Tkay Maidza Cleans Up At SA Music Awards

Dominating 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)