2025 Golden Guitar Award Nominations Revealed
The nominations for the 2025 Golden Guitar Awards are in!
Australian legend Kasey Chambers has scored a whopping 13 nominations, including Album of the Year with her 2024-released 13th album, Backbone, as well as Single of the Year (“The Divorce Song” with Shane Nicholson) and Female Artist of the Year.
The 2025 Awards will go ahead on Saturday, Jaunary 25, at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre.
Check out all of the nominees below.
TOYOTA ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Australian Made – The Wolfe Brothers
Backbone – Kasey Chambers
Bush Troubadour – Dean Perrett
Choking on Fuel – Imogen Clark
Country Soul – Hayley Jensen
Cowboy Up – Kaylee Bell
Crucifix and Spinifex – Kevin Bennett & The Flood
Endemic Intelligence in Multiple Dimensions – Brad Cox
Enemy Of My Enemy – The Pleasures
Forest House – Jenny Mitchell
Here’s To You – Tom Curtain
How Many Songs – John Williamson
Road To Riverleigh – Brendon Walmsley
Start All Over Again – Brendan Radford
Worth Your Love – Sara Storer
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Amen For the Weekend – Lane Pittman
Good For Me – James Johnston
Hold My Horses – Max Jackson
How Many One More Times – The Wolfe Brothers with Zac & George
The Divorce Song – Kasey Chambers featuring Shane Nicholson
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Andrew Swift
Brad Cox
James Johnston
Travis Collins
Wade Forster
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kasey Chambers
Kaylee Bell
Max Jackson
Sara Berki
Sara Storer
ALT/AMERICANA COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Backbone – Kasey Chambers
Choking on Fuel – Imogen Clark
Crucifix and Spinifex – Kevin Bennett & The Flood
Enemy Of My Enemy – The Pleasures
Forest House – Jenny Mitchell
CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Endemic Intelligence in Multiple Dimensions – Brad Cox
Country Soul – Hayley Jensen
Cowboy Up – Kaylee Bell
Worth Your Love – Sara Storer
Australian Made – The Wolfe Brothers
TRADITIONAL COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Bush Troubadour – Dean Perrett
Here’s To You – Tom Curtain
How Many Songs – John Williamson
Road To Riverleigh – Brendon Walmsley
Start All Over Again – Brendan Radford
COUNTRY MUSIC CAPITAL NEWS GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham
Homegrown Trio
Kevin Bennett & The Flood
The Pleasures
The Wolfe Brothers
VOCAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Wade Forster & Max Jackson – Denim
The Wolfe Brothers with Zac & George – How Many One More Times
Warren H Williams, Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Ntaria
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – The Divorce Song
Brad Cox & Randy Houser – The High Cost of Living
BUSH BALLAD OF THE YEAR
At The Rodeo – Pete Denahy
Don’t Let the Old Man In, Mate – John Williamson
Modern Day Troubadour – Brendan Radford
Slim’s Guitar – Dean Perrett
Wild Roan Brumby – William Alexander
HERITAGE SONG OF THE YEAR
175 – Written by Sara Storer & Matt Fell – Recorded by Sara Storer
Australian Made – Written by Nicholas Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe & Graeme Connors – Recorded by The Wolfe Brothers
Ntaria – Written by Warren H Williams – Recorded by Warren H Williams feat. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
Take That Buckle Home – Written by Wade Forster & Allan Caswell – Recorded by Wade Forster
The Last Time I Saw Slim – Written & recorded by Pete Denahy
INSTRUMENTAL OF THE YEAR
Chasing the Demons – Michael Fix
Lyrebird – Wicker Suite
Rush Hour – Lindsay Waddington
Slab Hut Gully – Terry Bennetts, Pete Denahy, Ian Simpson, Mark Donohoe & John Bennetts
Snakes Reach – The High Street Drifters
BLUEGRASS RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Born To Roam – Sons Of Atticus
I Love Lovin’ You – Michael Carpenter & The Banks Brothers
Night At the County Fair – Wicker Suite
They Don’t Flick the Finger In the Outback Anymore – Brendan Radford
Words for Leaving – The High Street Drifters
NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR
Felicity Dowd
Felicity Kircher
Sara Berki
Tyla Rodrigues
Wade Forster
SONG OF THE YEAR
A Country Heart Can – Max Jackson
Australian Made – The Wolfe Brothers
Back In the Day – James Johnston
Cowboy Up – Kaylee Bell
The Divorce Song – Kasey Chambers feat. Shane Nicholson
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
A Country Heart Can – Max Jackson – Directed by Jeremy Minett
Australian Made – The Wolfe Brothers – Directed by Jeremy Minett
I Oughta Know Better – James Johnston – Directed by Jay Seeney
Look at me Now – Fanny Lumsden – Directed by Fanny Lumsden & Dan Stanley Freeman
The Divorce Song – Kasey Chambers featuring Shane Nicholson – Directed by Gabe Coggan, Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
Link to the source article – https://themusicnetwork.com/golden-guitar-awards-nominations-2025/
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