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Fanny Lumsden wins five Golden Guitar Awards despite cancelled Tamworth Country Music Festival

Fanny Lumsden wins five Golden Guitar Awards despite cancelled Tamworth Country Music Festival
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Fanny Lumsden took home five Golden Guitar awards for her latest release, Fallow.
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Three months after winning an ARIA award for country album of the year, Australian country music artist Fanny Lumsden has taken home five Golden Guitar awards.
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Fanny Lumsden was the night's big winner, taking home five awards
The Roll of Renown Award went to The Bushwackers, who are celebrating 50 years together
The 49th Country Music Association of Australia awards were held in Tamworth on Saturday night despite the cancellation of the Tamworth Country Music Festival due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and restrictions.

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2021 Golden Guitar Awards reflect genre's pandemic boom, with female artists leading nominations - ABC Country

Music has always been the great connector. It's an antidote to the sense of alienation and loneliness many feel in society in general, and that in 2020 grew even deeper as we were asked to actively practise social distancing and isolation.
In a year like no other, country music — a genre whose roots derive from themes of home, landscape, hardship and resilience — has soared 15 per cent in streaming time, according to MRC Data/Nielsen Music, with almost all other styles of music losing streaming listenership.
Perhaps a collective craving for the regular ol' times explains why country music, replete with visions of land, relationships, heartache and courage, has thrived during our months-long, mandatory stay indoors.

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