Music Victoria has revealed its Awards 2021 shortlists, including:
BEST FOLK ACT
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US folk roots iconic guitarist and singer Doc Watson (1923 – 2012) is to be the subject of a four CD boxed set, to be released in November 2021 via Craft Recordings.
Among his many honours are the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Medal of Arts, an inductee in the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and eight Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement.
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The River Folk Festival was scheduled for 22 to 24 October in Warburton just out of Melbourne VIC.
Sadly, the event is another in a long list of COVID-cancelled festivals and organisers will be contacting ticket holders in the near future.
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Winners of the US-based Unsigned Only Music Competition 2021 have been announced which includes nineteen Australian artists.
Selected from almost 10,000 entries from 120 countries, the winners represent some of the best, unsigned artists worldwide in contemporary music.
Folk singer/songwriter Alexander Biggs (Melbourne) and EDM artist du0 (Brisbane) have both been awarded First Place in their respective categories. The band Teenage Joans has been awarded Second Place in the Adult Album Alternative category.
In addition to these winners, Australian artists have been awarded an Honourable Mention in their categories in the competition:
Alter Boy (Perth)
Bree Rusev (Newcastle)
Chuditch (Perth)
ELKI (Sydney)
Em George (Sydney)
JEFFE (Brisbane)
Jessica Arlo Irish (Sydney)
Josiah McAllan (Alice Springs)
Lachlan Edwards (Newcastle)
Leonie Kingdom (Hervey Bay)
LT (Cairns)
Natasha Duarte (Sydney)
Rumours (Melbourne)
Sage Rogan (Melbourne) and
Zoe A’dore (Melbourne).
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The finalists for the 2021 Australian Folk Music Awards have been announced, with “winners” revealed 14 October at our live event (tickets available or join us for free via livestream)
GO HERE for a List of all AFMA Awards finalists
GO HERE to vote for People’s Choice Award – before 30 September
GO HERE for Awards Night Tickets
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SUNDAY 26th SEPTEMBER via Zoom
3.00pm SA 1.30pm WA 3.30pm Vic/Tas/NSW/Qld
HERE IS THE ZOOM LINK:-
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84075428127?pwd=QkdLNHB2TTBweFVtM09XQjEzSjRPQT09
Meeting ID: 840 7542 8127 Passcode: 814532
AGENDA:-
Welcome
Minutes of 2020 AGM
Financial Report
Presidents Report
Election of Committee
Open Discussion
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The 34th Folk Alliance International Conference will be hybrid next year, held in Kansas City Missouri and on-line over 23 to 27 February 2022. You can now register for virtual access.
Official Showcase applications are now open. This time, artist showcases will be performed in person in Kansas City, with the possibility of a limited number of online-only showcases. Each showcase will be recorded, with the artists’ permission, and available for viewing the next day on our online conference platform for virtual attendees.
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Highly-regarded singer-songwriter Paula Punch has always been drawn to nature.
Her striking new album Song to The Trees is out now.
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New Australian Government Grant Opportunities (GO) have been issued on GrantConnect:
GO ID: GO5061
GO Title: Festivals Australia
Agency: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
Primary Category: Performing Arts
Close Date and Time: 29-Sep-2021 11:30 pm (ACT Local Time)
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For the past two years, Wouter Kellerman and four-time Grammy nominee David Arkenstone have been working together.
Their new album is themed around Pangaea, the part-Greek name given to the supercontinent that existed before fracturing to form the continents as we know them today.
With four singles already released, the full album is now available – via THIS LINK.
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