43rd CMAA
Country Music Awards Ceremony
2015 Golden Guitar Awards
Saturday, 24 January 2015
Tamworth Regional Entertainment
and Convention Centre (TRECC), NSW
The CMAA Awards is a highlight of the ten day Tamworth Country Music Festival. Each year about 50,000 music fans come to the Festival. The Awards is organized by the Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA).
Ray Kernaghan & Lee Kernaghanwere inducted to the Australasian Country Music Roll of Renown.
2015 Tamworth
Country Music Festival
The 2015 Country Music Awards honored country music artists for musical performances and other career achievements during the 2015 calendar year.
The Festival ran from 16 to 25 January 2015. It’s the largest music festival in the southern hemisphere and one of the top 10 in the world.
There were over 2,200 events and over 800 artists in the 120 venues that make up the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
The Cavalcade community parade on Saturday 24 January attracted thousands of spectators again this year. Cavalcade parade started at 9am at the corner of Peel & Hill Streets.
The public was invited to come join the fun and see their favourite country music artists on specially decorated floats.
43rd Golden Guitar Finalists – Winners will be in bold.
Female Artist of the Year
- Amber Lawrence – Superheroes
- Harmony James – Cautionary Tales
- Kasey Chambers – Bittersweet
- Kristy Cox – Living For The Moment
- Lyn Bowtell – Heart Of Sorrow
Male Artist of the Year
- Luke O’Shea – Sing You Up
- Adam Brand – My Side Of the Street
- Adam Harvey – Family Life
- John Williamson – Honest People
- Morgan Evans – Morgan Evans
New Talent of the Year
- Adam Eckersley Band – Give Her The World
- Christie Lamb – Wish You Were A Cowboy
- Jared Porter – Deep End
- Jenny Queen – Blood Meridian
- Simply Bushed – Making Hay
Group or Duo of the Year
- The McClymonts – Here’s To You & I
- Adam Eckersley Band – The First Album
- Davidson Brothers – Wanderlust
- McAlister Kemp – Harder To Tame
- The Wolfe Brothers – Nothin’ But Trouble
Album of the Year
- Bittersweet – Kasey Chambers
- Family Life – Adam Harvey
- Cautionary Tales – Harmony James
- Honest People – John Williamson
- Sing You Up – Luke O’Shea
Single of the Year
- Bittersweet – Kasey Chambers & Bernard Fanning
- She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful – Adam Harvey
- Somewhere In My Car – Keith Urban
- Canoe – Sara Storer
- That Kinda Night – The Wolfe Brothers
APRA Song of the Year
- ThreeBrothers (The Great War) – Luke O’Shea
- Family Life – Adam Harvey
- Bittersweet – Kasey Chambers & Bernard Fanning
- Fight Me – McAlister Kemp
- Here’s To You & I – The McClymonts
Video Clip of the Year
- Canoe – Sara Storer
- Bittersweet – Kasey Chambers & Bernard Fanning
- Somewhere In My Car – Keith Urban
- Sing You Up – Luke O’Shea
- Fight Me – McAlister Kemp
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
- Jack Bridle – Dianne Lindsay
- He’s Droving Once Again – Graham Rodger
- Honest People – John Williamson
- That Day In Cunnamulla – Tom Maxwell
Bluegrass Recording of the Year
- One Heartbreak Away – Kristy Cox
- Take Me to the Mountains – Davidson Brothers
- Oh Ye Must Be Born Again – Dean Perrett
- Kiss From A Rose – Mustered Courage
- Making Hay – Simply Bushed
Instrumental of the Year
- Candle Creek – Mustered Courage
- Old Hickory – 8 Ball Aitken
- Bottle Cappin’, Back Crackin’ Blues – Davidson Brothers
- Young Gun – Michael Fix
- Riders Of The Kimberley –Terry Bennetts / Ian Simpson
Toyota Heritage Song of the Year
- Three Brothers (The Great War) – Luke O’Shea
- The Lifesaver – Amber Lawrence
- My Country My Land – Dean Perrett featuring Troy Cassar-Daley
- Coal Seam Gas – Harmony James
- Clouds Over Tamworth – John Williamson
Alternative Country Album of the Year
- Heart Of Sorrow – Lyn Bowtell
- Sometimes When You Lose You Win – Allan Caswell
- Wanderlust – Davidson Brothers
- Living For The Moment – Kristy Cox
- The Other Side – Lou Bradley
Sanity Top Selling Australian Album of the Year
- Here’s To You & I – The McClymonts
- My Side Of the Street – Adam Brand
- Family Life – Adam Harvey
- If I Want To – Jasmine Rae
- Harder to Tame – McAlister Kemp
Top Selling International Album of the Year
Blue Smoke – Dolly Parton
