All the winners and grinners from the 2019 Queensland Music Awards
Women were at the fore on the winner’s podium at the Queensland Music Awards last night.
They were held for the seventh time, at the Royal International Convention Centre at Brisbane Showgrounds.
Hosted by The Grates’ Patience Hodgson and comedian Mel Buttle, the night featured live sets from Amy Shark & DZ Deathrays, Resin Dogs, Clea, Bobby Alu, Emma Beau and 17-year old Tokyo Twilight.
Critically acclaimed storytellers Clea and Emily Wurramara won two accolades each.
Brisbane-based ethereal-voiced Clea’s anthem for the #metoo movement, ‘Dreaming’, took out song of the year as well as the pop category.
She will receive a plaque in Brisbane’s Valley Walk of Fame to honour the achievement as well as a $20,000 from Nova 106.5 and The Music.
Wurramara, originally from Groote Eylandt and sings in English and Anindilyakwa, had wins for the indigenous category for ‘Lady Blue’ and the blues & roots section for ‘Tap Sticks’.
Making QMA history, Tia Gostelow became the youngest ever winner of the Album of The Year award for her debut record Thick Skin.
Other winners on the night were:
Export Achievement: Confidence Man
Singer-Songwriter: Amy Shark
Rock: The Jungle Giants, Used To Be In Love
Electronic/Dance: The Kite String Tangle
Hip Hop/Rap: Resin Dogs
Heavy: Dead Letter Circus
Soul/ Funk/ R&B: Mark Perio
Video: Buttah, ‘Ghost In The Machine’
Regional: Sahara Beck
World Folk: Asha Jeffries
Country: Emma Beau
Jazz: The Biology Of Plants
Schools: Tokyo Twilight
The People’s Choice went to:
Metro Venue: The Triffid, Brisbane
Festival of the Year: The Big Pineapple Music Awards, Sunshine Coast
Regional Venue: NightQuarter, Gold Coast
The Grant McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Henry ‘Gibson Seaman’ Dan, the Torres Strait Islander singer-songwriter and pearl diver, who turns 90 in August.
The Billy Thorpe Scholarship went to Brisbane dream-pop outfit Pool Shop.