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Paul Kelly To Recieve APRA Honour

Paul KellyPaul Kelly will be the fitting recipient of the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music at this year’s APRA Music Awards.

Paul’s been chugging along for the last three decades, crafting some of the most moving and poignant songs around, and perhaps most significantly telling Australian stories. For that alone I think he deserves to be celebrated, and I’m glad organisers agree.

He’ll join previous recipients of the honour including Slim Dusty, Angus and Malcolm Youn, Jimmy Little, and Don Burrows.

The APRAs will be held in Sydney on June 21.

Image source: Andrew Braithwaite @ Wikimedia Commons

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AC/DC and Empire of the Sun Win Big at APRA Awards

AC/DC and Empire of the Sun were the big winners at last night’s Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA) Awards.

Rock stalwarts Angus and Malcolm Young were named songwriters of the year, while their hit Rock ‘N Roll Train was named most played Aussie work overseas. Empire of the Sun bagged a double when “Walking on a Dream” was named dance work of the year and Nick Littlemore, Jonathan Sloan, and Luke Steele were named breakthrough songwriters of the year.

The APRA Awards celebrate Australia’s best songwriting talent. Click below for a full list of this year’s award winners and here to see how surprisingly accurate my predictions were! I faltered early, but definitely came home strong.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 21: Eskimo Joe pose with their award for Rock Work of the Year at the Australasian Performing Rights Association Music Awards at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre on June 21, 2010 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)


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APRA Award Nominations Announced

The nominations are in for this year’s Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Awards, and it looks like newcomers could take home many of this year’s gongs.

The Temper Trap, Lisa Mitchell, and the lads from Empire of the Sun will be hoping to snare their first awards at the ceremony on June 21.

Here are all the nominations, and my fearless and probably completely incorrect predictions!

Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year

  • Temper Trap
  • Empire of the Sun
  • Jessica Mauboy
  • Daniel Merriweather
  • Lisa Mitchell

Prediction: I’m picking Lisa Mitchell purely out of sentimentality. She’s shown such promise at such an early age, and I’d love to see it rewarded.

Most Played Australian Work

  • “Been Waiting” – Jessica Mauboy (Jessica Mauboy/Israel Cruz/Craig Hardy)
  • “Foreign Land” – Eskimo Joe (Stuart MacLeod/Joel Quartermain/Steve Parkin/Kav Temperley)
  • “Hey Boys and Girls (Truth of the World part 2)” – Evermore (Jon Hume/Daniel Hume)
  • “Raise The Alarm” – The Living End (Chris Cheney)
  • “She’s a Genius” – Jet (Chris Cester)

Prediction: “Foreign Land” seemed to be everywhere last year, yet I still didn’t seem to get sick of it. It’s my pick.

International Work of the Year

  • “Gives You Hell” – All American Rejects (Tyson Ritter/Nick Wheeler
  • “Love Story” – Taylor Swift
  • “Second Chance” – Shinedown (Dave Bassett/Brent Smith)
  • “Sober” – Pink (Floyd Hills/Alecia Moore/Kara Dioguardi/Marcella Araica)
  • “You Found Me” – The Fray (Joseph King/Isaac Slade)

Prediction: It’s hard to pick against Taylor Swift, but purely based on the song I’m going to tip The Fray for an upset.

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Daniel Johns Snares a Triple at the APRAs

Last night Daniel Johns became the first person in history to win three APRA Awards in one year.

The Silverchair frontman was named Songwriter of the Year for the number one hit “Straight Lines,” which also won Song of the Year and Most Played Australian Work gongs.

The other awards showed the diversity of Australia’s musical landscape. Melbourne’s Sally Seltmann won the Breakthrough Songwriter title for “1, 2, 3, 4,” the monster song made famous by Feist.

The Rogue Traders took home the Dance Work of the Year award for “In Love Again” while John Butler bagged the Blues and Roots gong for “Good Excuse.” Troy Casser-Daley’s song “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” proved to be somewhat prophetic, as it helped the singer bag the Country Work of the Year title. Jade McCrae proved she’s one of Australia’s brightest stars, taking home the Urban Work of the Year award for “In the Basement.”

Manager extraordinaire Roger Davies was awarded the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music.