Best Cover Song:
Nominations:
Southern Nights – Sally-Anne Whitten
Forget Him – Marie Hodson
Tucker’s Daughter – Judah Kelly
(I’d be) a legend in my time – Jodie Crosby
Solitary Man – Adam Harvey
I’m So Excited – Beccy Cole
Young Years – Ben Ransom with Sharon O’Neill
Love and Happiness for You – Evelyn Bury and Justin Standley
Footsteps Coming Home – Kate Hindle
My Rifle, My Pony and Me – Jen and Mark
I’ll never find another you – Bec Hance
And The Purple Guitar Goes To:
My Rifle, My Pony and Me – Jen Mize and Mark Sholtez
Most Read Album Review:
Benny Allen – Never Knew I Was Country
Bluegrass Album:
Ricochet – Kristy Cox
Bluegrass Song:
Nominations:
Dancing In The Rain – Bec Hance
Fire In The Fingers – Mustered Courage
Lake House – Brad Cox
Daisy Lee – Montgomery Church
Ricochet – Kristy Cox
We Need To Start Again – Great Aunt
Your Anything At All – Imogen Clark
And The Purple Guitar Goes To:
Kristy Cox – Ricochet
Best Song About/Mentioning Someone Famous:
Nominations:
Matt J Ward – Neil Young
Adam Harvey – When Willie’s Gone
John Flanagan Trio – The Last of The Cassette Men
John Flanagan Trio – Free John Zarb
Crank Williams – Joni Mitchell
And the winner is:
John Flanagan Trio – The Last of The Cassette Men
Best Train Song:
Runaway Train – Andrew Swift
Tom Fauvette/Phil Emmanuel Musician of the Year:
Nominations:
Andrew Wrigglesworth
Simon Johnson
Ali Foster
D. Caf
Stuart French
Alwyn Aurisch
Mitch Power
And The Purple Guitar goes to:
Alwyn Aurisch
The Most Unique Gig of the Year:
The Brendans at Carmen’s – Hats Off Tamworth
(Brendan Smoother and Brendan Nawrocki)
The Best Drinking Song:
Nominations:
We’ll Have to Drink Our Way Out of This – Adam Harvey
Drunk and Stoned – 8 Ball Aitken
Drink Like A Man – Bec Hance
That’s The Wine – Jade Holland
Been There, Drunk That – Matt Scullion
That’s Why Lonely People Drink – Allan Caswell and Jen Mize
Too drunk to drive – Brad Cox
What Not To Do – Judah Kelly
Grab yourself a drink – Benny Allen
And the Purple Guitar Goes To:
That’s Why Lonely People Drink – Allan Caswell and Jen Mize