Judges of the $30,000 Australian Music prize explain why the top nine albums are such knockouts
The shortlist for Australia’s most prestigious music honour, the Australian Music prize, is announced today: nine Australian records from 2018, whittled from a longlist of 85. The prize champions the art of the album format with past winners including Sampa the Great, AB Original, Courtney Barnett, the Drones and Eddy Current Suppression Ring.
This year’s shortlisted albums are a snapshot of how vast the talent is in Australian music, including works by Laura Jean, Sam Anning, Gurrumul, Courtney Barnett and the Presets. Readers of production credits may note links, too, between three of this year’s shortlisted albums: Jean sings on Grand Salvo’s record while Erkki Veltheim, who arranged the strings on Gurrumul’s album Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) alongside Skinnyfish Music’s Michael Hohnen, plays violin and viola.
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