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The Awards Night – Australian Folk Music Awards 2022

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Brunswick Ballroom

Australian Folk Music Awards 2022

Awards Presented 26 October Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne

It was a night where the folk music community across the country were brought together to celebrate its talent and diversity.

Folk Alliance Australia would like to thank sincerely all those involved in making the second edition of the Australian Folk Music Awards (AFMAs) a great success.

Judging by the size of the crowd, the number of artists, event organisers and managers on site and the hefty list of well-wishers from across the continent, plus the number of on-line hits of our live stream, we are so pleased with the level of engagement for the Awards.

Thanks to the beautiful live performances on the night from Charm Of Finches, Khristian Mizzi, Bush Gothic, Paddy Montgomery (with talented friends), Oceanique (their first performance outside Western Australia) and The Lost Clogs. The evening also had well-wishing and performance clips from around Australia, so a big thank you those involved for taking the trouble to provide a true national flavour for the evening. 

We would also like to say how much we appreciated Fiona Ross and Derek Guille for being the hosts for the evening and to Board member John McAuslan for his unstinting efforts to produce the show.

Here are some photos from the night – all images by David Harris.

watch the show
Brunswick Ballroom
Brunswick Ballroom
Austral
Charm of Finches
Khristian Mizzi
Bush Gothic
Brunswick Ballroom
Paddy Montgomery (centre)
Anna & Jordan
Oceanique
Hillbilly Goats
The Lost Clog
See the coverage of the night from our partner Listening Through The Lens

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Australian Folk Music Awards Night 2022

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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)
Charm of Finches – Photo: Listening Through The Lens

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

AWARDS NIGHT

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Folk Unlimited Sessions

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FOLK UNLIMITED

Join members of your folk music community and be inspired with ideas that are outside the box that will support you to grow your music. 

Folk Alliance Australia (FAA) INVITES YOU TO JOIN US FOR 3 INSPIRING SESSIONS:

Tuesday 12 July – GET MORE GIGS

Tuesday 9 August – GET MORE MONEY

Tuesday 13 September – GET MORE AUDIENCE

A panel of speakers will provide inspiration and practical advice specifically for the folk music industry. Followed by a Q&A session and networking.

To register for the first on-line session GET MORE GIGS, click below.

This session includes presentations by Festival Artistic Directors and an artist who thinks outside the box. You will learn about creating unique venues , livestreaming and connecting to education to GET MORE GIGS!
 
GET MORE GIGS is presented free of charge but you must register in order to receive the participant link.

Register for Get More Gigs

Presented by Folk Alliance Australia

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Contribution to Folk Award 2022

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Photo: Listening Through The Lens

The FAA’s Contribution to Folk Award 2022:

  • recognizes an outstanding contribution to Folk Music in Australia by an individual, group or organisation in any folk music genre.
  • recognizes  a significant contribution over a period of time in any aspect of Folk Music community/industry, including:- performing/ organizing/ presenting/ collecting/ teaching/ collaboration/publishing.

Last year’s recipient for this recognition was David De Santi, a founder of one of the country’s most successful bush bands Wongawilli, long-term service to the Illawarra Folk Club and the Illawarra Folk Festival, a key role in the Pioneer Performer Series, publisher and producer, and more.

Assessment

  • The panel for this award is the Board of Folk Alliance Australia. Who will assess the following:- Nomination material/Nature of the contribution, acknowledgment by Peers, Contribution to  folk music preservation/development/ community involvement and overall impact of the contribution.

Nomination Fee

  • There is NO Fee to be paid to Nominate or enter this Award. Entry is FREE.

Nomination for AFMA Contribution to Folk Award

  • All Nominations must be made via the On-Line Entry Form
  • If you nominated last year and were unsuccessful, you are able to re-apply this year (the quality and quantity of 2021 nominations was exceptional).
  • All questions must be completed and information requested is to be supplied as links or attachments only as requested. Your Application may be invalid if all information is not submitted.
  • You may nominate for more than one AFMA Award (if applicable a separate fee must be paid)
  • Nominations close on 12 Midnight Sunday 31st July 2022 EST. Late entries will not be accepted.
  • The nominated person(s) for Contribution to Folk Award must be an Australian Permanent Resident.  Group/Acts members must comprise 50% of Australian permanent residents.
  • Parental Permission must be submitted for nominations of persons under the age of 18 years.
  • Once you have submitted your nomination entry and paid the entry fee you will receive a confirmation email.
  • The Award for Contribution to Folk will be presented at the Folk Awards event on Wednesday 26th October.
  • Awards are decided by a panel of selected judges with expertise in folk music and the folk music sector. Their decisions are deemed final. No correspondence will be entered into.
  • No Finalist list will be published. The Award shall be announced with one recipient.
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AFMA’s 2022 – Nominations Now Open!

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Nominate for 2022 AFMA

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NOMINATIONS ARE INVITED FOR
THE 2022 AUSTRALIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS (AFMAS)

Folk Alliance Australia follows its successful launch of the Australian Folk Music Awards (AFMAs) in 2021 with the announcement of details of the 2022 Awards.  The 2022 AFMAs introduces one new award – ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ category.

We invite nominations from artists, performers, venues, festivals and projects to showcase and highlight the talent and diversity of the Australian folk music scene. We welcome nominations from first nations and culturally diverse artists in the 2022 AFMAs to fully reflect the range of folk music being played in Australia.

The 2022 AFMA Awards will celebrate and recognise the musical and cultural talent, vibrancy, richness, diversity and community nature of the Australian folk music sector and will be presented at the AFMA Awards Concert/Gala event at

The Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne
Wednesday 26 October

as a lead-in to the Maldon Folk Festival. The AFMA Awards event will also be live-streamed as an Online event.

Nine Awards will be presented in 2022:-

  • Folk Album of the Year – Traditional
  • Folk Album of the Year – Contemporary
  • Folk Artist of the year – Solo
  • Folk Act of the year – Duo/Group/Ensemble
  • Instrumentalist of the Year  (NEW AWARD)
  • Folk Act of the Year – People’s Choice (by public voting)
  • Folk Community/Cultural Project of The Year
  • Youth Artist of the Year
  • Contribution to Folk

(See link below for Information and the Nomination Forms for each award)

The aim of the Australian Folk Music Awards are to:

  • Create a National Folk Awards Scheme for the Australian Folk Music Sector/Community.
  • Raise the profile of Australian folk music.
  • Acknowledge, recognize and celebrate national achievements of the folk music sector.
  • Benefit Australian folk music artists to build their profile and careers.
  • Involve and engage the wide diversity of Australian folk music genres 
  • Raise the profile of Folk Alliance Australia as a national organisation for folk music.

Folk music covers a lot of musical ground ranging from World and Ethnic, Roots, Americana, Bush, Celtic, acoustic Blues and many acoustic styles, both traditional and contemporary.  The Folk music scene is comprised of many communities and brings this richness to the musical diversity that is folk music. Folk music/traditional music is the ground spring of many contemporary music genres with many talented artists, organisations, communities and cultures represented. We have over fifty Australian folk festivals which are vibrant parts of city and especially regional arts and culture scenes giving them their creative identities and involvement with music and the arts. Folk music crosses over into mainstream arts and cultural events, festivals and recordings.

AFMA Nominations are on-line and now open, closing midnight Sunday 31 July (EST).

Nominate Here

Media enquiries:-
Keith Preston (President FAA) – afmas@folkalliance.org.au or 0418 839 264

Nominate for 2022 AFMA

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Folk Alliance International – 2022 International Folk Music Awards

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Allison Russell – Photo: Listening Through The Lens

Folk Alliance International has announced the recipients of the International Folk Music Awards 2022 for Song, Album and Artist Of The Year.

Other recognitions were:

The Clearwater Award – presented to a festival that prioritizes environmental stewardship and demonstrates public leadership in sustainable event production – Planet Bluegrass

Lifetime Achievement Awards – Flaco Jiminez (Living), Nanci Griffith (Legacy) and Swallow Hill Music (Business/Academic)

The People’s Voice Award – Jason Mraz

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Nominations Open Soon – Australian Folk Music Awards 2022

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Photo: Listening Through The Lens

NOMINATIONS OPEN JUNE 6 

FOR THE 2022


AUSTRALIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS (AFMAS)

The 2022 AFMA awards will celebrate and recognise the musical and cultural talent, vibrancy, richness, diversity and community nature of the Australian Folk Music sector and will be presented at a live-streamed Live Music Awards Concert/Gala event at The Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne in October. Nine Awards will be presented in 2022:

·         Folk Album of the Year  – Traditional            

·         Folk Album of the Year – Contemporary   

·         Folk Artist of the Year – Solo           

·         Folk Act of the Year – Duo/Group/Ensemble

·         Instrumentalist of the Year  

·         Folk Act of the Year – People’s Choice (by public voting)

·         Folk Community/Cultural Project of the Year   

·         Youth Artist of the Year

·         Contribution to Folk   

Nominations open 6 June and close 31 July

FULL DETAILS WILL BE POSTED ON JUNE 6 ON THIS SITE

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Australian Folk Music Awards 2022 – First Glimpse

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2022 AFMAs – The Australian Folk Music Awards

Folk Alliance Australia will be presenting the AFMAs in Melbourne in October 2022. 

Details will be released soon and nominations will open in late May 2022.

The AFMAs will feature live music, awards presentations and will also be an online event.

Two new Awards will be offered (for instrumental folk music) making 10 Awards in total

The AFMAs nominations are for performance achievements and music recordings covering the period June 2021 – June 2022

As well as awards for ‘Project of the Year’ and ‘Contribution to Folk’ awards

If you know someone who you think should nominate or be nominated please let them know that the AFMAs open in late May

Full details in forthcoming FAA newsletters and social media

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