The cream of Western Australia's music crop has been skimmed off the top in this year's WAM Song Of The Year Awards.
Taking out the coveted Grand Prize for 2018-19 was Albany-born artist Carla Geneve with her song 'Greg’s Discount Chemist', topping off what's already been a massive year for one of the sate's most promising rising acts.
Though the big winner on the night was Flewnt (Josh Eggington and Vanessa Hopes), picking up three awards including Grand Prize Runner-up for their song 'Kya Kyana' plus the Outstanding Indigenous and Urban/Hip Hop awards.
The Grand Prize Second Runner-up was awarded to Riley Pearce for his track 'Elephants'. The full list of winners only reinforces the strength and diversity of songwriting talent that abounds in Western Australia.
"WAM’s Song of the Year just seems to get stronger each year with the quality and number of entries in 2019 blowing all our minds," WAM CEO Mike Harris says.
"I don’t judge the songs and for that I am grateful as picking winners from this field would have been very tough. Grand Prize winner Carla Geneve is an incredible talent with an enviable future in music.
"Congratulations to Carla and all the other winners, finalists and all the entrants not just for winning Song of the Year (though that is important) but for being leaders in WA’s unique music scene."
Other winners on the night include Ava Sharp, Brayden Sibbald, Elderflower, Electrocity Ensemble, Feels, Nick Abbey, Pat Chow, Stephen de Filippo, Tara Tiba, The Eastern Line, The Hunting Birds, Tom Fisher and The Layabouts and Trolley Boy.
