The winners for this year’s South Australian Music Awards have been announced.
The awards ceremony took place last night (November 3) at UniBar Adelaide’s College Green, hosted by Three D Radio’s Isaac Selby.
In a first for the SAM Awards, producer/songwriter Motez and pop-punk duo Wing Defence tied for Best Release.
Both acts took home three awards each, including Best Video and People’s Choice Electronic Artist for the former, and Best Group and People’s Choice Punk Artist for the latter. Find the full list of award winners below.
Minister for Innovation and Skills Davis Pisoni congratulated the finalists and winners of the 2020 SAM Awards in an accompanying press statement.
“The SAM Awards are a wonderful opportunity to recognise and celebrate South Australia’s talented performers, songwriters and our local music industry which makes an enormous contribution to our economy and wellbeing,” he said.
The 2020 South Australian Music Award Winners are:
ADELAIDE UNESCO CITY OF MUSIC AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
FARHAN SHAH AND UDAN KHATOLA
MUSIC SA COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
CRAIG ARMSTRONG
INDUSTRY VOTED AWARDS
BEST STUDIO
GHOSTNOTE RECORDING STUDIOS
BEST STUDIO ENGINEER / PRODUCER
MARIO SPATE
BEST LIVE TECHNICIAN
LUKE HANCOCK
BEST MAJOR FESTIVAL / EVENT
ST. JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL – ADELAIDE
BEST SMALL FESTIVAL / EVENT
THE PORCH SESSIONS
BEST VENUE
LION ARTS FACTORY
BEST COVER ART
TODD FISCHER
LOST WOODS – ‘Shaping Distant Memories’
BEST MANAGER
MATTHEW KHABBAZ
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
MOTEZ, PILOT STUDIO, MAPPED DESIGN, DAGGERS PRODUCTION, KELSEE PEDLER
MOTEZ – ‘Soulitude’
BEST SONG
JESS DAY – ‘Affection’
BEST NEW ARTIST
SIBERIAN TIGER
SLOWMANGO
BEST GROUP
WING DEFENCE
BEST ABORIGINAL / TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ARTIST
JESSICA WISHART
BEST SOLO ARTIST
JESS DAY
BEST RELEASE
MOTEZ – ‘Soulitude’
WING DEFENCE – ‘Friends’
BEST MUSIC EDUCATOR
NICK O’CONNOR
BEST INNOVATION
PLAY / PAUSE / PLAY
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
PEOPLE’S CHOICE BLUES AND ROOTS ARTIST
OLLIE ENGLISH
PEOPLE’S CHOICE COUNTRY ARTIST
JESSICA WISHART
PEOPLE’S CHOICE ELECTRONIC ARTIST
MOTEZ
PEOPLE’S CHOICE EXPERIMENTAL ARTIST
SONS OF ZOKU
PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOLK ARTIST
NAOMI KEYTE
PEOPLE’S CHOICE HEAVY ARTIST
NO NO NO NO NO
PEOPLE’S CHOICE HIP-HOP ARTIST
WE MOVE LIKE GIANTS
PEOPLE’S CHOICE JAZZ ARTIST
DJANGO ROWE
PEOPLE’S CHOICE POP ARTIST
GERMEIN
PEOPLE’S CHOICE PUNK ARTIST
WING DEFENCE
PEOPLE’S CHOICE ROCK ARTIST
TOWNS
PEOPLE’S CHOICE SOUL / FUNK / R&B ARTIST
WANDERERS