At this year’s Tamworth Country Music Festival, the Country Music People’s Choice award for Most Popular Country Music DJ went to Felicity Urquhart, who took over the reigns from John Nutting on ABC Radio’s Saturday Night Country program. The award for Most Popular Country Music Radio Station went to Sydney country music broadcaster 2KA Cool Country.
In an awards ceremony marred by a an error naming the wrong Album of the Year winner, Graeme Connors was finally named as winner of the Album of the Year, and he also won Male Artist of the Year. Kasey Chambers won best Female Artist.
The full winners list is below.
Album of the Year
Still Walking – Graeme Connors, produced by Matt Fell
Male Artist of the Year
Graeme Connors – A Good Life
Female Artist of the Year
Kasey Chambers – Little Bird
Maton New Talent of the Year
McAlister Kemp – All Kinds Of Tough
Group or Duo of the Year
The McClymonts – Wrapped Up Good
Vocal Collaboration of the Year
Love Like A Hurricane – Kasey Chambers & Kevin Bennett
Toyota Heritage Song of the Year
Sacred Bones – written by Luke Austen & Troy Cassar-Daley, recorded by Luke Austen
Fender Instrumental of the Year
Dixie Breakdown – Ian Simpson & John Kane
APRA Song of the Year
Little Bird – written by Kasey Chambers
Video Clip of the Year
Calling Me Home – Sara Storer, directed by Duncan Toombs
Telstra Horizon Award
The Sunny Cowgirls
Single of the Year
Little Bird – Kasey Chambers
Bush Ballad of the Year
Every Time He Travels Through Cloncurry – written by Peter Denahy, recorded by Luke Austen
Sanity Music Top Selling Album of the Year
Planet Country – Lee Kernaghan
2010 Achiever Awards:
Producer of the Year
Rod McCormack
Engineer of the Year
Jeff McCormack
Musician of the Year
Glen Hannah
Felicity took over the "reigns" from John Nutting - what, was Nutting the King of country music or something, and Felicity took over one of his kingdoms, or all of them?
Come on, get a bit of basic grammar happening; obviously this word should be 'reins', and this seems like such a petty issue - incorrect usage or spelling - but it's so prevalent right across both the ABC and commercial networks, that it really gets up my knows! :-)
Speaking a language is one thing, but if people want to earn a living using words as their 'workplace tool', then Bathurst, Macleay, UTS and all other media schools should have a compulsory spelling component. Seriously. Rant over.