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2018 Australian Women In Music Awards
The 2018 Australian Women in Music Awards is the inaugural Australian Women in Music Awards. The event took place on 10 October 2018. Nominations for the awards were open until 12 July 2018 and finalists were announced on 3 September 2018. Queensland Minister for Women, Di Farmer said "Women make up almost half of Australians with a music qualification and half of those studying music – yet only one-fifth of songwriters are women. Women hold only 28 per cent of senior and strategic roles in key industry associations and female artists earn less in general than their male counterparts. I congratulate the Australian Women in Music Awards committee for their work towards encouraging more girls and women in to the music industry." AWMA Honour Roll * Helen Reddy Lifetime Achievement Awards * Patricia Amphlett (Little Pattie), Renée Geyer & Margret RoadKnight Margret RoadKnight (born in July 1943) is an Australian singer-guitarist. In a career spanning more than five decad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane Powerhouse
Brisbane Powerhouse is an arts and cultural hub located in a former power station in the Brisbane suburb of New Farm, Queensland, Australia. The venue offers an array of performing arts, visual arts, festivals, and free community events. The first stage of the New Farm Powerhouse was built in 1927–28 as part of the growing need for Powerhouses for the Brisbane Trams. The power station began operations in 1928, was decommissioned in 1971. It was renovated and re-opened as a modern entertainment hub in 2000. Origins Positioned on the northern bank of the Brisbane River, Brisbane Powerhouse was developed from a decommissioned power station. The original New Farm powerhouse, designed by architect Roy Rusden Ogg and commissioned by the newly formed Greater Brisbane City Council, went into service as the first council-operated power station built in Brisbane in June 1928. Earlier power stations in Brisbane had been operated by private companies. The New Farm powerhouse supplied e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordi (musician)
Sophie Payten (born 28 December 1992), known professionally as Gordi, is an Australian folktronica singer/songwriter. Her music has been featured in various television series and films: her 2015 single "Can We Work It Out" featured in the seventh series of ''The Vampire Diaries'', her 2017 single "Heaven I Know" featured in the tenth series of '' The Walking Dead'', and her 2017 song "Something Like This" featured in the 2020 teen romantic comedy '' To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You''. Career Payten began receiving both national and international attention after playing independently across Sydney whilst at university and releasing tracks online through government-funded national Australian radio station Triple J's Unearthed radio. Gordi was nominated for the 2015 Unearthed Artist of the Year J Award from Triple J, the 2015 Next Big Thing SMAC (Sydney Music, Arts & Culture) Award from FBi Radio, and was dubbed one of the 40 best new bands of 2016 by Stereogum. Payten s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fem Belling
Fem Belling (born 6 December 1978) is an South African Born, Australian Jazz vocalist and violinist with a dual career in stage musicals and jazz singing. Fem was raised in Johannesburg and later moved to Cape Town to establish a career in musical theatre before moving to London as a leading lady in the West End. Lead roles include ''Hairspray'', ''Fame'', ''Footloose'', '' Cats'' (original South African cast) & Liza Minnelli in the 2011 production of ''The Boy from Oz'' starring Todd McKenney. Fem claims 5 Vita awards, a Green Room Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in the Musical ''Genesis to Broadway''” and shares an ARIA nomination from her involvement in The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra. Theatre career Cats as Jennyanydots / Bombalina, Footloose as Rusty / Elanor, Austentatious as Emily, Hairspray as Shelly / Tracey Turnblad ( Original West End cast ), Fame, Debbie Does Dallas as Donna ( original UK and South African cast ), Annie Get Your Gun as Gigi / Dolly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerida Tyson-Chew
Nerida Tyson-Chew (born 1965) is an Australian music composer, conductor and orchestrator, principally working in screen music. She won her first Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) Award, in 1996, for her work on ''Hotel Sorrento'' (1995) and ''Brilliant Lies'' (1996). With ''Hotel Sorrento'' she was also nominated for an AFI Award for Best Original Music Score in 1995. In 2003 she won the Screen Music Award, co-presented by AGSC with APRA AMCOS, category Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie for ''Evil Never Dies''; in 2007 she won Best Music for a Television Series or Serial for ''Two Twisted'', episode "Delivery Man" (2006) and she won Best Music for a Documentary for ''Trishna & Krishna: The Quest for Separate Lives'' (2009) in 2010. At the APRA Music Awards of 2020 she was acknowledged for her Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen. Biography Nerida Tyson-Chew was born in 1965. She was raised in Sydney where she attended the State Conservatorium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Noonan
Katie Anne Noonan (born 2 May 1977) is an Australian singer-songwriter. In addition to a successful solo career encompassing opera, jazz, pop, rock and dance, she was the singer in the band George and remains the singer in the band Elixir; performs with her mother Maggie Noonan; and plays with her band The Captains. Noonan was the musical director of and performed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games' opening and closing ceremonies. Early life Noonan grew up with a strong background in classical music, with her mother Maggie being a well-known opera singer. She studied opera and jazz at the Queensland Conservatorium. Career George After graduation, Noonan began fronting the pop-rock group George, along with her brother Tyrone Noonan. Noonan founded George with her brother, with whom she shares lead vocals, in 1996 to enter a university music competition. After a series of successful independently released EPs, they signed to Festival Mushroom Records and released the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Frasca
Dallas Frasca is an Australian roots rock band from Melbourne fronted by namesake front-woman, Dallas Frasca. The band's 2015 album, ''Love Army'' peaked at number 29 on the ARIA Charts. History Front woman, Dallas Frasca who is a distant relative to opera star, Dame Nellie Melba began to sing at aged 18, when she discovered her singing ability at a backyard party at a jam. In 2006, won triple j's "Light Your Fuse" competition. In 2008, Frasca sang for Australian rock band Midnight Oil in Sydney, in support of Amnesty International. In early 2009, the band was invited to perform as one of seven artists from seven continents of the planet for International Earth Day in Montreal, Canada. In 2012 Dallas Frasca came third for their song "All My Love" in the AAA category of the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) with over 16,000 entries and judged by Ozzy Osbourne, Tori Amos, Janelle Monáe, Tom Waits, Basement Jaxx. The song was also re-recorded by Czech Republic artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Donnelly
Stella Donnelly (born 10 April 1992) is a Welsh-Australian indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. After the success of her debut EP ''Thrush Metal'' in 2017, she signed with Secretly Canadian in 2018. She released her debut studio album ''Beware of the Dogs'' to critical acclaim in March 2019, peaking at number 15 on the ARIA Album Charts and winning Independent Album of the Year at the AIR Awards. Her second album, ''Flood'', was released in August 2022, debuting at number 29 on the ARIA Charts. Early life Born in Western Australia to a Welsh mother, she spent some childhood years in Morriston before moving to Perth with her family. Donnelly first started singing when she joined a rock band in high school (Irene McCormack Catholic College) that performed Green Day covers. After high school, Donnelly studied contemporary and jazz music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Donnelly was a part of the bands Boat Show and Bell Rapids before leaving th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Shark
Amy Louise Billings (born 14 May 1986), known professionally as Amy Shark, is an Australian indie pop singer-songwriter-guitarist and producer from the Gold Coast, Queensland. During 2008 to 2012, her early solo material was released and performed under the name Amy Cushway. Her 2016 single " Adore" peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was also listed at number 2 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2016. Her album '' Love Monster'' (July 2018) debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Shark has won 8 ARIA Music Awards from 29 nominations, including winning Best Pop Release three times: in 2017 for her extended play, ''Night Thinker'', 2018 for ''Love Monster'' and 2020 for " Everybody Rise". Early life Amy Shark was born on the Gold Coast in Queensland on 14 May 1986. Her mother, Robyn, remarried and raised Shark on the Gold Coast with her stepfather David Cushway and a younger half-sibling. She is of Hungarian and English descent. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Cope
Camp Cope are an Australian alternative rock trio formed in 2015 in Melbourne, Victoria. The group consists of lead singer, songwriter and guitarist Georgia "Georgia Maq" McDonald, bassist Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich, and drummer Sarah "Thomo" Thompson. Camp Cope are signed with independent Melbourne label Poison City Records - where Thompson also works, and independent Boston label Run for Cover Records distributes their releases in North America and Europe. Their eponymous debut album, released in April 2016, reached the top 40 in the ARIA Albums Chart, and was nominated for a J Award for Australian Album of the Year. They were also nominated in six categories at the inaugural National Live Music Awards and won the 'Heatseeker Award'. Website Faster Louder choose Camp Cope's self-titled debut album as their Album of the Year for 2016. The group also won Best Emerging Act at the 2016 ''The Age'' Music Victoria Awards. In 2019, ''Happy Mag'' listed them at no.3 on their list of "the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngaiire
Ngaire Laun Joseph (born 1984, in Lae), known by her stage name Ngaiire (pronounced ''ny-ree'' or /naɪəriː/), is a Papua New Guinea-born Australian-based R&B and future soul singer-songwriter. Her musical career commenced in 2003 with an enrollment in a bachelor of Jazz Studies at the Central Queensland University (CQU). In 2004, she competed in the second season of ''Australian Idol'', where she competed as a semi-finalist but did not make it to the final 12 singers. She then worked with Blue King Brown and Paul Mac as a session vocalist before re-focusing on her solo career in 2008. Ngaiire's debut studio album, ''Lamentations'', was released in July 2013 and her second album, ''Blastoma'', was released in June 2016. Her third, '' 3'', was released in August 2021. In 2018 APRA AMCOS appointed Ngaiire as an ambassador. Biography 1984–1999: Early life Ngaiire was born, as Ngaire Laun J Joseph, Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Blasko
Sarah Elizabeth Blaskow (born 23 September 1976), known professionally as Sarah Blasko, is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. From April 2002, Blasko developed her solo career after fronting Sydney-based band, Acquiesce, between the mid-1990s and 2001. She had performed under her then married name, Sarah Semmens, and, after leaving Acquiesce, as Sorija in a briefly existing duo of that name. As a solo artist Blasko has released six studio albums, '' The Overture & the Underscore'' (11 October 2004), '' What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have'' (21 October 2006) – which peaked at No. 7 on the ARIA Albums Chart, '' As Day Follows Night'' (10 July 2009) – which reached No. 5, '' I Awake'' (26 October 2012) – which made No. 9, ''Eternal Return'' (6 November 2015), and ''Depth of Field'' (23 February 2018). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2007, Blasko won Best Pop Release for her second album. Her third album won the Best Female Artist in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jen Cloher
Jen Cloher (born 9 October 1973) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and record producer, currently based in Melbourne, Victoria. Cloher's 2017 self-titled fourth studio album peaked at number 5 on the ARIA Charts. From 2006 to 2010, Cloher recorded and toured with her band Jen Cloher and the Endless Sea and since 2013 has released with Mia Dyson and Liz Stringer music under the name Dyson Stringer Cloher. Career Originally from Adelaide, Cloher moved to Sydney and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Whilst studying, Cloher lived in a share house with several musicians, which is when she bought her first second-hand guitar, and started to write songs. In 1994, Cloher graduated NIDA at the age of 21. After NIDA, Cloher performed in Andrew Bovell's '' After Dinner'' and performed in it at the Edinburgh Festival. Upon returning to Australia, Cloher continued to pursue her music career. In the late 1990s, Cloher colloboared with Sydney collective Bonepeop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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