February 01, 2012

 

Golden Guitars

Country music legends Keith Urban and Beccy Cole led the winner’s tally at last weekend's 40th Jayco CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia, collecting two Golden Guitars respectively.
During an unforgettable evening to celebrate the Award’s 40th anniversary, Keith proved that he is still a favourite amongst Australian audiences, taking out ‘Male Artist of the Year’ and ‘Sanity Top Selling Album of the Year’ for his album Get Closer, while Beccy won a Golden Guitar for ‘Female Artist of the Year’ for Songs & Pictures, as well as Vocal Collaboration of the Year with Kasey Chambers for their duet ‘Millionaires’.
Adam Harvey secured the night’s most prestigious award – ‘Album of the Year’ for Falling Into Place, produced by Rod McCormack.
Melbourne foursome Jetty Road took out ‘Group or Duo of the Year’, while country music’s sweetheart Catherine Britt, scored a win for ‘Single of the Year’ for her song ‘Sweet Emmylou’.

The full list of winners for the 40th Jayco CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia are:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR Falling Into Place - Adam Harvey,
TOP SELLING ALBUM OF THE YEAR Get Closer - Keith Urban
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Keith Urban - Long Hot Summer
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Beccy Cole – Waitress
GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR Jetty Road - Serves You Right
VOCAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR Millionaires - Beccy Cole & Kasey Chambers
TELSTRA NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR O'Shea – Smash
APRA SONG OF THE YEAR Bad Machines - Written & recorded by Shane Nicholson
SINGLE OF THE YEAR Sweet Emmylou - Catherine Britt
TOYOTA HERITAGE SONG OF THE YEAR I Am Australian - The Bushwackers
FENDER INSTRUMENTAL OF THE YEAR OMFG - Davidson Brothers
BUSH BALLAD OF THE YEAR Channel Country Ground - Written by Merv Maltman, recorded by Dean Perrett & Lee Kernaghan

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