Congratulations to local country duo McAlister Kemp on their nominations for the 2015 Country Music Awards. The boys have been nominated in the categories; Country Music Capital News Group or Duo of the Year, APRA Song of the Year, Video Clip of the Year and The Sanity Top Selling Australian Album of the Year. The full list of nominations
Album of the Year
Family Life | Adam Harvey | Producer: Graham Thompson
Cautionary Tales | Harmony James | Producer: Herm Kovac
Honest People | John Williamson | Producer: John Williamson & Matt Fell
Bittersweet | Kasey Chambers | Producer: Nick DiDia
Sing You Up | Luke O’Shea | Producer: Luke O’Shea
Alternative Country Album of the Year
Sometimes When You Lose You Win | Allan Caswell | Producer: Roger Corbett
Wanderlust | Davidson Brothers | Producer: Hamish Davidson & Lachlan Davidson
Living For The Moment | Kristy Cox | Producer: Jerry Salley
The Other Side | Lou Bradley | Producer: Anthony Lycenko & Lou Bradley
Heart Of Sorrow | Lyn Bowtell | Producer: Shane Nicholson
Male Artist of the Year
My Side Of the Street | Adam Brand
Family Life | Adam Harvey
Honest People | John Williamson |
Sing You Up | Luke O’Shea
Morgan Evans | Morgan Evans
Female Artist of the Year
Superheroes | Amber Lawrence
Cautionary Tales | Harmony James
Bittersweet | Kasey Chambers
Living For The Moment | Kristy Cox
Heart Of Sorrow | Lyn Bowtell
Country Music Capital News Group or Duo of the Year
The First Album | Adam Eckersley Band
Wanderlust | Davidson Brothers
Harder To Tame | McAlister Kemp
Here’s To You & I | The McClymonts
Nothin’ But Trouble | The Wolfe Brothers
Vocal Collaboration of the Year
My Country My Land | Dean Perrett & Troy Cassar-Daley
It’s All About Love | John Williamson & Beccy Cole
Bittersweet | Kasey Chambers & Bernard Fanning
How Long? | Lyn Bowtell & Kevin Bennett
Truckstop Flowers | Luke O’Shea & Aleyce Simmonds
Bush Ballad of the Year
Bloodwood And Clover| Dean Perrett | Songwriter: Ian Quinn
Jack Bridle |Dianne Lindsay | Songwriter: Dianne Lindsay & Peter Simpson
Honest People | John Williamson | Songwriter: John Williamson
He’s Droving Once Again | Graham Rodger | Songwriter: Graham Rodger
That Day In Cunnamulla | Tom Maxwell | Songwriter: Geoff Sidebottom
Toyota Heritage Song of the Year
The Lifesaver | Amber Lawrence | Songwriter: Amber Lawrence
My Country My Land | Dean Perrett | Songwriter: Dean Perrett & Troy Cassar-Daley
Coal Seam Gas | Harmony James | Songwriter: Harmony James
Clouds Over Tamworth | John Williamson | Songwriter: John Williamson
Three Brothers (The Great War) | Luke O’Shea | Songwriter: Luke O’Shea
Instrumental of the Year
Old Hickory | 8 Ball Aitken
Bottle Cappin’, Back Crackin’ Blues | Davidson Brothers
Young Gun | Michael Fix
Candle Creek | Mustered Courage
Riders Of The Kimberley | Terry Bennetts/Ian Simpson
Bluegrass Recording of the Year
Take Me to the Mountains | Davidson Brothers
Oh Ye Must Be Born Again | Dean Perrett
One Heartbreak Away | Kristy Cox
Kiss From A Rose | Mustered Courage
Making Hay | Simply Bushed
Qantaslink New Talent of the Year
Give Her The World | Adam Eckersley Band
Wish You Were A Cowboy | Christie Lamb
Deep End | Jared Porter
Blood Meridian | Jenny Queen
Making Hay | Simply Bushed
APRA Song of the Year
Family Life | Adam Harvey | Songwriter: Adam Harvey & Clint Crighton
Bittersweet | Kasey Chambers | Songwriter: Kasey Chambers & Bernard Fanning
Three Brothers (The Great War) | Luke O’Shea | Songwriter: Luke O’Shea
Fight Me | McAlister Kemp | Songwriter: Drew McAlister & Troy Kemp
Here’s To You & I | The McClymonts | Songwriters: Stuart Crichton + The McClymonts
Video Clip of the Year
Bittersweet | Kasey Chambers | Director: Renny Wijeyamohan, Open Door Films
Somewhere In My Car | Keith Urban | Director: John Urbano
Sing You Up | Luke O’Shea } Director: Ross Wood, 171 Entertainment Pty Ltd
Fight Me | McAlister Kemp | Director: Duncan Toombes, The Filmery
Canoe | Sara Storer | Director: Duncan Toombes, The Filmery
Single of the Year
She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful | Adam Harvey
Bittersweet | Kasey Chambers
Somewhere In My Car | Keith Urban
Canoe | Sara Storer
That Kinda Night | The Wolfe Brothers
Sanity Top Selling Australian Album of the Year
My Side Of the Street | Adam Brand | Producer: Craig Portiels
Family Life | Adam Harvey | Producer: Graham Thompson
If I Want To | Jasmine Rae | Producer: Luke Wooten
Harder to Tame | McAlister Kemp | Producer: Jeremy Stover
Here’s To You & I | The McClymonts | Producer: Lindsay Rimes
