Aria awards 2018: Amy Shark, Gurrumul and Kasey Chambers win big in moving ceremony

Shark paid tribute to women in music while Jimmy Barnes used his time backstage to draw attention to Australia’s domestic violence crisis

Amy Shark and Gurrumul were among the big winners of this year’s Aria awards, at a star-studded ceremony held at the Star casino in Sydney, which featured live performances from UK pop star Rita Ora, and Australia’s 5 Seconds of Summer, Courtney Barnett and Shark herself.

Nominated for nine awards in total, Shark took home three of the biggest, winning album of the year, best female artist and best pop release for her #1 album, Love Monster. Her single I Said Hi picked up the Aria for producer of the year at an earlier event.

Continue reading...

from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2P76lXQ
via
0 Comments