Tom Curtain is an Australian country music singer, songwriter and tourist operator based in Katherine in the Northern Territory.
Career
Curtain was born in Mildura, Victoria in 1979 before returned his family property Old Boyneside, Kumbia near Kingaroy in Queensland where he attended Kumbia State School. He boarded at Marist College in Brisbane before attending the University of Queensland.[1]
Curtain worked at cattle stations across northern Australia but attributes the beginning of his song-writing to his time working in the stock-camp of Mount Sanford Station in Western Australia.
He began a tourism business in Katherine in 2013, that he runs with his wife Annabel. He is well known for performing while riding a horse.[2]
Curtain has released four albums and toured widely, performing with Sara Storer, The Sunny Cowgirls, Pete Denahy and the Davidson Brothers.[1]
Curtain was close friends with Amy ‘Dolly’ Everett and her family, a local teenager who died by suicide after being bullied. This inspired him to write Speak Up, a duet with Sara Storer which reached No. 1 on the iTunes Country Music Chart.[3][4][5]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| AUS[6] | ||
| Smack Bang! |
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| Heatwave |
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| Territory Time |
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| We're Still Here |
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Awards
Country Music Awards (CMAA)
Curtain has won several Golden guitar awards at the Tamworth Country Music Awards of Australia.[9]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Never Never Land featuring Luke O'Shea | Toyota Heritage Song of the Year | Won |
| Never Never Land featuring Luke O'Shea | Video Clip of the Year | Won | |
| 2021[10] | "She Gave Us the Song" (with Lee Kernaghan & Sara Storer) | Toyota Heritage Song of the Year | Nominated |
| 2024[11][12] | Nothing's Gonna Stop Us | Traditional Country Album of the Year | Nominated |
NT Song Of The Year Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Territory Time | Tourism NT Tourism Song Of The Year[13] | Nominated |
Southern Stars Australian Independent Country Music Awards[14]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | himself | Independent Male Artist of the Year | Won |
| Never Never Land featuring Luke O'Shea | Single of the Year | Won | |
| Territory Time | Album of the Year | Won | |
| himself | Independent Artist of the Year | Won |
Adelaide River Country Music Festival
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | himself | Best Male Vocal category | Won |
References
- 1 2 "Tom Curtain biography". Last.fm. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ↑ "Tom Curtain shares touring lessons from operating a tourism business". The Music Network. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ↑ North, Melissa (27 November 2018). "Tom Curtain takes the outback to the east with Speak Up Tour". The North West Star. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Roxanne (21 June 2018). "Tom's tribute to Dolly strikes a chord". Katherine Times. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ↑ "Country singer Tom Curtain brings 'Speak Up' tour to Geurie". Daily Liberal. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ↑ "Discography Fanny Lumsden". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ↑ Territory Time by Tom Curtain, 14 November 2017, retrieved 17 March 2022
- ↑ We're Still Here by Tom Curtain, 15 November 2019, retrieved 17 March 2022
- ↑ "Golden Guitar Award Winners". country.com.au. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ↑ "2021 Golden Guitar Nominees Revealed". Kix Country. November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ↑ "Toyota 52nd Golden Guitar Awards". TCMF. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ↑ "Nominees Announced for the 52nd Country Music Awards". TCMF. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ↑ "Gurrumul Yunupingu, Caiti Baker, among multi-nominees for NT Song Of The Year". The Music Network. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ↑ "Mane man Tom's talents in train". The West Australian. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.