Bennett Bowtell Urquhart (often abbreviated to BBU) is an Australian country music "

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" consisting of Kevin Bennett,

Lyn Bowtell Lyn Bowtell (born 1977) is an Australian singer-songwriter from Kleinton, Queensland. She has won ten Golden Guitar Awards at the Country Music Awards of Australia. She was primary songwriter and singer for the pop country trio, Bella (2002– ...

and

Felicity Urquhart Felicity Ann Urquhart (born 4 May 1976) is an Australian country and western music singer-songwriter, and a TV and radio presenter. Her single "Big Black Cloud", co-written with Randy Scruggs, reached No. 1 on Country Tracks National Top&nb ...

Career

In January 2015, at the

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, the trio of Kevin Bennett, Lyn Bowtell and Felicity Urquhart first performed together in what they thought would be a one-off affair. They enjoyed the experience so much they decided to keep going and soon decided to record together. Late in 2015, the trio released their debut single "I Hear Them All" and announced a self-titled debut album would be released in January 2016. In January 2016, the trio released their self-titled debut album. In January 2017, the album won two Golden Guitar awards at the

. In September 2018, the trio released their second studio album, ''Weeds'' to positive reviews. Bruce Elder from

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called it "A true rarity: glorious harmonies, songs of depth and honesty, set against a rich diversity of country-inflected styles." while

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Bernard Zuel enjoyed "...the lovely interplay of guitar, banjo and ukulele, which matches the interplay of their three voices: Urquhart's gossamer, Bowtell's crystalline and Bennett's grainier."

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards

Country Music Awards of Australia

The

(CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in

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, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry ote: wins only , - , rowspan="2", 2017 , rowspan="2", ''Bennett Bowtell Urquhart'' , Alternative Country Album of the Year , , - , Group or Duo of the Year , , - , 2019 , "Every Hello" (featuring Karl Broadie) , Vocal Collaboration of the Year ,

References

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