Melody Feder wins the 11th Anniversary Emily Burrows Award
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Matt Swayne, Melody Feder and Gary Burrows
Rising country singer-songwriter Melody Feder has taken out the 11th Anniversary Emily Burrows award in a presentation held this week.
The $5,000 Award is sponsored by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and is awarded each year to recognise and further the professional development of emerging original music artists or bands in South Australia. Melody plans to record her next album with the money received from the Award.
Twenty three year old Melody has had a life-long love affair with country music. The daughter of a country singer, she appeared in musicals and her father’s concerts from an early age, and even performed with Kasey Chambers and the Dead Ringer Band at the age of 10. Melody currently performs in both a duo (Pretty Radio) and a band (Fully Loaded), and recently won the Adelaide heat of the Telstra Road to Discovery. More information about her can be found at melodyfeder.com.
Previous winners of the Emily Burrows Award have included The Touch (2010), Poetikool Justice (2009), The Fiddle Chicks (2008), Huckleberry Swedes (2007), Mere Theory (2006), Pharaohs (2005), Foreshore (2004), Special Patrol (2003), Hilltop Hoods (2002) and Gone to Earth (2001).
The Emily Burrows Award was instituted in 2001 in memory of Emily Burrows, a former APRA membership representative and compliance officer, who worked tirelessly to support and encourage South Australian songwriters and composers. The Award was established following her tragic, accidental death in 2000.
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