Forster's Holly Rankin has been nominated for one of Australia’s most prestigious and highly coveted music awards.
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Holly, under her alias Jack River, has been nominated for the 2018 Australian Music Prize (AMP) for her breakthrough album Sugar Mountain.
Holly outlined to Great Lakes Advocate earlier this year the album follows her emotional journey after the death of her sister in 2006.
“People have experienced how hard the past few years have been for my family,” Holly said.
“I was going through some dark times but I persisted to finish the album and personally find the beauty through the darkness.
“I wanted to show my family that it’s not all darkness, sadness and loss.”
The AMP award is based on artistic merit alone, with the winner to receive $30,000 towards their blooming music career.
AMP judge and Hoodoo Gurus frontman Dave Faulkner said the quality of Australian music produced this year has been outstanding.
“This year the quantity of Australian albums has really increased, but along with that, so has the quality.
“The judges have been blown away by the number of albums that we’ve discovered for ourselves as part of this process.
“The reality that the Australian Music Prize can be a recognition of the winner, but also a platform for music-lovers everywhere to discover new records without the shackles of genre and format is so exciting,” Dave said.
Other artists nominated for the award include Amy Shark, DZ Deathrays, Hockey Dad, Matt Corby and The Presets.
Past winners include The Jezabels, Lisa Mitchell, Sampa the Great, Courtney Barnett, A.B. Original and The Drones.
The shortlist of nominees will be unveiled early next year before the winner is announced in March.
This is the 14th year of the AMP.
