The Drones at The Age Music Victoria Awards, Noise11, photo

The Drones at The Age Music Victoria Awards

Paul Kelly And The Drones Pick-Up The Age Music Victoria Awards

by Paul Cashmere on November 21, 2013

in News,Noise Pro

Melbourne’s most respected singer songwriter Paul Kelly and alt-rock heroes The Drones were multiple winners at The Age Music Victoria Awards in Melbourne on Wednesday night.

Kelly won Best Album for ‘Spring and Fall’ and the Best Male Artist Award. The Drones won Best Band and Best Live Band.

The Age Music Victoria Awards complete winners list is:

Best Album – presented by The Age EG
‘Spring and Fall’ – Paul Kelly

Best Band – presented by City of Melbourne
The Drones

Best Song – presented by APRA
‘Riptide’ – Vance Joy

Best Male Artist
Paul Kelly

Best Female Artist – presented by The Music
Adalita

Best Emerging Artist – presented by Travel Beyond / Bigsound
Hiatus Kaiyote

Best Live Band – presented by RockWiz
The Drones

Best Venue – presented by Mountain Goat
The Corner Hotel

Best Festival – presented by Crumpler
Meredith Music Festival

Best Regional Act
Stonefield

Best Regional Venue
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine

The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame
Michael Gudinski

The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame
Renée Geyer

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