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Grace Cummings

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Grace Cummings
Grace Cummings in 2022
Grace Cummings in 2022
Background information
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
  • keyboards
Years active2019–present
Labels

Grace Cummings is an Australian singer-songwriter and stage actor. She has released four studio albums: Refuge Cove (2019), Storm Queen (2022), Ramona (2024), and Bloodhorse! (2026).

Early life and education

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Grace Cummings grew up in Melbourne.[citation needed]

She attended drama school.[1]

Career

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Music

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Cummings began her musical career as a drummer, later becoming a self-taught guitar player.[2] She was signed by Melbourne record label Flightless after founder Eric Moore attended one of her live shows.[1] Flightless released her debut album, Refuge Cove, in 2019.[3] The nine-track album blended acoustic folk and blues and featured Cummings playing acoustic guitar.[4] It was launched at the Tote Hotel[5] and toured, with Cummings supporting international artists including Weyes Blood, Evan Dando, and J Mascis.[6] Cummings received a Music Victoria Awards nomination for Best Breakthrough Act in 2020.[7]

In 2021, Cummings signed a worldwide deal with ATO Records.[8] Her second album, Storm Queen, was released in 2022. It was written and recorded during the COVID pandemic, and Cummings said that this influenced the album's simplicity.[9][6] It was self-produced and featured more instrumentation than her previous record,[10] including accompaniment by the tambourine, theremin and fiddle.[11] The lyrics explored themes such as destruction in the natural world and the possibility of the existence of a higher power.[12]

Cummings released her third album, Ramona, in 2024. She worked with producer Jonathan Wilson and recorded the album in Wilson's Topanga Canyon studio[13] In interviews, Cummings has stated she reached out to Wilson after hearing his work with Angel Olsen.[14] The album is named after a character in Bob Dylan's song "To Ramona," and Cummings has described the work as "dramatic".[14] Ramona features strings, horns, and piano.[15] Harpist Mary Lattimore and multi-instrumentalist Drew Erikson contributed to the record.[16]

Cummings' fourth studio album, Bloodhorse! was released on 14 August 2026 through Virgin Music Group.[17]

Acting

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Cummings has performed in Australian theatre.[1] In 2018, she appeared in a production of Prehistoric at the Meat Market in North Melbourne.[18] The play centred on the Australian punk scene, and Cummings played live music as part of the show.[19]

She starred as Charlotte in a Melbourne Theatre Company production of Berlin in 2021.[20] The role was as a German woman, and Cummings was the co-lead.[21]

Influences, style, and reception

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Cummings' musical influences include Irish folk music,[22] Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, and Lucinda Williams.[citation needed]

She is known for her unusual singing voice, which has been described as "commanding and magnetic",[23] powerful,[24] and as having a "devastating force".[25]

Discography

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List of albums with selected details
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[26]
Refuge Cove
  • Released: 1 November 2019
  • Label: Flightless
  • Format: Vinyl[3]
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Storm Queen
  • Released: 14 January 2022[27]
  • Label: ATO Records
  • Format: Vinyl, CD, digital download[28]
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Ramona
  • Released: 5 April 2024
  • Label: ATO Records
  • Format: Vinyl, CD, digital download[29]
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Bloodhorse!
  • Released: 14 August 2026[17]
  • Label: Virgin Music Group
  • Format: Vinyl, digital
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Awards and nominations

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APRA Music Awards

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The APRA Music Awards were established by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 1982 to honour the achievements of songwriters and music composers, and to recognise their song writing skills, sales and airplay performance, by its members annually.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2025 "A Precious Thing" Song of the Year Shortlisted [30]
Grace Cummings Emerging Songwriter of the Year Nominated [31]

Australian Music Prize

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The Australian Music Prize (the AMP) is an annual award of $50,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. They commenced in 2005.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2024 Ramona Australian Music Prize Nominated [32]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Cummings·, Grace (8 February 2022). "In Conversation: Grace Cummings". God Is in the TV (Interview). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Luke (15 February 2023). "An Interview with Grace Cummings". CultureMad. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Grace Cummings - Refuge Cove | Flightless Records". flightlessrecords.com. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Grace Cummings - Refuge Cove (Flightless Records)". Third Stone Press - Publishers | The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop Second Edition. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Vince Jones, Grace Cummings and Leah Senior". ABC listen. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  6. 1 2 Cahill, Mikey (17 January 2022). "Grace Cummings: "Performing is one aspect of a very, very strange and ugly tapestry"". NME. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Past Winners & Nominees – Music Victoria Awards". Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Brandle, Lars (3 February 2021). "Grace Cummings signs with U.S. indie label ATO Records". The Music Network. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "New Artist of the Week: Grace Cummings". holler.country. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Madden, Emma. "Grace Cummings: Storm Queen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  11. ↑ Finlayson, Ray (17 January 2022). "Album Review: Grace Cummings – Storm Queen". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  12. ↑ Woods, Cat (19 January 2022). "Grace Cummings – 'Storm Queen' review: show-stopping vocals and poetic songs". NME. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "Grace Cummings". ATO RECORDS. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  14. 1 2 WIllems, Jasper (25 April 2024). "Lady Of The Canyon – Q&A with Grace Cummings: "It's best to just arrive the way that you are"". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  15. ↑ Grow, Kory (28 May 2024). "What's Keeping Grace Cummings Alive This Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  16. ↑ "Song You Need to Know: Grace Cummings, 'A Precious Thing'". Rolling Stone Australia. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  17. 1 2 "Grace Cummings Announces Bloodhorse! And Releases New Single 'My God'". noise11. 27 May 2026. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  18. ↑ Reid, Robert (26 July 2018). "When punk meant the world". witnessperformance.com. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  19. ↑ "Prehistoric". PBS FM. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  20. ↑ Review, Arts (3 May 2021). "On the Couch with Grace Cummings". Australian Arts Review. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  21. ↑ "Grace Cummings Q&A". www.mtc.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  22. ↑ "How Grace Cummings Became Ramona". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  23. ↑ Currin, Grayson Haver. "Grace Cummings: Ramona". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  24. ↑ Buckley, Nick (31 October 2021). "'We're back': Play On Victoria at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  25. ↑ Buckley, Nick (7 April 2024). "Critic's pick: Grace Cummings, the singer with one of Australia's most powerful voices". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  26. ↑ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 24 August 2026. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  27. ↑ "Storm Queen, by Grace Cummings". Grace Cummings. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  28. ↑ Records, A. T. O., Grace Cummings - Storm Queen. ATO Records., retrieved 13 July 2024
  29. ↑ "Ramona, by Grace Cummings". Grace Cummings. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  30. ↑ "The 20 Songs In For APRA Song of the Year 2025". Noise11. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  31. ↑ "2025 APRA Music Awards Nominees Include Kevin Parker, King Stingray, Missy Higgins, Tones And I, and Troye Sivan". noise11. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  32. ↑ "SoundMerch Australian Music Prize Unveils 2024 Shortlist". The Music. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
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