Country Music Awards of Australia

Finalists in the 38th CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia are.




Album of the Year:

Defying Gravity – Keith Urban, produced by Dann Huff (USA) & Keith Urban

Hell of A Ride – Adam Brand, produced by Richard Landis (USA)

I Love This Place – Troy Cassar-Daley, produced by Rod McCormack, Troy Cassar-Daley & Jeff McCormack

Life At A Million Miles – Jetty Road, produced by Julian Sammut & Mark Moffat

Tailwind – Harmony James, produced by Herm Kovac



Male Artist of the Year:

James Blundell – Good Wood

Adam Brand – Hell Of A Ride

Troy Cassar-Daley - I Love This Place

Paul Costa – Survivor 1932

Keith Urban – Kiss A Girl



Female Artist of the Year:

Harmony James – Precious Little

Tania Kernaghan – Second Time Around

Amber Lawrence – When It All Comes Down

Lianna Rose – Angels

Felicity Urquhart – Roller Coaster



Group or Duo of the Year:

Carter & Carter – Surviving Black Saturday

Davidson Brothers – A Showman’s Life

Jetty Road – Life at A Million Miles

The Bobkatz – The Long Haul

The Bushwackers – The Good Old Days



Vocal Collaboration of the Year:

Tangerine Sky – Australian Country Music Unites

Ain’t Gonna Change For You – Troy Cassar-Daley & The McClymonts

King Of The Road – Adam Harvey & John Williamson

Courageous – Melinda Schneider & Australian Girls Choir

You’ve Got A Friend – Songbirds (Gina Jeffreys, Beccy Cole & Sara Storer)



Bush Ballad of the Year:

Droving Cattle with the Boys – written by T Kernaghan/F Kernaghan, recorded by Tania Kernaghan

Old Black Quart – written by Coster/Coster/Quinn/Pritchard/Corbett, recorded by Tracy Coster

The Dust of Kalkadoon – written by Ian Quinn, recorded by Dean Perrett

The First Lady of Country – written by Graham Rodger/Deirdre Willmington, recorded by Graham Rodger

The Road To Thargomindah – written by Colin Buchanan, recorded by the Bushwackers



Heritage Song of the Year:

Chasin’ Rodeo – written and recorded by Troy Cassar-Daley

Surviving Black Saturday – written by David Carter/Merelyn Carter, recorded by Carter and Carter

Survivor 1932 – written by Costa/Costa/McCormack, recorded by Paul Costa

Tangerine Sky – written by Tamara Stewart, recorded by Australian Country Music Unites

When I Was A Boy – written and recorded by Greg Storer and Sara Storer



Fender Instrumental of the Year:

Flying Pig – The Bushwackers

Fox On The Freeway – Davidson Brothers

It’s Not Easy – Joe Robinson

Jolly Swagman – Tommy Emmanuel

Waiting At The Station – Lawrie Minson



Maton New Talent of the Year:

Victoria Baillie – Make Me

Liam Brew – Girls With Girlfriends

Jayne Denham – Shake This Town

Ronni Rae Rivers – Running On Fumes

Lianna Rose – Jack



APRA Song of the Year:

Big Big Love – written and recorded by Troy Cassar-Daley

Girl In The Mall – written by Felicity Urquhart/Mark Seymour, recorded by Felicity Urquhart

Survivor 1932 – written by Costa/Costa/McCormack, recorded by Paul Costa

When It All Comes Down – written and recorded by Amber Lawrence

Why’s It Feel So Long – written and recorded by Keith Urban



Video Clip of the Year:

Big Big Love – Troy Cassar Daley, directed by Ross Wood

Don’t Do Lonely Well – Amber Lawrence, directed by Glenn Wilson

I Want My Tractor Back – Lianna Rose, directed by Ross Wood

Kick It Up – The McClymonts, directed by Myles Conti

When I Was A Boy – Greg Storer & Sara Storer, directed by Duncan Toombs



Single of the Year:

Big Big Love – Troy Cassar-Daley

Kiss A Girl – Keith Urban

Million Miles – Jetty Road

Ready For Love – Adam Brand

Shotgun – The McClymonts