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Australia and New Zealand’s most acclaimed country music artists have been recognised tonight at the Toyota 53rd Golden Guitar Awards in Tamworth, NSW.

Country Music Census 2025

 

In 2019, the CMAA conducted landmark sector research which resulted in a comprehensive report, ‘The Economic and Cultural Value of Country Music in Australia 2018'.

 

That report was the first in 20 years focused specifically on country music.

 

We are delighted to report that the CMAA has been awarded significant funding to document the current state-of-play in our industry.


VALE CHAD MORGAN OAM – 11.2.1933 – 1.1.2025
By 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑀𝐴𝐴 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟, 𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛, Anna Rose 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎'𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟.

After a remarkable 72-year career in Australian country music, the legend that was Chad Morgan OAM has taken his final curtain call.


The Sheik of Scrubby Creek passed away peacefully at Gin Gin Hospital in the final hours of New Year’s Day, 2025.

Congratulations to all the nominees in the 2025 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards and good luck for the big night on Saturday 25th January 2025 at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre.

 **  Order your Golden Guitar Awards tickets HERE  **

 

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