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  Music of Australia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The earliest music of Australia was the folk music of the Australian Aborigines.
The first important composer of classical music in Australia is Alfred Hill, who was trained in Leipzig (Germany) but even studied the music of the native people of Australia and New Zealand, e.g.
This strain of Australian country music, with lyrics focusing on strictly Australian subjects, is generally known as "bush music" or "bush band music." The most successful Australian bush band is Melbourne's Bushwackers, active since the early 1970s.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Australian_music   (2010 words)

  
 ARIA Music Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA).
Winning or even being nominated for an ARIA award results in a lot of media attention on an artist, and usually increases recording sales several-fold (for example, in 2005, after Ben Lee won three ARIA awards his album Awake Is the New Sleep jumped from #31 to #5 in the ARIA Charts, its highest-yet position).
The Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement awards are awarded at the discretion of the ARIA Board.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ARIA_Music_Awards   (960 words)

  
 Awards :: Music
An award is something given to a person or group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field.
Awards are often signified by trophies, certificates, plaques, medals, badges, pins or ribbons.
One common type of award in the United States is the employee of the month award, in which typically the recipients' names are listed in a prominent place in the business for that month.
arts.gourt.com /Music/Awards.html   (889 words)

  
 ARIA Awards
The ARIA Awards recognise excellence and innovation in all genres of Australian music.
On the 2nd March 1987, the very first ARIA Awards took place at Sydney's Sheraton Wentworth Hotel in front of 500 industry guests.
Nineteen years later, the ARIAs are now held in front of 2,500 industry guests, 5,000 members of the general public, and are watched by almost 2 million people via Network Ten's broadcast.
www.aria.com.au /pages/aria-awards.htm   (152 words)

  
 ARIA Awards 2006 : News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
ARIA Awards Committee Chairman and President and CEO, Warner Music Australia, Ed St John said "Midnight Oil is one of the greatest rock & roll bands this country has ever produced.
They brought a new sense of political and social immediacy to pop music with incendiary hits like Beds Are Burning and Blue Sky Mine, which brought global attention to the plight of, respectively, Aboriginal settlers and impoverished workers.
As a musical unit they railed against injustice, apathy, inequality and the lurking evil forces of cynicism and conservatism with sound, fury and righteous indignation.
www.ariaawards.com.au /news.php   (758 words)

  
 Guitar Musician News :: Music Industry News :: Stars named for ARIA Hall of Fame
The award is designed to honour performers, producers and songwriters who have had an impact on Australia's music industry.
It will be separate from the annual ARIA Music Awards, which have included their own Hall of Fame since they began in 1988.
ARIA chairman Denis Handlin said he had wanted to see a stand-alone event recognising legendary Australian artists for a long time.
www.guitarmusician.com /blog/index.php?id=233   (462 words)

  
 'Dicko' to boycott music awards - Music - www.theage.com.au
A row over Australian Idol contestants not being nominated for sections of this year's ARIA music awards took a new turn yesterday when it was revealed that Idol judge Ian "Dicko" Dickson had not exercised his right to nominate any one for the awards.
Dickson said he would boycott the awards as a protest, and in a letter to a Sydney newspaper accused the music industry of "rewriting history".
Of the ARIA voting process, Dickson said: "You'll vote for the buzz band that everybody is talking about, despite the fact that you couldn't hum one of their songs if your life depended on it."
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/09/22/1095651395367.html   (461 words)

  
 APRA Music Awards - Nominations
With music that is at once unadorned and arresting, Missy has an undeniable knack for writing piercingly sincere songs.
Missy was nominated for 4 ARIA Awards Single Of The Year for Scar Best Female Artist for Scar, Breakthrough Artist - Single for Scar, Best Video for Scar and on the night took home the ARIA for Best Pop Release.
In Australia, The Sound of White has sold 9 x Platinum and at last year's APRA Awards she received the Breakthrough Songwriter Award and Song of the Year for "Scar".
www.apra.com.au /awards/music/Nom06_AustWork.asp   (801 words)

  
 Arts Music Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Backstage at The California Music Awards - Sidewalks Entertainment Television's annual coverage of the once-named Bammies with on-line interviews, pictures, and a list of nominees and winners.
Country Music Awards - Includes organization, history, and press releases from the Country Music Association.
Ivor Novello Awards - Awards for British songwriters and composers, presented annually by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.
www.qmme.com /find/Arts/Music/Awards   (533 words)

  
 Country Music Association of Australia: Home
ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) is proud to announce the ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame - an inaugural event which will see the Australian music community pay tribute to those artists who have contributed to this country’s music landscape.
While ARIA intends to keep a component of the Hall of Fame for the Music Awards, the ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame will be an annual stand-alone event to honour the legendary performers, producers, songwriters and others who have had an impact on music culture in Australia.
Returning to the music industry in 1970, he realised his career had to be more of a platform to help others and since then has worked tirelessly for better conditions for Veterans of all wars – including helping to organise "Vietnam Veteran's Welcome Home" and "Vietnam Veteran's National Memorial".
www.country.com.au /index.cfm?page_id=1001&display_news_id_1463=1256   (1495 words)

  
 Kylie sweeps Australian Music Awards (ARIA 2002) @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
SYDNEY, Australia (ARIA Awards) - It was Kylie Minogue's night at the 2002 Australian Record Industry Association Awards as she collected four prizes, called Arias, out of a possible six nominations.
In a week of bad news, the 16th Annual Aria Awards were emotionally dedicated to "the Australian Spirit".
Australian icon Olivia Newton-John was deservedly inducted into the Aria Hall of Fame, her sentiments echoing the feelings of most Australians in this unsettling week.
top40-charts.com /news.php?nid=3831   (684 words)

  
 ARIA Awards - Music - Entertainment - smh.com.au
At Australian music's night of nights, the lady in red, singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, stole the show cleaning up with five awards.
Check out some of the characters in the second annual Progressive Surf Group's Scare 'N' Tear Surf Contest in Manhattan Beach, California, where contestants are judged  for their costume and surfing ability.
Old school glamour for the girls and understated rock for the boys has highlighted the red carpet at the 2006 Aria Awards.
www.smh.com.au /photogallery/2005/10/23/1130005998323.html?page=2   (160 words)

  
 eHeadline News: Awards Center
Eleventh Annual RandB Foundation Pioneer Awards - Soul Patrol's coverage of The Rhythm and Blues Foundation Annual Pioneer Awards The purpose of the RandB Foundation Awards is to honor the great Rhythm and Blues artists of the past.
Infoplease.com: Music Awards - Easy to use (but ad heavy) listing of year by year award winners of several different music awards.
Native American Music Awards - Second Annual Native American Music Awards were on 11/6/99 in Albuquerque, NM Online Music Awards from Artist Direct - These music awards come from online voting.
members.tripod.com /eheadlines/Categories/Music/awards.htm   (858 words)

  
 Trexle - Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
2000 Ivor Novello Awards - Awards for British songwriters and composers, presented annually by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.
Latin Grammy Awards - Awards presented by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Annual Lashkara Punjabi Music Awards - The nominees and winners of the first music awards for Punjabi music, at the official site.
www.trexle.com /Directory/Top/Arts/Music/Awards   (613 words)

  
 ARIA Awards 2006 : Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Win two Silver tickets courtesy of Motorola to the 20th Annual ARIA Awards and stay up-to-date with all the ARIAs news.
The 20th ARIA Awards are just around the corner.
Of course, a strange shadow was cast over all aspects of Australian life throughout September 2006 as the nation grappled with the deaths, within a matter of days, of two cultural icons: Brocky and the Croc Hunter.
www.ariaawards.com.au   (268 words)

  
 Wolfmother: ARIA Music Awards Winners | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
Wolfmother landed three top gongs at the ARIA Music Awards in Australia last night (October 29), reports GIGWise.
The ARIAs (Australian Recording Industry Aassociation awards) is widely perceived as the most important music ceremony down under.
i love their music but stockdale is arrogant and was obviously drugged up on the nite...he sung outa tune and stuffed up a few notes on guitar.
www.ultimate-guitar.com /news/general_music_news/wolfmother_aria_music_awards_winners.html   (656 words)

  
 Music Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Awards for British songwriters and composers, presented annually by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.
Annual awards event taking place in New York City for excellence in jazz music and journalism.
Information on the New Zealand Music Awards including the artists, the competition and the winners.
www.sports-finder.com /Top/Arts/Music/Awards   (420 words)

  
 Arts Music Awards - Yallaa! Search
Awards, music, applause and UNCDurham Herald Sun, NC - Oct 1, 2006...
Music in the School of Music and Theatre Arts offers a range of awards to music...
Awards for incoming students intending to major in music vary up to $1,200.
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 Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The nominees and winners of 27th Annual American Music Awards, at the official site.
Listing of year by year award winners of several different music awards.
a celebratory awards ceremony is held annually at blues on grand in des moines - which houses the iowa blues hall of fame.
music.jdmag.net /dir/Awards/index-2-3-0-0-0-.html   (428 words)

  
 MusicDish Industry e-Journal
I had the privilege of attending the 17th Annual ARIA Music Awards which were held at the Sydney Superdome on October 21.
Featuring a who's who of people involved in the Australian music industry, musicians, managers, record company employees, the media, and the general public witnessed a night where there were plenty of tears but also plenty to smile about for some of the country's emerging talent.
John Farnham, the man who dominated the very first ARIA Awards back in 1987, was inducted into the Hall of Fame and put in a sensational performance of his multi-platinum hit of that year 'You're The Voice'.
www.musicdish.com /mag/?id=8891   (1974 words)

  
 Music of Australia - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Austrailia has also been home to notable classical composers as well as artists working in popular music genres such as rock, jazz, country, Gospel music and electronic music.
Perhaps most influential of the underground scenes, however, was Australian pub rock, which began in Adelaide in the early 1970s with bands like Cold Chisel and Midnight Oil.
There is also a small, but vibrant underground hardcore punk and straight edge music scene with bands such as Embodiment 12:14, I Killed The Prom Queen and Parkway Drive as well as an emerging electro pop-rock movement started with Sydney-based band Sam Joole Band.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Music_of_Australia   (1997 words)

  
 MUSIC AWARDS__I Write The Music.com
Awards for British songwriters and composers, presented annually by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters
Awards presented by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
New Zealand Music Awards including the artists, the competition and the winners
iwritethemusic.com /awards.html   (121 words)

  
 ABC music wins at ARIA awards
Midnight Oil is celebrated as one of Australia's most dynamic live bands and has a worldwide legion of diehard fans - their music, the energy of their live performances, their remarkable originality and strong political stance are unique.
ABC Music is a leading producer of Australian contemporary music and ABC Classics is Australia's premier classical recording label.
The ARIAS are Australia's most prestigious music awards recognising and promoting excellence in recorded Australian music, artists and musicians and also acknowledging the contribution of filmmakers, producers and engineers.
www.abc.net.au /corp/pubs/media/s1224640.htm   (382 words)

  
 APRA Music Awards - 2004 APRA MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES
Shortly after her record ten nominations were announced for the 17th Annual ARIA Awards where she ultimately won seven of the eight categories she was nominated in along with the public voted Video Hits Award for Best Video and Channel [V] Oz Music Artist Of The Year, taking home nine honours in total.
This is in addition to the prestigious APRA songwriting awards, winning Song of the Year twice, for My Happiness (2001) and Passenger (2000).
In 2003, Powderfinger released the ARIA Award winning Vulture Street (voted Record of the Year), the follow-up to their multi-platinum album Odyssey Number Five.
www.apra.com.au /awards/music/Nom04_australian_work.asp   (1129 words)

  
 Music Awards
World Music Awards - honoring the world's best-selling recording artists of the year.
British Jazz Awards - annual honor awarded to the most prestigious performers as perceived by the public, media, industry, and fellow musicians
Rhythm and Blues Foundation - fosters wider recognition, financial support, and historic and cultural preservation of rhythm and blues music through various grants and programs in support of artists of the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
www.partyguideonline.com /cultures/music/awards.html   (629 words)

  
 10/12/1999: 13th ARIA Music Awards
The popular five-piece band Powderfinger scooped the ARIA music awards last night, taking out four awards for its third, politically tinged album, Internationalist.
The Brisbane band won the coveted double of Album of the Year and Record of the Year for the single The Day You Come, which criticises the One Nation party and features the line, "Vision is rejected, the people's choice is tested, so ignorance has won".
While silverchair missed out on the major awards, the Newcastle three-piece received the punter-voted Channel V Australian Artist of the Year and producer Nick Launay was judged Engineer of the Year for his work on the band's album Neon Ballroom and Primary's This Is Sound.
www.mrcranky.com /movies/drivemecrazy/91.html   (619 words)

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