AKASA
2000 Contemporary Acapella Awards USA
Best World Folk Song “Walk With Me”
Best Album “Akasa”

FIONA BOYES
2004 Australian Blues Music Awards Female Artist of The Year

2003 International Blues Challenge Memphis TN USA
Solo / Acoustic WINNER

2003 Victorian Blues Awards
Female Artist Of The Year
Song Of The Year “Aint No Jelly Roll In Heaven”
Album Of The Year “Sweet Jelly Roll”

2001 Victorian Blues Awards
Song Of The Year “She Could Play That Thing”
Female Artist Of The Year - Fiona Boyes

BRIAN FRASER TRIO
2006 Australian Blues Music Awards
'Best Group Or Duo'

NICK CHARLES
2006 Victorian/Tasmanian Blues Awards (VicTas)
Male Artist Of The Year
Solo/Duo Act Of The Year

Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society Performer Of The Year 2006

COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY
2005 Ian Collard finalist for ‘Male Vocalist of the Year’ at the Australian Blues Music Awards

2005 ‘Silver Bird’ winner of ‘Best Self-produced CD’ award at the International Blues Challenge

2005 Collard Greens and Gravy finalist for ‘Best Duo or Group of the Year’
at the Australian Blues Music Awards

2004 Silver Bird voted ‘Album of the Year’ by Lee Howard of the Sunday Herald Sun

2001 Australian Blues Music Awards
Ian Collard - Male Performer of the Year
“More Gravy” - Album of the Year
Collard Greens and Gravy- Band of the Year

2001 IBC - International Blues Challenge
Memphis Tennessee, USA - Runners Up

2001 Victorian/Tasmanian Blues Awards (VicTas)
Band-Duo Of The Year

2001 Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) AWARDS - Best Blues & Roots Album

2000 Australian Blues Music Awards
“You Got My Mind Messed Up” - Song Of The Year
Collard Greens & Gravy - Band/Duo Of The Year

2000 MBAS Blues Performer of the Year

1999 Victorian/Tasmanian Blues Awards (VicTas)
Ian Collard Male Performer Of The Year
Collard Greens & Gravy - Band/Duo Of The Year
Album Of The Year
Ausmusic Emerging Talent Award

1999 “Collard Greens & Gravy” Best Album
Sunday Herald Sun, Lee Howard

MATT CORCORAN
1998 Australian Blues Music Awards
New Male Talent Award

ANDY COWAN
2002 International Blues Challenge, Memphis Tennessee USA Runner-Up

2001 Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA
Finalist Nomination Best Blues & Roots Album “10.30 Thursdays”

2001 Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society
Blues Performer Of The Year

THE DETONATORS
2005 ‘Bombshell’ nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ at the Australian Blues Music Awards

2005 James ‘Rockbottom’ Maloney winner of the ‘Golden Harmonica Competition’
at the Tamworth Country Music Festival

2001 Tamworth Country Music Awards
Best Live Band

1999 Australian Blues Music Awards
Best New Act

JOHN DURR (A&R Manager of Black Market Music)
2007 Alan Stafford Service Award (MBAS)

Australian Blues Music Awards
Producer Of The Year in 2000, 2001 and 2002

MATT DWYER
2007 VIC/TAS Blues Awards
Album of the Year
Solo/Duo Artist of the Year



TIFFANY ECKHARDT
1998 National Songwriting Competion Australian Songwriter’s Association
Rudy Bransma Award

MARIA FORDE
1996 Australian Songwriters Association
Best Folk Song “Follow The Call”

1995 Dun Laoghaire, Ireland Songwriter’s Contest
Best New Song “Faces In The Photograph”

1995 Glinsk Songwriter’s Contest
Best Song Runner Up “Faces In The Photograph”

1995 Keadue, Irish Songwriters Award
Best Song “Faces In The Photograph”

1995 Tamworth Songwriters Contest
Best Song “Faces In The Photgraph”

1995 Australian Songwriter’s Association “
Best Folk Song”May God Bless You”

BRIAN FRASER
2004 Melbourne Blues Performer of the Year Runner-up

2003 The Victorian Blues Awards
Male Performer Of The Year

2000 Australian Blues Music Awards
Album Of The Year “Don’t Ask Me”

ASH GRUNWALD
2003 Australian Blues Awards
Male Vocalist Of The Year
Best New Talent

2003 Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society
Blues Performer Of The Year

2002 Victorian Blues Awards
Emerging Talent
Album Of The Year “Introducing”

JIMI HOCKING
2005 Winner of the International Blues Challenge, solo/duo division

2003 Victorian Blues Awards
Male Performer Of The Year (tie with Brian Fraser)

INKA MARKA
2000 Finalist Nomination Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
Best World Music Album “Auki Auki”

ANDREA MARR
2002 Female Blues Artist of the Year
Victorian/Tasmanian Blues Awards (VicTas)

2005 Blues Performer of the Year
Victorian/Tasmanian Blues Awards (VicTas)

KAVISHA MAZZELLA
2003 Finalist Nomination Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
Best World Music Album “Silver Hook”

1998 Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
Best Traditional / World Music Album “Fisherman’s Daughter”

ANNI PIPER
2005 ‘Come In My Kitchen’ winner of ‘Best New Talent’
at the Australian Blues Music Awards

2005 ‘Come In My Kitchen’ winner finalist for ‘Female Vocalist of the Year’
at the Australian Blues Music Awards

2004 ‘Come In My Kitchen’ winner of ABC Wollongong’s ‘Fresh Air’ Competition

JAN PRESTON
2003 Sydney Blues Society Blues Performer Of The Year

PJ O’BRIEN
2006 Sydney Blues Society Representative at International Blues Challenge, Memphis

2006 Australian Blues Music Awards
Best New Talent
Song Of The Year - ‘Beauty Queen’

2005 Sydney Blues Society Blues Performer Of The Year

RICHARD STEELE TRIO
2005 ‘Slide Train’ nominated for ‘Best New Talent’ at the Australian Blues Music Awards

LLOYD SPIEGEL
2006 Ambassador for the Australian Blues Music Festival, Goulburn

2005 Endorsements with Cole Clark Guitars and JVB Strings

2005 Australian Blues Music Awards: 'Band/Duo Of The Year'

2005 Ambassador for the Australian Blues Music Festival, Goulburn

2005 Ambassador for the 'Youth in Blues' project,
organised by the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society

2004 Victorian Blues Awards
Artist Of The Year (Band/Duo/Solo)
Song Of The Year - ‘Dyin' Slow’
Male Artist Of The Year

2000 Featured in the 'Blues In The Schools' program in the USA,
a nation-wide initiative developed to educate students about Blues music

SALTY DOG
2004 VIC/TAS Blues Awards
Female Artist Of The Year - Marion Turner

2002 Australian Blues Music Awards
Band Of The Year

2000 Victorian Blues Awards
Female Artist Of The Year - Marion Turner
Male Artist Of The Year - Steve Plater
Group / Duo Of The Year

1999 VIC/TAS Blues Awards
Female Artist Of The Year - Marion Turner

DAVE STEEL
2002 Finalist Nomination Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
Best Blues & Roots Album “Home Is A Hard Thing To Find”

DUTCH TILDERS
2006 Australian Blues Music Awards
Album Of The Year - 'Mine and Some I Adopted'
Male Vocalist of the Year - 'Smoking Women'

2005 Official patron of the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society

2005 Victorian/Tasmanian Blues Music Awards
The Allan Stafford Award for Services to the Blues

2001 Victorian/Tasmanian Blues Music Awards
'Song of the Year' - Imagination Blues

1999 Victorian/Tasmanian Blues Music Awards
'Artist of the Year'

1998 Inducted into the Australian Blues Music Awards Hall of Fame

1997 CFA (Country Fire Authority) Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement

1997 Australian Blues Music Heritage Award

1994 Australian Blues Music Awards
“Male Artist of the Year”

1993 Australian Blues Artist Critics' Award

1993 Blues On Air Australian Blues Performer Award

1992 Australian Blues Artist Critics' Award

1991 Blues On Air Australian Blues Performer Award

1990 Blues On Air Australian Blues Recording Award with The Blues is My Life


MOJO WEBB
2007 Australian Blues Music Awards
Best New Talent