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Fanny Lumsden

Margaret Edwina Lumsden,[1] (born December 18, 1986) professionally known as Fanny Lumsden, is an Australian country music singer and songwriter.[3] She has released 4 albums and 3 EPs.

Fanny Lumsden
Birth nameMargaret Edwina Lumsden[1]
Born (1986-12-18) December 18, 1986 (age 37)
Tallimba, New South Wales, Australia[2]
GenresCountry
Years active2011-present
Spouse(s)
Dan Freeman
​
(m. 2016)​
Websitewww.fannylumsden.net

Biography edit

Early life and education edit

Lumsden was born in Tallimba, a tiny town in central New South Wales, Australia, 600 kilometers from the nearest city. She is the oldest of four children and grew up on a wool and cropping farm.[1] Her parents paid for a decade of piano lessons when she was a child.[1] She grew up riding horses and helping on the farm.[4] She studied rural science at the University of New England in Armidale.[2] While in university, she began writing songs, inspired by Kate Miller-Heidke, Laura Marling, and Josh Pyke.[1] Her friends gave her the nickname "Fanny" while she was in university, after a character in The Faraway Tree.[2][1] She graduated in 2010 after writing a thesis on wool and sustainability in high fashion.[1] She then moved into a shared house in Surry Hills, New South Wales, near Sydney, her first experience living in a city, where she worked part-time as a wool broker and formed a band.[4][1]

Career edit

Lumsden's band was at first named Fanny Lumsden and the Glorious Whores, but she changed it to Fanny Lumsden and the Thrillseekers to be radio-friendly.[1]

In August 2012, Fanny Lumsden and the Thrillseekers released Autumn Lawn EP proceeded by the single "Firing Line".

Lumsden's debut album, Small Town Big Shot, was released in September 2015 and funded by crowdfunding.[1] It was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016.[5] The album produced two singles, "Soapbox" and "Land of Gold". Lumsden also won the CMC New OZ Music artist of the Year award.[citation needed]

In 2017, Lumsden won her first Golden Guitar for New Talent of the Year.[6]

In November 2017, she was nominated for another three Golden Guitars, for the 2018 awards.[7]

Her second album Real Class Act was released in September 2017. The album won Best Country Album at the AIR Awards of 2018 and was nominated for Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2018.

On 13 March 2020, Lumsden released her third studio album titled Fallow.[8] The songs are written about life struggles and are more focused on Fanny's feelings rather than her observations.[1] The album debuted at number 10 on the ARIA Charts.[9] It won the ARIA Award for Best Country Album in 2020,[10] 5 CMAA Golden Guitar Awards (including Album of the Year) in 2021,[11] and the AIR Award for Best Country Album.[12]

Hey Dawn was released on 4 August 2023.[13]

Personal life edit

In 2012, Lumsden began dating Dan Stanley Freeman, who plays bass in Lumsden's band; they married in 2016. They have two sons and live outside Tooma, New South Wales. Their house narrowly escaped being incinerated in the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.[1]

Discography edit

Studio albums edit

List of studio albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[9]
Small Town Big Shot —
Real Class Act
  • Released: 22 September 2017 (Australia)[15]
  • Label: Red Dirt Road Records (RDRR003D)
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
 23
Fallow 10
Hey Dawn
  • Released: 4 August 2023
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl Australia (CVCD133/)CVLP133)
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl
 10

EPs edit

List of EPs
Title EP details
Autumn Lawn
(Fanny Lumsden and the Thrillseekers)
  • Released: 28 August 2012[16]
  • Label: MGM (FANNY001)
  • Format: CD
Live at the Great
  • Released: 21 November 2021 (Australia)
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl Australia
  • Format: digital

Awards edit

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
AIR Awards of 2018 Real Class Act Best Country Album Won [17]
AIR Awards of 2021 Fallow Independent Album of the Year Nominated [18][19]
Best Independent Country Album or EP Won
APRA Music Awards of 2022 "Dig" Most Performed Country Song Nominated [20]
ARIA Music Awards of 2016 Small Town Big Shot Best Country Album Nominated
ARIA Music Awards of 2018 Real Class Act Nominated
ARIA Music Awards of 2020 Fallow Won [21]
2023 ARIA Music Awards Hey Dawn Won [22][23]
Australian Music Prize - 2020 Fallow Album of the Year Nominated [24]
2021 Australian Women in Music Awards Fanny Lumsden Live Production Touring Award Nominated [25]
2017 Golden Guitars "Land of Gold" Qantaslink New Talent of the Year Won [26][27][28]
2018 Golden Guitars Real Class Act Alt. Country Album of the Year Nominated [7]
herself Female Artist of the Year Nominated
"Roll On" Heritage Song of the Year Nominated
2019 Golden Guitars "Elastic Waistband" Video Clip of the Year Won
2020 Golden Guitars "Real Men Don't Cry (War on Pride)" Video Clip of the Year Won
2021 Golden Guitars Fallow Country Album of the Year Won [29]
Fallow Alt. Country Album of the Year Won
herself for Fallow Female Artist of the Year Won
"Fierce" Single of the Year Won
"Mountain Song/This Too Shall Pass" Video of the Year Won
"Fierce" APRA Song of the Year Nominated
"These Days" Heritage Song of the Year Nominated
2022 Golden Guitars (unknown) (unknown) Nominated [30]
2024 Golden Guitars "You'll be Fine" (directed by Anna Phillips) Video of the Year Pending [31][32]
Hey Dawn Alt. Country Album of the Year Pending
"Ugly Flowers" Heritage Song of the Year Pending
herself Female Artist of the Year Pending
National Live Music Awards of 2017 Fanny Lumsden Live Country or Folk Act of the Year Nominated [33][34]
National Live Music Awards of 2018 Fanny Lumsden Live Country or Folk Act of the Year Nominated [35][36]
2019 Tamworth Songwriters Awards "When Your Light Burns" by Chloe Styler and Fanny Lumsden Alt Country Song of the Year Won [37]

References edit

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  3. ^ Sheddon, Iain (11 August 2016). "Singer Fanny Lumsden building a fan base, one house at a time". The Australian.
  4. ^ a b "Singer Fanny Lumsden really is a country woman". The New Zealand Herald. Otago Daily Times. 6 August 2017.
  5. ^ Zuel, Bernard (5 October 2016). "ARIA Award nominations have a hairy surprise among the Flumes and Avalanches". Sydney Morning Herald.
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  12. ^ "2021 AIR Awards Winners". Australian Independent Record Labels Association.
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  17. ^ "2018 Awards". Australian Independent Record Labels Association. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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  29. ^ "Fanny Lumsden wins five Golden Guitar Awards despite cancelled Tamworth Country Music Festival". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 January 2021.
  30. ^ "Toyota Golden Guitar award nominees announced for event's 50th year". On With the Sow. November 2021.
  31. ^ "Toyota 52nd Golden Guitar Awards". TCMF. 20 November 2023.
  32. ^ "Nominees Announced for the 52nd Country Music Awards". TCMF. 20 November 2023.
  33. ^ "NLMA reveal 2017 Nominees". NLMA. 9 October 2017.
  34. ^ "Winners 2017". NLMA. December 2016.
  35. ^ "NLMA announce 2018 nominees and Live legend". NLMA. 2 October 2018.
  36. ^ "Winners of the 2018 NLMA". NLMA. December 2018.
  37. ^ "Tamworth Songwriters Association". Tamworth Songwriters Association Online.
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