Fanny Lumsden

2xARIA and 9x Golden Guitar winner Fanny Lumsden is changing up how things are done. Having debuted in the UK to a packed audience at Glastonbury and a sold out UK and IE tour, she then hit the ground running with her highly anticipated 4th studio album HEY DAWN, which took out the ARIA for Best Country Album presented by Dolly Parton, was nominated for the AMP (Mercury Prize equivalent) and nominated for 4 CMAA Golden Guitar awards, ultimately winning the CMAA Golden Guitar for Alt-Country Album of the Year. Hey Dawn debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Australian Album charts and in the top 10 global ARIA charts and has gone on to hold the number 1 Australian Country spot for 5 weeks and been in the top 20 for 28 weeks. Hey Dawn has gained high praise including 4 stars in Rolling Stone Magazine and being claimed as being as “unique and timeless” (Capital News), a “triumph” (Women in Pop) and cementing Fanny as “undoubtedly the brightest new country star of this era” (Capital News). Featuring standout tracks including the “breathtaking” (Rolling Stone) opening track Hey Dawn, the country radio top ten and CMT #1 hit Millionaire, and fast fan favourites When I Die and Ugly Flowers.

Fanny has appeared on Rockwiz, Play School Showtime, ABC’s The Set with You Am I, and was one of 12 Aussies in Global Music Match. She is a Support Act Advocate, a Volunteer firefighter, she wrote and produced a documentary telling the story of Fallow through the summer of bushfires. Fanny was also named 2021 Albury Local Woman of the Year for the Hume Shire for her work with regional communities, was the Country Ambassador for Bigsound Country in 2022 and is a leader within the CMAA community.

Along with her husband Dan Stanley Freeman she runs her own Record Label and Production company – Red Dirt Road and hugely successful touring brand – The Country Halls Tour, which has sold out over 200+ halls all over Australia.

An artist who is dedicated to playing live and connecting with audiences, as well as her recent appearance at Glastonbury and a sold out UK tour, she has toured with the likes of Paul Kelly, Kasey Chambers and more, headlined multiple sold-out theatre tours, played AmericanaFest in Nashville, and successfully undertaken 10x Country Halls tours across Australia and New Zealand and a sell-out Hey Dawn Tour in 2023.