With another year, we welcome with open and eager arms another edition of The Age Music Victoria Awards. Chris Gill, soul taste maker and RRR host, and PBS presenter Lyndelle Wilkinson were our gracious hosts and they handed out several awards to both familiar faces and first-time awardees.
All in all, the event was an absolute stand-out celebration of the past 12 months of local music. The sheer amount of nominees and awardees are indicative of the thriving local music industry in the area, which is
certainly cause for celebration.
THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS 2017 – GENRE AWARD WINNERS
BEST BLUES ALBUM
Fiona Boyes – Professin’ The Blues
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Raised By Eagles – I Must Be Somewhere
BEST SOUL, FUNK, RNB, AND GOSPEL ALBUM
The Teskey Brothers – Half Mile Harvest
BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Brenton Foster – The Nature of Light
BEST HIP HOP ALBUM
A.B. Original – Reclaim Australia
BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
Client Liaison
BEST HEAVY ALBUM
Divide and Dissolve – Basic
BEST ABORIGINAL ACT
A.B. Original
BEST GLOBAL OR REGGAE ALBUM
Lamine Sonko and The African Intelligence – Afro Empire
BEST FOLK / ROOTS ALBUM
The Mae Trio – Take Care, Take Cover
BEST EXPERIMENTAL / AVANT-GARDE ACT
Winter Sound School / Bridget Chappell
THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS 2017 – PUBLICLY VOTED WINNERS
BEST FESTIVAL
Meredith Music Festival
BEST REGIONAL VENUE (UNDER 50 GIGS PER YEAR)
Theatre Royal (Castlemaine)
BEST REGIONAL VENUE (OVER 50 GIGS PER YEAR)
Workers Club (Geelong)
BEST VENUE (UNDER 500 CAPACITY)
The Tote
BEST VENUE (OVER 500 CAPACITY)
The Corner Hotel
BEST REGIONAL ACT
Cosmic Psychos
BEST LIVE BAND
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
BEST EMERGING ACT
The Teskey Brothers
BEST MALE ARTIST
Paul Kelly
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Jen Cloher
BEST SONG
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Rattlesnake
BEST BAND
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
BEST ALBUM
A.B. Original – Reclaim Australia
HALL OF FAME
Tony Cohen – Aria-Award Winning Producer & Engineer
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Zo Damage – 365 Day Live Music Photography Project
More info via musicvictoria.com.au
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