A.B. ORIGINAL CLEAN UP AT SA MUSIC AWARDS
On Friday evening, the South Australian Music Awards were held at the prestigious Norwood Concert Hall in Adelaide. A.B. Original cleaned up at the ceremony taking out the “Best New Artist” and and “Best Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Artist” categories.
Trials was at the ceremony to accept the awards, attributing the early success of A.B. Original to the strength of their community.
2016 sam awards winners
best Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artist
A.B. Original
best new artist
A.B. Original
best release
Bad//Dreems – Dogs At Bay
best male artist
Jesse Davidson
best female artist
Mane
best group
Bad//Dreems
best song
Tkay Maidza – Ghost
best music video
Aaron Schuppan for God God Dammit Dammit’s Kazoo
best cover art
James Packer for Brokers Resettler
best manager
Craig Lock
best music venue
Grace Emily Hotel
best festival/music event
WOMAdelaide
best engineer
Tom Barnes
best studio
Mixmasters Studios
ryan freeman live music award
Kaurna Cronin
lifetime achievement award
Gary Burrows
best international collaboration
Tkay Maidza
most popular blues/roots artist
Ben Ford-Davies
most popular country artist
Max Savage
most popular electronic artist
Motez
most popular experimental/avant-garde artist
Sparkspitter
most popular folk/acoustic artist
Ben Ford-Davies
most popular heavy artist
Stabbitha And The Knifey Wifeys
most popular hip-hop artist
Koolta
most popular jazz artist
Adam Page & Ben Todd
most popular pop artist
Mane
most popular rock artist
Recreator
More detail can be found at themusic.com.au
Images © Helen Page Photography