FEMALE
Tkay Maidza
BEST MALE
Timberwolf
BEST GROUP
Grenadiers
BEST SONG
Tkay Maidza – Switch Lanes
BEST SONGWRITER
Chris Panousakis (Timberwolf)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Skies – Call For My Heart
MOST POPULAR ARTIST
Truth Corroded
BEST LIVE ACT
Bad//Dreems
THE FOWLER’S LIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Robert Dunstan
THE RYAN FREEMAN LIVE MUSIC AWARD
Kelly Menhennett
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Sachio Cook for Tkay Maidza’s Switch Lanes
BEST MUSIC VENUE
The Gov
BEST FESTIVAL / MUSIC EVENT
WOMADelaide
BEST PRODUCER
Motez
BEST COVER ART
Jack Vanzet for Skies’ self-titled EP
BEST MANAGER
5/4 Entertainment (Craig Lock and Ross Osmon)
