The Beths, Haiku Hands and Tkay Maidza are among the first five winners of Levi’s Music Relief Fund
The much-needed funds will enable winners from ANZ to change focus from international touring to national projects, and support skills development and well-being, a statement reads.
Levi’s support of the industry Down Under through Bigsound has seen almost A$300,000 go towards 10 artists who’ve gone on to become “great Australian music exports,” says Angela Samut, CEO of QMusic and the event’s executive producer. Previous winners include G Flip, Gordon Koang, Ecca Vandal, Amyl & The Sniffers, Stella Donnelly, Alex Lahey, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Hatchie, Emerson Snowe and The Teskey Brothers, whoseAustralia’s live sector, like elsewhere, is crippled by the pandemic and the lockdown.
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