John Bennett, Bradley Hall, lead 2019 WA NAIDOC award noms

Karrajarri man John Bennett and Nyiyaparli man Bradley Hall lead the nominations for the WA NAIDOC music awards, with four apiece.

Bennett is up for best song, album, vocalist and male artist while Hall vies for best song, male artist, music video and band/group.

They’re held on Friday September 6 at the Freo.Social, in Fremantle.

Flewnt and Jamahl Ryder follow with three noms each.

Two apiece go to Indigo-Ellis, JoKeria, MissGenius, Theona Councillor, and Zero Emcee.

Performing on the night are alt-rockers The Struggling Kings, hip hop MC Flewnt, last year’s “undiscovered” winner Cameron Wilkes, Indigo-Ellis, Natasha Eldridge and singer songwriter and didige player Phil Walley-Stack.

BEST SONG

‘Black Boy’, Flewnt

‘Grandfather’, John Bennett

‘My Heart, My Land’, Bradley Hall

‘Sweet Black Man’, Theona Councillor

BEST ALBUM
(Presented by Mallards Contracting)

Country is Calling, John Bennett

Defy Reality, Jamahl Ryder

Red Country, JoKeria

THE JASON BARTLETT AWARD FOR BEST VOCALIST

Indigo-Ellis, John Bennett Kendall Smith

BEST MALE ARTIST

Bradley Hall, FlewntJ amahl Ryder John Bennett

BEST FEMALE ARTIST

Presented by Kingkira Group

MissGenius, Natasha Eldridge, Theona Councillor

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

‘Drawing Board’, Zero Emcee

‘Go All Out’, Jamahl Ryder

‘My Heart, My Land’, Bradley Hall

EMERGING ARTIST

Presented by MM Electrical

Billy Woodley, Indigo-Ellis, Ronnie Smith

BEST HIP-HOP SONG

‘Black Boy’, Flewnt

‘Drawing Board’, Zero Emcee

‘Laugh’, MissGenius

BEST BAND/GROUP

Bradley Hall Band

JoKeria

The Struggling Kings