Clea
Clea captures listeners with her signature ethereal rock-folk-pop sound.
Brisbane local, HOPE D has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Carol Lloyd Award, presented by QMusic and proudly supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and APRA AMCOS.
The Carol Lloyd Award honours the contribution the late Carol Lloyd made to the Queensland music scene and awards $15,000 to support an emerging femxle-identifying or non-binary singer-songwriter Queensland musicians to record a full-length album or record and tour an EP.
Hope D has taken out the 2020 award over finalists Clea, Dana, Felivand and MiCCY, and highly commended artists Eleea and Mayah.
“Being recognised as a recipient for such an important award means that I have a correlation with the brave, talented and groundbreaking woman that was Carol Lloyd, and the effect that she had on us. Having something like this directed at womxn in the industry is such a huge help as it is quite difficult to make a mark in a predominantly male industry. This means that we can keep being recognised as music makers, and so much more with these greater resources and a brighter spotlight,” said Hope D.
“Congratulations to Hope D who we are extremely proud to honour with this award and help support her rising music career,” said QMusic CEO Angela Samut.
“Hope joins previous winners of the Carol Lloyd Award including Leanne Tennant, Saraha Beck and Georgia Potter (Moreton) whose careers continue to go from strength to strength.”
“The Carol Lloyd Award is an initiative that addresses the gender imbalance in the music industry by providing the means to create new music and does this while also championing Queensland’s emerging femxle-identifying and non-binary singer-songwriters. We are proud to be involved with this career-changing honour and wholeheartedly congratulate Hope D on taking out the award this year,” said Jana Gibson, APRA AMCOS Head of Member Services.
The Carol Lloyd Award forms part of QMusic’s Womxn in Music program which delivers a suite of events and initiatives, including QMxntorship, which create opportunities for music industry musicians and professionals to upskill, innovate and become future leaders.
Past recipients of the Carol Lloyd Award include Sahara Beck (2019), Leanne Tennant (2018) and Georgia Potter (Moreton) (2017).
The 2020 Award is presented by QMusic, with support from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and APRA AMCOS.
“Being recognised as a recipient for such an important award means that I have a correlation with the brave, talented and groundbreaking woman that was Carol Lloyd, and the effect that she had on us. Having something like this directed at womxn in the industry is such a huge help as it is quite difficult to make a mark in a predominantly male industry. This means that we can keep being recognised as music makers, and so much more with these greater resources and a brighter spotlight."
“Hope joins previous winners of the Carol Lloyd Award including Leanne Tennant, Saraha Beck and Georgia Potter (Moreton) whose careers continue to go from strength to strength.”
“The Carol Lloyd Award is an initiative that addresses the gender imbalance in the music industry by providing the means to create new music and does this while also championing Queensland’s emerging femxle-identifying and non-binary singer-songwriters. We are proud to be involved with this career-changing honour and wholeheartedly congratulate Hope D on taking out the award this year,” said Jana Gibson, APRA AMCOS Head of Member Services.
The Carol Lloyd Award forms part of QMusic’s Womxn in Music program which delivers a suite of events and initiatives, including QMxntorship, which create opportunities for music industry musicians and professionals to upskill, innovate and become future leaders.
Past recipients of the Carol Lloyd Award include Sahara Beck (2019), Leanne Tennant (2018) and Georgia Potter (Moreton) (2017).
The 2020 Award is presented by QMusic, with support from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and APRA AMCOS.
Dana Gehrman
Dana Gehrman's music is an anachronistic nod to the halcyon days of the 70's 'west coast' sound.
Felivand
(aka Felicity Vanderveen)
Felivand exudes dreamy R'n'B and neo soul sounds.
Hope D
Hope D is fiercely unapologetic with her cynical yet upbeat pop-rock.
MiCCY
MiCCY delivers a modern twist on funk and soul with a hint of RnB and pop.
2020 Carol Lloyd Award Judges
Joc Curran, Leanne De Souza, Shellie Morris, Annie Peterson, Sean Sennett and John Willsteed
The Term Womxn
The spelling of the word "womxn" is to stress the concept that womxn are their own separate individuals and has evolved past the word "woman", evolved from its initial spelling of "wifmann", capable of operational without a man to help them.
The new orthography is additionally seen as intersectional, because it is supposed to incorporate transgender womxn, womxn of color, womxn from developing countries, and each different self-distinguishing womxn out there.
The Carol Lloyd Award is a QMusic Womxn In Music initiative, presented by QMusic with support of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and APRA AMCOS.
