WAM Song of the Year 2008: The Winners!
Monday, 13 October 2008
Over 400 songwriters from throughout Western Australia submitted submitted 1640 songs for WA's premiere songwriting competition - WAM Song of the Year! Congratulations to the 85 nominees & 19 award winners.
THE CATEGORY NOMINEES AND WINNERS ARE...
Blues & Roots
24 Empty Bar Stools by Kevin Smith (Kevin Smith & the Seven Story Jumpers)
Howl And Moan by Abbe May <<<
Hungry And Down by Brendon Humphries (The Kill Devil Hills)
Iron Horse by Simon London
Leavin' The Country by Bianca Jade
Café
Beekeeper by Michael Francas
Everything In It's Rightful Place by Ryan Webb
Head As A Heart by Cassie Swinney
Love Me Like Water by Sian Brown
Revien by Cloud Kollektiv <<<
Country
Abigail by The Ghost Hotel
Lonely Hall by Fred Ryan
Love Machine by Justin Walshe
Place Where I Belong by Phyllis Bennell <<<
We'll Take A Trip Up The Country by Abbe May
Electronic - Dance
Realizing by Cloud Kollektiv <<<
Run To Me by Leigh Perry
Symbiotixx by Tanaya Ti'en (Tantrixx)
Wow by Rochelle O'Reilly
You're Coming Home by Leanne Cole (Brash & Sassy)
Gospel
Don't Need My Heart by Matthew Waldron
Here I Am by Desiray Walley
Hold On by Erika McKay
Light by Lindsay Hamminga <<<
The Time Is Now by Mike Lang
Heavy Rock
Avalon by R Felton, S Mitchell, D Anderton, M Kruit & C Mitchell (Chaos Divine)
Cages by R Felton, S Mitchell, D Anderton, M Kruit & C Mitchell (Chaos Divine)
Hill Of Grace by M Donaldson, I Lenton, J Martin, C McElhinney & J Worts (Eleventh He Reaches London)
Refuse The Sickness by R Felton, S Mitchell, D Anderton, M Kruit & C Mitchell (Chaos Divine) <<<
You're Not Invincible by Hail Mary
Indigenous
Gundulla - We Dance by D Stokes, B Stokes, J Masters & R Martinez (The Yabu Band) <<<
Kaya - Charmaine Bennell (Warangka Band)
Noongar Music by Delson Stokes & Boyd Stokes (The Yabu Band)
Place Where I Belong by Phyllis Bennell
Sittin By The Fire by Charmaine Bennell
Jazz
Intuition by Adam B Harris
Jelly Belly by Mace Francis
Meditative Rose by Johannes Luebbers
Rebrahmanization by Vanessa Perica
Til Death Does Me Part by Johannes Luebbers <<<
Mixed Bag
Eternity by Johannes Luebbers
Honey For My Splinter by Hugh Veldon (King Wasabi)
Salmon Mousse by Hugh Veldon (King Wasabi)
The Land by Abraham Dunovits (Funkalleros) <<<
The Power To Be Free by E Birchall, T Delany & T Ransom (Cumulo)
Pop
Feel by Roly Skender and The Tonics <<<
Hey Muscles by Claire Hollingsworth
Murky Water by A Arpino, R Loasby, B Maloney, A Gordon & H Feghaly (The Autumn Isles)
Shout! by The Preytells
Treasures by Felicity Groom
Regional
I Fall by The Smerkins
Kaya by Charmaine Bennell (Warangka Band) <<<
Lost Romance by John Read Band
Something Greener by Ashleigh Rodier
Winter Wind by Xave Brown
Rock
Cazza Sizza Death-Ray Blues by Capital City
Feel by Roly Skender and The Tonics
Howl And Moan by Abbe May <<<
Never Alone by Bobby Burgess (Long Gone Midnight)
The Father by Simon London
School - Primary
Falling by Sam Clayden
Friends by Ashleigh Carr-White
Run Away by Emily Gelineau
Shadows by Josephine Langford <<<
Sounds Of The Night by Darcie Nichols
School - Secondary Lower
Everything To Me by Matt Larsen
Harry by Chris Travaglini
Mr Richards by Scarlett Stevens & Georgia Wilkinson Derums (The Flairz)
Run by Essie Laugharne
Smile by Mike Nutt <<<
School - Secondary Upper
Be My Enemy by Melissa Pitch
Fingertips (Out Of Reach) by The South Freo Workshop
The Pony And The Ark by Lyndon Blue <<<
The Used by Jessamy Baker
We Are Not Your Neighbours by Lyndon Blue
Urban
Behind The Curtain by Emcee Able <<<
Frontline by Matthew Curran (Dialekt)
Give Up Money For Music by Robert Sazdov (BSYDE)
One For The Road by Scott Kent (Wolverine)
Remember My Name by Sunny Roy (Roy-Al)
World & Folk
If I Was MacGyver by Matthew Keep (Merle Fyshwick)
Kaya by Charmaine Bennell (Warangka Band) <<<
Memories Aren't Hard To Find by Glen Rose
Mon Arive by Grace Barbe & James Searle
Writing On The Wall by Natasha Bouchard
Grand Prize
As judged by the competition judging panel from all category winners.
Feel by Roly Skender and The Tonics
Most Popular Song
As judged by Sunday Times and PerthNOW Entertainment Staff from all nominees.
Give Up Money For Music by B-Syde
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