Women Rein Supreme At The 2020 Music Victoria Awards
On Wednesday, the 16th edition of the Music Victoria Awards was held at the Melbourne Recital Centre as part of the Melbourne Music Week extended program.
The live-streamed event revealed the seven public-voted winners, and 14 industry-voted winners following a handful of previously announced awards at last month's Industry Awards event. The evening also featured live performances from Alice Skye, Elizabeth, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and Simona Castricum.
Amongst the winning acts were Sampa The Great, who took home four awards and frontwoman of Amyl and The Sniffers Amy Taylor, who scored three.The coveted Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent was presented to Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal and Badu Island indie-pop, roots singer-songwriter Kee'ahn, while post-punk outfit Pinch Points were awarded Best Breakthrough Act.
The evening also saw Paul Kelly induct the late, great Chris Wilson into the Music Victoria Hall Of Fame, with wife Sarah Carroll and sons Fenn Wilson and George Carroll Wilson accepting the induction on stage.
Check out the full list of winners from this year's Music Victoria Awards below.
Publicly voted award winners:
BEST BAND
Amyl and The Sniffers
BEST SONG
Sampa The Great - OMG
BEST SOLO ARTIST
Sampa The Great
BEST MUSICIAN
Amy Taylor (Amyl and The Sniffers)
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Pinch Points
BEST LIVE ACT
Amyl and The Sniffers
Industry voted winners:
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Act
The Teskey Brothers (Warrandyte)
Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent
Kee'ahn
Best Blues Album
*Lloyd Spiegel - Cut and Run
Best Country Album
Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife - You Be The Lightning
Best Electronic Act
Sleep D
Best Experimental or Avant-garde Act
Robin Fox
Best Folk Album
Fiona Ross & Shane O'Mara - Sunwise Turn
Best Heavy Album
Diploid - Glorify
Best Hip Hop Act
Birdz
Best Intercultural Act
Black Jesus Experience
Best Jazz Album
Vanessa Perica Orchestra - Love is a Temporary Madness
Best Reggae and Dancehall Act
Dub FX
Best Rock/Punk Album
Cable Ties - Far Enough
Best Soul, Funk, Gospel or RnB Album
Sampa The Great - The Return
Industry award winners
Best Small Venue (under 500 capacity)
The Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood
Best Large Venue (over 500 capacity)
Forum Melbourne
Best Festival
Golden Plains
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Over 50 gigs per year)
Barwon Club Hotel - Geelong
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Under 50 gigs per year)
*Theatre Royal - Castlemaine
Outstanding Woman In Music
Sarah Hamilton (One Of One)
Best Producer
Joelistics: Mo'Ju & Joelistics Ghost Town EP
Hall of Fame Inductees
Mary Mihelakos (industry)
Chris Wilson (musician)