The Weeping Willows are an Australian

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duo, formed in 2012 consisting of Andrew Wrigglesworth and Laura Coates. They have released three studio albums, ''The Weeping Willows'' (2012), ''Before Darkness Comes A-Callin'' (2016) and ''You Reap What You Sow'' (2022).

History

The Weeping Willows released their debut single "Hold On" in 2012. This was followed by their debut studio album, ''The Weeping Willows'' in December 2012. Between 2017 and 2022, The Weeping Willows were nominated for 10x

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, 4x Country Music Channel (CMC) awards, 2x Australian Folk Music Awards (AFMAs) and Country Live Act of the Year at the

National Live Music Awards The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are annual Australian music awards, established by Heath Media in 2016. They were preceded by the AU Live Music Awards in the previous two years. The awards are given in categories that recognise the best ...

(NLMAs). In March 2022, the duo released their studio album, ''You Reap What You Sow'' which was recorded, engineered and mixed by Ryan Freeland at Los Angeles' Stampede Origin Studio.

Members

* Andrew Wrigglesworth (guitar, ganjo, lead vocals) * Laura Coates (lead vocals)

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Awards and nominations

CMA Awards

The

is an annual awards night held in January during the

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, celebrating recording excellence in the

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industry. They commenced in 1973. ! , - , rowspan="5", 2017 , "The Girl, The Bottle, The Memory" (written by Nick Wolfe) , Song of the Year , , rowspan="5", , - , The Weeping Willows , New Talent of the Year , , - , The Weeping Willows , Group or Duo of the Year , , - , ''Before Darkness Comes A-Callin , Alternative Country Album of the Year , , - , "River of Gold" , Bluegrass Recording of the Year , , - , 2019 , "The Roses Fall" (featuring

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) , Bluegrass Recording of the Year , , , - , rowspan="2", 2021 , "Prelude" , Instrumental of the Year , , rowspan="2", , - , "Wheels Won't Roll" , Bluegrass Recording of the Year , , - , rowspan="2", 2022 , , "Southern Gothic" , , Instrumental of the Year , , , , rowspan="2", , - , "Black Crow" , , Bluegrass Recording of the Year, , , - , rowspan="4", 2023 , The Weeping Willows , Group or Duo of the year , , rowspan="4", , - , ''You Reap What you Sow'' , Alternative Country Album of the Year , , - , "House of Sin" , Bluegrass Recording of the Year , , - , "Lynchburg Until This Song Ends" , Bluegrass Recording of the Year’ , , -

Music Victoria Awards

The

Music Victoria Awards The Music Victoria Awards (previously known as The Age EG Awards and The Age Music Victoria Awards) are an annual awards night celebrating music from the Australian state of Victoria. They commenced in 2006 and are awarded in Melbourne Music W ...

are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006. ! , - ,

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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National Live Music Awards

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(NLMAs) commenced in 2016 to recognise contributions to the live music industry in Australia. ! , - ,

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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References

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