Drew McAlister is an Australian country musician. McAlister was one half of the duo McAlister Kemp. His solo album ''Black Sky'' debuted at #99 on the ARIA album charts.ARIA Report, issue 1340
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Career

McAlister won the 2003 Maton Talent Search at the annual Gympie Muster. In 2007, he won Vocal Collaboration of the Year for "A Little Bit Of Countryin Us All" with

Allan Caswell David Allan Caswell, publishing under pen name Allan Caswell, is an English-Australian songwriter and performer, author, record producer, freelance journalist and teacher. Caswell wrote " On the Inside" (the theme from the television series ' ...

. He has since won golden guitars for Song of the Year and Heritage Song of the Year. He released his debut solo album, ''There to Here'', in 2008. In 2009 he joined together with Troy Kemp to form McAlister Kemp, releasing three studio albums together. The pair received an ARIA-nomination for their 2012 album, ''Country Proud''. After the duo broke up he released his second solo album ''Black Sky''. His third solo album, ''Coming Your Way'' was released in September 2017. It was nominated for Contemporary Country Album of the Year at the CMA awards of 2018. His fourth studio album, an acoustic and stripped back album titled, ''Fabric of Life'' was released on 2 December 2022

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

Country Music Awards of Australia

The

Country Music Awards of Australia The Country Music Awards of Australia also known as the Golden Guitar Awards (originally named Australasian Country Music Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales ...

(CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the

Tamworth Country Music Festival The Tamworth Country Music Festival is an annual Australian music festival held for 10 days from Friday to Sunday in mid to late January each year, sometimes including Australia Day, in Tamworth, New South Wales. The festival is the second bigg ...

, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973. (wins only) , - , 2007 , "A Little Bit of Country in Us All" by Allan Caswell & Drew McAlister , Vocal Collaboration of the Year , , - , rowspan="2", 2014 , rowspan="2", "Lady of the Land" (written by Luke O'Shea & Drew McAlister) recorded by Luke O'Shea , Heritage Song of the Year , , - , APRA AMCOS Song of the Year ,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McAlister, Drew Australian country singers Australian male singers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)