Thursday November 22, 2018 – The 13th annual The Age Music Victoria Awards took place last night at the Melbourne Recital Centre with Courtney Barnett winning three awards including the $10,000 Premier’s Prize for Best Victorian Album for Tell Me How You Really Feel. Barnett also won awards as Best Female Musician and Best Solo Artist.
The evening also saw the induction of Chrissy Amphlett into The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame, alongside the other 2018 inductee Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum. Amphlett’s award was presented by Little Pattie.
According to The Age, Victoria’s Minister for Creative Industries, Martin Foley, announced “a new 10-day, state-wide Victoria Live festival to showcase local talent including talks, food, local wines and beers, and highlighting the best and brightest of local music.”
Collard Greens & Gravy won the Best Blues Album Award for Luedella, James Ellis & The Jealous Guys won the award for Best Country Album for It Ain’t Texas (But It Ain’t Bad) while the Best Folk/Roots Album award went to Michael Waugh‘s Asphalt & The Oval
PUBLIC-VOTED WINNERS
The Premier’s Prize for the Best Victorian Album of 2018 – $10,000 Cash Prize
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
Best Band
Camp Cope
Best Song
Baker Boy – Marryuna
Best Solo Artist
Courtney Barnett
Best Male Musician
Danzal Baker (Baker Boy)
Best Female Musician
Courtney Barnett
The Premier’s Prize for the Best Victorian Breakthrough Act of 2018 – $5000 Cash Prize
Baker Boy
Best Live Act
Baker Boy
Best Small Venue (under 500 capacity)
Northcote Social Club, Northcote
Best Large Venue (over 500 capacity)
Corner Hotel, Richmond
INDUSTRY-VOTED WINNERS
Best Festival
Golden Plains
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Act
Bendigo Bank $3,000
This Way North
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Over 50 gigs per year)
Bendigo Bank $3,000
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Under 50 gigs per year)
Bendigo Bank $3,000
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent
Kaiit
Best Blues Album
Collard Greens And Gravy – Luedella
Best Country Album
James Ellis & The Jealous Guys – It Ain’t Texas (But It Ain’t Bad)
Best Electronic Act
Mildlife
Best Experimental or Avant-Garde Act
Nat Grant
Best Folk or Roots Album
Michael Waugh – The Asphalt & The Oval
Best Global Act
Senegambian Jazz Band
Best Heavy Album
Encircling Sea – Hearken
Best Hip Hop Act
Sampa The Great
Best Jazz Album
Sam Anning – Across A Field As Vast As One
Best Reggae and Dancehall Act
Monkey Marc
Best Rock/Punk Album
Little Ugly Girls – Little Ugly Girls
Best Soul, Funk, RnB Album
Sampa The Great – Birds and The BEE9
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Molly Meldrum and Chrissy Amphlett