22 November 2018
Last night Victorian music makers, venues, events and icons were recognised at The Age Music Victoria Awards at Melbourne Recital Centre.
Rapper and dancer Danzal Baker aka Baker Boy wins four awards. Photo: Martin Philbey
Currently on tour overseas, Courtney Barnett was awarded the top prize the $10,000 Premier’s Prize for Best Victorian Album for her record Tell Me How You Really Feel, as well as Best Female Musician and Best Solo Artist.
Rapper and dancer Danzal Baker ‘Baker Boy’ won The Premier’s Prize for the Best Victorian Breakthrough Act of 2018, Best Male Musician and Best Live Act, while Marryuna was named Best Song.
Among the list of industry-voted winners, RnB musician Kaiit won the Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent; the Little Ugly Girls won Best Rock/Punk album and Sampa the Great took home Best Hip-Hop Act.
Live music venues Northcote Social Club, The Corner Hotel, Karova Lounge in Ballarat and Meeniyan Town Hall were all celebrated, and Hall of Fame Inductees Molly Meldrum and Chrissy Amphlett were honoured.
For more on the awards visit Music Victoria
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