Tom Curtain is an Australian
country music singer, songwriter and tourist operator based in
Katherine in the
Northern Territory.
Career
Curtain was born in
Mildura, Victoria in 1979 before returned his family property Old Boyneside, Kumbia near
Kingaroy in Queensland where he attended Kumbia State School. He boarded at
Marist College in
Brisbane before attending the
University of Queensland.
Curtain worked at cattle stations across northern Australia but attributes the beginning of his song-writing to his time working in the stock-camp of
Mount Sanford Station
Mount Sanford Station is a pastoral lease located approximately south of Katherine that operates as a cattle station in the top end of the Northern Territory.
The property currently occupies an area of and is stocked with 23,000 head of catt ...
in
Western Australia.
He began a tourism business in Katherine in 2013, that he runs with his wife Annabel. He is well known for performing while riding a horse.
Curtain has released four albums and toured widely, performing with
Sara Storer
Sara Bettine Storer (born 6 October 1973) is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and former teacher. She won a record breaking seven Golden Guitar awards in the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 2004, and as of 2017, she ha ...
,
The Sunny Cowgirls,
Pete Denahy and the
Davidson Brothers.
Curtain was close friends with
Amy ‘Dolly’ Everett and her family, a local teenager who died by suicide after being bullied. This inspired him to write ''Speak Up,'' a duet with
Sara Storer
Sara Bettine Storer (born 6 October 1973) is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and former teacher. She won a record breaking seven Golden Guitar awards in the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 2004, and as of 2017, she ha ...
which reached No. 1 on the iTunes Country Music Chart.
Discography
Studio albums
Awards
Country Music Awards (CMAA)
Curtain has won several
Golden guitar awards at the
Tamworth Country Music Awards of Australia.
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, rowspan=2, 2018 , , ''Never Never Land'' featuring Luke O'Shea , , , Toyota Heritage Song of the Year , ,
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, ''Never Never Land'' featuring Luke O'Shea , , Video Clip of the Year , ,
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, 2021 , , "She Gave Us the Song" (with Lee Kernaghan & Sara Storer) , , Toyota Heritage Song of the Year , ,
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, 2024
, , ''Nothing's Gonna Stop Us'' , , Traditional Country Album of the Year , ,
NT Song Of The Year Awards
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, 2018 , , ''Territory Time'' , , Tourism NT Tourism Song Of The Year , ,
Southern Stars Australian Independent Country Music Awards
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, rowspan=4, 2018 , , himself , , Independent Male Artist of the Year , ,
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, ''Never Never Land'' featuring Luke O'Shea , , Single of the Year , ,
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, ''Territory Time'', , Album of the Year , ,
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, himself , , Independent Artist of the Year , ,
Adelaide River Country Music Festival
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, 2002 , , himself , , Best Male Vocal category , ,
References
External links
Official website
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Living people
Australian country musicians
1979 births
People educated at Marist College Ashgrove