Fiona Sheree Kernaghan (born 1973) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. She has released three solo albums, ''Cypress Grove'' (1995), ''Shadow Wine and Truth Lilies'' (2007) and ''The Art of Being'' (2017). ''Cypress Grove'' was nominated for Best New Talent at the

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. Kernaghan is the daughter of country musician, Ray Kernaghan, and the sister of

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Tania Kernaghan Tania Maree Kernaghan (born 18 July 1968) is an Australian country music singer. During her career, Tania has earned fifteen number one radio hits singles, numerous awards, sell out concerts and record sales in the hundreds of thousands. She h ...

Biography

Fiona Sheree Kernaghan was born in 1973. She is the daughter of Pamela and Ray Kernaghan and the younger sister of

, Greg and

. She learnt to play guitar from her elder siblings and performed in a covers band before deciding to write her own material. Kernaghan and Tania co-wrote, "I'll Be Gone", with Heather Field and James Gillard; Note: user may have to enter the title/performer for other tracks to access further information. it was released by Tania in 1992 as her first single. Kernaghan then worked with

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to record demo versions of her songs. Her debut album, ''Cypress Grove'' (1995), was nominated for Best New Talent at the

. She supported

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on their tour of Australia. During 1995 Kernaghan relocated to the United States to mainly work as a songwriter, initially living in Nashville before moving to Los Angeles in 2003. Her songs have been recorded by

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, Felicity Urquhart, and Tania. In 2005 a compilation album, ''Feeling Fiona'', by various artists performing songs written by Kernaghan, was released by Red Rebel/Automatic. Kernaghan's second solo album, ''Shadow Wine and Truth Lilies'' (2007), was produced by Daniel Kresco. By October 2015 she had returned to Australia and explained, "It's so exciting to think that with the advances in technology, I can do what I do as a writer and as an artist from anywhere." Her third solo album, ''The Art of Being'', appeared in 2017, which was produced by Todd Herfindal.

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

, ''Cypress Grove'' , Best New Talent , , , -

Tamworth Songwriters Awards

The Tamworth Songwriters Association (TSA) is an annual songwriting contest for original country songs, awarded in January at the

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. They commenced in 1986. Fiona Kernaghan has won three awards. (wins only) , - , 1998 , "Dunroamin' Station" by Fiona Kernaghan , Songmaker Award , , - , rowspan="2", 2006 , rowspan="2", "30 Something" by Fiona Kernaghan , Contemporary Country Song of the Year , , - , Country Song of the Year ,

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kernaghan, Fiona 1973 births Living people Australian women singers