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May 18, 2011 Updated May 19, 2011

Aussie artists have grabbed almost a quarter of the gongs in this year's International Songwriting Competition.

A judging panel including the likes of Peter Gabriel, Tom Waits, Ben Harper, Jeff Beck and Ben Folds gave the nod to Aussie artists in 15 of the 66 categories, making them second only to the US in the musical medal tally.

Basement Birds, Washington, Paul Dempsey, Glenn Richards and Children Collide were amongst the Aussies placed either first, second or third in their respective categories, with Kasey Chambers taking out the 25 thousand dollar top prize for her song Beautiful Mess.

See the full list of the winners - and feel just a little bit proud - here

Source: Mess and Noise external link

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Basement Birds is an Australian indie group composed of Kavyen Temperley (Eskimo Joe's frontman and bassist), Steve Parkin (solo singer/songwriter), Kevin Mitchell (Jebediah, aka Bob Evans) and solo singer/songwriter Josh Pyke. The groups' mutual love of lush vocal harmonies and alt-country style was the basis for forming the Basement Birds project. Influences cited by the band include Crosby,...

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