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”
★ ★ ★ ★★ Joshua Eckersley, BMA Magazine 2023
“Leaves absolutely no doubt what a breath-taking voice Lumsden has."
★ ★ ★ ★ Zanda Wilson, Rolling Stone 2023
“Lumsden trusts in the song, not the rules."
Bernard Zuel, Rhythms Magazine 2023
"Lumsden has established herself as one of the genre's most esteemed performers”
Andrew McMillian, The Australian
''It's breaking new ground for an old genre locally”
MTV Australia
‘It’s like she’s harnessed the greatest attributes of Gillian Welch and Dolly Parton’
Chris Familton, The Music
RELEASES
2023 - HEY DAWN
ARIA AWARD WINNER - BEST COUNTRY ALBUM 2023 (PRESENTED BY DOLLY PARTON)
CMAA ALT COUNTRY/AMERICANA ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2024 CMAA Golden Guitar Awards, Tamworth.
AIR INDEPENDENT COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR WINNER
Australian Music Prize LONGLIST
4x CMAA Nominee 2023
4th Highest Selling Country Album 2023
Debuted #1 Australian Album ARIA Charts, #10 All genres, #1 Aus Country Country Album, #2 Vinyl Albums, #1 Physical Album.
Released August 4th 2024 on Cooking Vinyl Australia/Red Dirt Road Records.
Recorded in Tasmania at Wilder studios and Elephant Tracks studios
Co- Produced by Matt Fell and Fanny Lumsden,
Mastered by William Bowden - King Willy Sounds.
Toured through UK, AUS, NZ
Single Millionaire #8 on the Aus Country Charts
Performed at the ARIA + CMAA Awards in 2023 and 2024.
3x UK Tours
Feature articles from Kathy McCabe (News Corp Australia Network) and Andrew McMillen (The Australian)
Rolling Stone review here
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"The title track Hey Dawn treads a different path to the type of ballads we’ve heard before. It serves as both as an intro to the record, but also a standout track in its own right.... It’s a truly spine-tingling and emotive way to start the record, and leaves absolutely no doubt what a breath taking voice Lumsden has."
★ ★ ★ ★ Zanda Wilson, Rolling Stone 2023
"Hey Dawn, is a crystallisation of all the sentiments Fanny's capable of touching – and it's a truly stunning kaleidoscope. We love Fanny."
Zoë Radas, Stack Magazine 2023
"Fanny has carved a place in the Australian country music scene that is both unique and timeless."
Jon Wolfe, Country Music Capital News 2023
‘hey Dawn.. 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
‘Sibling harmonies are an absolute swoonfest throughout the album’s entirety. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, who doesn’t love fanny?’
Bryget Chrisfield, Beat Magazine 2023
The album is a triumph, a beautiful collection of country pop with stories that draws on Lumsden’s childhood, family, life, love and death.
Jett Tattersal, Women in Pop 2023
"The ballads which open and close the record, the title track at the beginning and Stories at the end, are frank in their feeling and ripe for a predictable tug on heartstrings and purse string…Many others would milk it. Even more would tell you to do otherwise would be foolish. But Lumsden trusts in the song, not the rules."
Bernard Zuel, Rhythms Magazine 2023
‘In the boundless landscape of the Australian music industry, 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’
★ ★ ★ ★★ Joshua Eckersley, BMA Magazine 2023
‘Unique combination of down to earth country girl, brilliant artist, talented singer-songwriter and incredibly hardworking businesswoman. And all those qualities combined to produce what is undoubtedly the brightest new country star of the current era’.
Susan Jarvis, Country Music Capital News 2023
Lumsden hasn’t wavered; she continues to evolve as an artist, with Hey Dawn now standing as her most complete offering to date. Her dedication to storytelling and heartfelt connection shines through in every note, every live show and every opportunity.
Forte Magazine
2020 - FALLOW
ARIA AWARD WINNER - BEST COUNTRY ALBUM 2020
ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2021 CMAA Golden Guitar Awards
ALT COUNTRY/AMERICANA ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2021 CMAA Golden Guitar Awards
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR - 2021 CMAA Golden Guitar Awards
SINGLE OF THE YEAR FOR FIERCE - 2021 CMAA Golden Guitar Awards
VIDEO CLIP OF THE YEAR - Mountain song/This too shall pass - 2021 CMAA Golden Guitar Awards
AUSTRALIAN MUSIC PRIZE - TOP 9 ALBUMS 2020
AIR INDEPENDENT COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR WINNER
AIR INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINEE
APRA MUSIC AWARDS - MOST PERFORMED COUNTRY WORK (DIG) - FINALIST
Debuted #10 ARIA CHARTS (all genre), #2 ARIA Country Chart, Hit #1 on ARIA Aus Country chart weeks 2 + 3. Fallow debuted at number 3 on the Australian Independent Album chart and held Top 5 for three consecutive weeks.
Released March 13 2020 on Cooking Vinyl Australia/Red Dirt Road Records.
Recorded in a Stone Hut on a the property Fanny lives on in Tooma, NSW ( western side of the Snowy Mountains, 6 hours from Sydney)
Produced by Matt Fell (Love Hz) with Fanny Lumsden, Dan Stanley Freeman, Benjamin Corbett and Tom Lumsden
Mastered by William Bowden - King Willy Sounds.
Launched in Tooma at the rec grounds to 600 people in a mini festival put on themselves. All ticket proceeds going to the Tooma Marargle Bushfire Recovery fund ($25K).
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REVIEWS
★★★★ - Tim Byron, Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax national syndication) ‘Lumsden remains a savvy songwriter, with strong melodies and sharp lyrical observations”
★★★★ - Liz Giuffre, The Music "Damn it works." “She has a gift for matching the familiar with the unexpected”
Chris Familton, Rhythms "Fallow is Lumsden digging deep and finding gold"
Stuart Coupe, Rhythms - “It Is Music That Will Last”
STACK - "Fanny Lumsden is a fine storyteller. And props to producer Matt Fell. His sensitive, subtle production allows these songs to shine."
Jolene: The Country Music Blog -‘Fallow, provides the balm that is just right for these times.’
2017 Sophomore - REAL CLASS ACT
ARIA AWARD NOMINATED - BEST COUNTRY ALBUM 2018
Debuted at #1 on the ARIA Country Charts, #23 overall ARIA Charts, #3 AIR CHARTS, #1 Country iTunes charts.
AIR Country Album of the Year '17/'18
CMAA Golden Guitar for the film clip for Real Men Dont Cry (war on pride)
Nominated for Alt -Country Album of the Year - CMAA Golden Guitar Awards 2018
Crowd funded & released on Fanny's own Independent label - Red Dirt Road Records.
Single ROLL ON charted in the top ten for 27 weeks on Australian Country Radio peaking at #3 behind Body Like a Back Road by Sam Hunt and Kiss Somebody by Morgan Evans. Second most played single on KIX COUNTRY RADIO for 2017 behind 'Kiss Somebody' by Morgan Evans
Singles ROLL ON + ELASTIC WAISTBAND + REAL MEN DONT CRY (WAR ON PRIDE) + PRETTY LITTLE FOOLS all went #1 on Country Music Channel.
ROLL ON Film clip nominated for Video Clip of the year at CMAA Golden Guitar awards + CMC Awards 2018
Single ROLL ON nominated for Bush Heritage song of the year CMAA Golden Guitar Awards
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Reviews:
★★★★ - Sydney Morning Herald. "If there's a twang to her airy voice and abundant pedal steel and country licks, there's also a folky warmth and lightfootedness here that's more reminiscent of Josh Pyke than Keith Urban."
Post to Wire - “...What Lumsden does cleverly is paint pop colours and shapes over a roots music framework, but while doing so she also addresses some weighty and important issues..” READ FULL REVIEW
The Brag - "Lumsden is the future of Australian Country Music" READ FULL REVIEW
Blank GC - "This is what we need in Australian country music right now; original instrumental intros and vibrant music production swirling with clever lyrics that are too good to throw away." READ FULL REVIEW
DEBUT Album - Small Town Big shot
ARIA AWARD NOMINATED - BEST COUNTRY ALBUM 2016
DEBUTED AT #6 on ARIA COUNTRY CHARTS, #15 ON AIR CHARTS AND PEAKED AT #20 ON iTUNES COUNTRY CHARTS
Crowd funded, released on Social Family Records.
Singles SOAPBOX, LAND OF GOLD, BRAVEST OF HEARTS + TOTEM TENNIS all charted at #1 on Country Music Channel
★★★★ - Rolling Stone Magazine - '...a breath of fresh country air' READ FULL REVIEW
★★★★ - Sydney Morning Herald - "feels like proper country music, but the warm, organic production and Lumsden's warmth and humanity might actually win over fans who would usually prefer folky pop" READ FULL REVIEW
The AU Review - 'hugely impressive debut that brims with Fanny’s vivacious personality and an abundance of talent.' READ FULL REVIEW
Post To Wire - 'strong and honest song writing' READ FULL REVIEW
The Music - 'This is the sound of road trains on the edge of town.' READ FULL REVIEW
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Past accolades/Brag worthy:
2x ARIA Awards Best Country Album
9x CMAA Golden Guitars
3x AIR Country Album of the year 2023/2021/2018 - Hey Dawn/Fallow/Real Class Act
CMC Award Winner for New Artist of the Year 2017
APRA AMCOS Professional Development Award 2017 (Country)
AU Awards Winner for Country & Americana Artist of the Year 2016