Here's Your 2019 Music Victoria Awards Winners!
“We had a look at the nominees this year, and it was an incredible line-up, so to win this is such an honour for us. Thanks to everyone at Music Victoria and everyone who voted.” - The Teskey Brothers
In a couple of Awards milestones, Music Victoria recorded the largest count of female winners in the genre categories, and Naretha Williams became the first-ever First Nations and First Nations Female artist to win Best Experimental or Avant-Garde Act.
Back-to-back winners Sampa The Great and Courtney Barnett have held on to their titles of Best Hip Hop Act and Best Solo Artist respectively, G Flip took home the $5,000 Premier’s Prize for the Best Breakthrough Act award and newcomer Tones And I was awarded a special Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of her unprecedented achievements domestically and internationally over the past year including taking out number one on the official music charts of 23 countries.
On the night there were live performances from Suldusk, who also won in the best heavy album category, Grand Salvo and best song nominee Gordon Koang, plus hip hop legend Philly and vocalist Maylene Slater-Burns left few eyes dry with an especially touching performance of 'Tired', a soon-to-be released song in response to the recent police shooting of a young Indigenous man in the Northern Territory.
Music Victoria's 2019 Hall of Fame inductees Vika and Linda Bull closed the evening with a performance of their song When Will You Fall For Me, accompanied by guitarist Mark Seymour.
You can watch the full awards - and find the full list of winners below.
PUBLIC-VOTED WINNERS
The Premier’s Prize for the Best Victorian Album of 2019
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
Best Band
The Teskey Brothers
Best Song
The Teskey Brothers – So Caught Up
Best Solo Artist
Courtney Barnett
Best Male Musician
Paul Kelly
Best Female Musician
Erica Dunn (Tropical F*ck Storm, Palm Springs, MOD CON, Harmony)
The Premier’s Prize for the Best Victorian Breakthrough Act of 2019
G Flip
Best Live Act
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Best Small Venue (under 500 capacity)
Northcote Social Club, Northcote
Best Large Venue (over 500 capacity)
Forum, Melbourne
INDUSTRY-VOTED WINNERS
Best Festival
Golden Plains
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Act
The Teskey Brothers
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Over 50 gigs per year)
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Under 50 gigs per year)
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent
Key Hoo
Best Blues Album
Opelousas – Opelousified
Best Country Album
Matt Joe Gow – Break, Rattle And Roll
Best Electronic Act
Sui Zhen
Best Experimental or Avant-Garde Act
Naretha Williams
Best Folk or Roots Album
The Maes – The Maes
Best Heavy Album
Suldusk – Lunar Falls
Best Hip Hop Act
Sampa The Great
Best Intercultural Act
Përolas
Best Jazz Album
Andrea Keller – Transients Vol. 1
Best Reggae and Dancehall Act
Echo Drama
Best Rock/Punk Album
Tropical F*ck Storm – Braindrops
Best Soul, Funk, Gospel or RnB Album
Allysha Joy – Acadie: Raw
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
PBS 106.7FM and Vika & Linda Bull
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