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APRA Best Country Song​ 2025 Winner
2025 winner of the APRA Best Country Song was Holly Arrowsmith with her song 'Blue Dreams'.
South Island songwriter Holly Arrowsmith’s winning song ‘Blue Dreams’ comes from her 2024 critically acclaimed album of the same name.
Having won first in 2019 with ‘Slow Train Creek’, and most recently in 2024 with ‘Desert Dove’, the Aotearoa Music Award finalist and Taite Music Prize nominee, won with the moving song. ‘Blue Dreams’ delves into life as a first-time parent,
surviving those early days of chronic exhaustion while managing the huge burden of responsibility, bringing life into such a turbulent world.
The 3 finalists for the APRA Best Country Song are:
(in no particular order)
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​‘Blue Dreams’ written and performed by Holly Arrowsmith
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'5432 written and performed by Mel Parsons
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‘Borrow My Boots' written and performed by Tami Neilson
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