Growing up on a sheep farm in western NSW all the way to Glastonbury UK via hundreds of Country Halls throughout regional Australia, 2x ARIA and 9x Golden Guitar, 3x AIR award winning artist Fanny Lumsden’s journey has been a unique one.
Having “established herself as one of the one of the genre's most esteemed performers” (The Australian) and with her new album HEY DAWN having just taken out the 2023 ARIA for Best Country Album, the CMAA Golden Guitar for Alt-Country Album of the Year and 2024 Country Album of the year at the AIR Awards, Fanny is a force to be reckoned with.
Debuting at #1 on the Australian Album ARIA charts, being the 4th highest selling country album of 2023 and being her second album in a row to crack the ARIA global top ten. Fanny is continuing to break the rules and confirm herself as “undoubtedly the brightest new (country) star of the current era” (Capital News).
Following up her “breakthrough” album Fallow which took out the ARIA, five CMAA Golden Guitars and the AIR Country Albums, Fanny is known for her regional Country Halls Tour and has recently taken her joyous, energetic, and brilliant live show to debut in the UK to a packed Avalon Stage at Glastonbury and followed up with two hugely successful tours, including a self-produced and promoted sold out Country Halls Tour run in Scotland.
Wrapping up her Hey Dawn tour which sold out shows through NZ, Ireland, UK and theatres across Australia, and “confirms Fanny as a distinctive storyteller, and an indelible personality who can win over fans in or outside of country music” (Doug Wallan, The Australian).
“There are certain visionary artists forging new paths and reinventing what popular music looks and sounds like. Fanny Lumsden is one such artist, delivering a compelling blend of stagecraft, storytelling, and musical prowess that has mesmerised audiences all over the world” - 5 Stars - Joshua Eckersley, BMA Magazine 2023
“Leaves absolutely no doubt what a breath-taking voice Lumsden has." - 4 Stars - Zanda Wilson, Rolling Stone 2023
“Lumsden trusts in the song, not the rules." - Bernard Zuel, Rhythms Magazine 2023
2 X ARIA AWARD WINNER - BEST COUNTRY ALBUM 2021 /2023
9 x CMAA GOLDEN GUITAR WINNER incl. ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2021
3 x AIR AWARD WINNER - COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2018/2021/2023
AMP AWARD - TOP NINE AUSTRALIAN ALBUMS OF 2020
APRA MUSIC FINALIST - MOST PERFORMED COUNTRY WORK (DIG) 2022
CMC AWARD WINNER 2017
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