Folk Alliance Australia last night held its second annual Australian Folk Music Awards at the Brunswick Ballroom in Melbourne and the Award recipients were revealed.

Traditional Folk Music Album of the Year

• Austral – Thylacine (Vic) Award Recipient
• Broken Creek – Small Town Anthropologies (Vic)
• The Lost Clog – The Sparrow Made Some Beer (Vic)
• Sásta – Eirelocked (Qld)
• Telenn Tri – Macquarie Street (SA)

Contemporary Folk Music Album of The Year

• Above the Bit – Above The Bit (Vic)
• Charm of Finches – Wonderful Oblivion (Vic) Award Recipient
• Michael Waugh  – The Cast (Vic)
• Montgomery Church   – Where The Quiet Can Hide (NSW)
• The Weeping Willows  – You Reap What You Sow (Vic)

Artist of the Year – Solo

• Fred Smith (ACT) Award Recipient
• Kaurna Cronin (SA)
• Khristian Mizzi (Vic)
• Lucy Wise (Vic)
• Michael Waugh (Vic)

Artists of the Year Duo/Group/Ensemble

• Austral (Vic)
• Bush Gothic (Vic) Award Recipient
• Charm of Finches (Vic)
• Montgomery Church (NSW)
• The Weeping Willows (Vic)

Instrumentalist of The Year

• Andrew Vievers (Qld)
• Justin Bernasconi (Vic)
• Paddy Montgomery (Vic) Award Recipient
• Rhys Crimmin (Vic)
• Xani (Vic)

Youth Folk Artist of The Year 

• Anna & Jordan (Vic) Runner Up
• Ella & Sienna (SA)
• Oceanique (WA) Award Recipient
• Sadie Mustoe (Vic)
• Sari Abbott (Qld)

Community/Cultural Project of the Year

• Celtic Piping Spring Online Program (NSW)
• Cresfest (Vic)
• For Folk Sake (NSW)
• Melbourne Tune Collection (Vic)
• The Sparrow Made Some Beer by The Lost Clogs (Vic) Award Recipient

AFMAs ‘Contribution to Folk’ Award

• Trad and Now magazine (Cec Buccello) Award Recipient

People’s Choice Award

• Crystal Robins (NT)
• Rebecca Moore (WA)
• The Raglins (Vic)
• The BordererS (SA)
• Sionnach Rua’s Great Irish Song Book (Vic)
• Joyce Prescher (Vic)
• Hillbilly Goats (Qld) Award Recipient
• Austral (Vic)
• Kym Pitman (NSW)
• Mick Coates & the Shallow Gravediggers (Vic)
• Tuck Shop Ladies (Vic)
• Sarah and Silas (Vic)
• Nick Vulture (SA)
• The Weeping Willows (Vic)

Music website Listening Through The Lens takes a look at our Awards Night.

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