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Kirsty Lee Akers, Aleyce Simmonds, Amber Lawrence, Dianna Corcoran
ABC music artists
win two categories at the
2021 GOLDEN GUITAR AWARDS
Winning categories include:
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
& VOCAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
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Travis Collins
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Tamworth Regional Council and the Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) has presented the 2021 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards, celebrating the remarkable music and achievements that have come from the industry throughout 2020.
Delivered as a COVID-safe event on Saturday at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment Conference Centre (TRECC), this year’s awards night was a little different from the usual star-studded, fan-filled event, with limited spectator spots available, a virtual red carpet, social distancing in place and many tuning in from afar.
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Travis Collins took home Male Artist Of The Year for his #1 ARIA Country and ARIA TOP 10 All Genre album, ‘Wreck Me’. A previous winner of Best Male Artist of the Year in 2017 and 2019, this is his 3rd win at the Golden Guitars in this category.
Amber Lawrence, Aleyce Simmonds, Kirsty Lee Akers and Dianna Corcoran performed their female rendition of John Williamson’s ‘True Blue’. The uplifting tribute to Australia’s frontline workers saw the artists collect the award for Vocal Collaboration Of The Year. Their official video for the single garnered over 1.3 million views on Facebook alone and can be viewed HERE.
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Hosted by two-time Golden Guitar Award winner Andrew Swift and five-time winner Catherine Britt, the event was a celebration of the music, success, and resilience of the industry. Entertaining live and virtual audiences from near and far were on-stage performances from Casey Barnes, The McClymonts, Travis Collins, Dean Perrett, and Melody Moko.
While the 2021 Toyota Country Music Festival in Tamworth was cancelled due to COVID-19, we encourage everyone to save the date for 50th anniversary of the Festival, set to take place from 14 – 23 January 2022.
Natalie Waller, Head of ABC Music & Events said, “We’d like to congratulate all the artists who won and were nominated at this year’s awards. With the ceremony being slightly different this year due to COVID, it was great to celebrate Australia’s Country music scene, with a night full of fantastic performances. Thank you to all involved in putting on another great awards ceremony!”
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Kirsty Lee Akers
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Aleyce Simmonds
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Amber Lawrence
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Dianna Corcoran
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