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The ceremony, set up in 1997 by the Mildura Country Music Festival Committee recognises the recording achievements of independent musicians in Australian country music.

20 artists feature in the 8 categories with Dianna Corcoran, Brendan Radford, Amber Lawrence and Tracy Killeen leading the list of finalists.

Award’s co-ordinator John Arnold said ‘We received nominations from 88 individual artists and groups, but what really stood out amidst the finalists in the eight judged categories was the mix of well-established artists together with some outstanding emerging talent’. The awards presentation and concert take place on Saturday October 2 at the Mercy Theatre, St Joseph’s College, Mildura.

The awards evening will be co-hosted by Dianna Corcoran and Amber Lawrence with performers including Ted Egan, Luke O’Shea, Kimberley Bowden and Darren Colston.

The full list of finalists are:

Independent Country Music Single of the Year
Don’t Do Lonely Well - Amber Lawrence
Surviving Black Saturday - Carter & Carter
Brave - Tracy Killeen
Thank You For Cheating On Me - Dianna Corcoran

Australian Independent Album of the Year
Snow - Brendan Radford
When It All Comes Down - Amber Lawrence
Keep Breathing - Dianna Corcoran
Driver’s Seat - Tracy Killeen

Australian Independent Heritage Track of the Year – Traditional
Where The Outback Starts - John O’Dea
Shadow Of A Cloud - Luke O’Shea
Say G’Day From Me - Ian Quinn
Coongoola Station - Brendan Radford

Australian Independent Rising Star Male
Jason Lee - A Memory
Daly Stephenson - They Came They Went
Stephen Rowe - Restless Soul
Dane Sharp - Another Star In The Sky

Australian Independent Rising Star Female
Bec Hance - You’ll Find A Bloke
Sarah McMonagle - Tea On Tuesday
Tori Darke - Not My Time To Fly
Aleyce Simmonds - The Keeper

Australian Independent Male Vocalist of the Year
Ian Quinn - Frontier Country
Brendan Radford - Stop The Night
Luke O’Shea - Shadow Of A Cloud
Brad Cole - Hold Me In Your Arms Tonight

Australian Independent Female Vocalist of the Year
Tracy Killeen - Brave
Dianna Corcoran - Thank You For Cheating On Me
Amber Lawrence - When It All Comes Down
Victoria Baillie - Mr Yesterday

Australian Independent Group/Duo of the Year
Davidson Brothers - Born To Play
Carter & Carter - Surviving Black Saturday
Jetty Road - Road To Nowhere
The Bobkatz - The Writer

More information here

Source: Southern Stars

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• Dianna Corcoran
• Ian Quinn
• Amber Lawrence
• Tracey Killeen
• Brendan Radford

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