{{short description|Australian singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Mia Dyson | image = Mia Dyson.jpg | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = A 32-year-old woman is show in left profile. She is singing into her microphone while strumming an electric guitar. | caption = Performing at The Gum Ball, Hunter Valley, April 2013 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Mia Celeste Dyson | alias = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1981}} | birth_place = Daylesford, Victoria, Australia | origin = Torquay, Victoria, Australia | genre = {{flatlist| * Blues * roots }} | occupation = Musician | instrument = {{flatlist| * Vocals * guitars * harmonica * drums }} | years_active = 1999–present | label = {{flatlist| * Shock * Black Door/MGM }} | website = {{URL|miadyson.com/}} }}
'''Mia Celeste Dyson''' (born 1981) is an Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist. She has released six studio albums. Her second, ''Parking Lots'', won the ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2005. Since 2013, Dyson has concurrently released music under the name '''Dyson, Stringer & Cloher''' with Liz Stringer and Jen Cloher.
== Life and career == ===1981–2002: Early life=== Mia Dyson was born in 1981 in a mud brick home built by her parents near Daylesford.<ref name="RR Bio"/> Her father, Jim Dyson, is a blues guitarist and luthier. The family moved to Torquay when she was eight.<ref name="RR Bio">{{cite web | url = https://redroomcompany.org/poet/mia-dyson/ | title = Mia Dyson – About | work = Red Room Poetry | publisher = Red Room | accessdate = 29 October 2017 }}</ref> For secondary schooling she attended Matthew Flinders Girls High School, Geelong.<ref name="Dawson">{{cite web | url = http://www.nucountry.com.au/articles/diary/january2006/120106_miadyson.htm | title = Mia Dyson from Surf Coast to TV | last = Dawson | first = Dave | work = Dave's Diary | publisher = Nu Country | date = 12 January 2006 | accessdate = 29 October 2017 }}</ref> When queried by the ''Sydney Morning Herald''{{'}}s reporter on how she went from a settled family life, in the Victorian beachside resort town of Torquay to playing and singing blues and roots music, Dyson responded:<ref name=SMH>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/sounds-of-the-maturing-minstrel/2005/06/20/1119250924605.html|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|archivedate=19 October 2012|date=21 June 2005|title=Sounds of the Maturing Minstrel|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019191824/http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/sounds-of-the-maturing-minstrel/2005/06/20/1119250924605.html}}</ref>
<blockquote> "I don't know either, it's a testament to the power of music and how that whole childhood of being played what I consider incredible music seeped into my bloodstream. My parents were always playing the records of Little Feat, Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Neil Young, everything. Torquay is devoid of any artistic pursuits and had I only had that culture I'm sure I would not be playing music. I might have had more luck with the alcohol if I'd been left to the surfing culture."<br><br> "I went through my early teenage Nirvana, Pearl Jam obsessions and then I came back to the roots of this stuff and picked up the guitar. And I knew how to play these songs that I'd never learnt because I'd heard them so many times as a kid."</blockquote>
She described her father's hand made guitars:<ref name=SMH/> <blockquote>"I guess now people are impressed how lucky I am to have a dad who makes such beautiful instruments," Dyson says. But as a child she was unaware of their potential. "It was only, 'Oh, don't they look beautiful' when he finished one," she says. "It was only around 16, 17, when I was able to think about the sounds and the different sounds I could get out of the guitars, the amps and pedals, that I got excited." </blockquote>
Dyson played her first gig at a party in Modewarre and followed with shows at the Barwon Club and at the National Hotel in Geelong.<ref name="Tyler">{{cite news | url = http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/entertainment/mia-dyson-returns-to-where-her-musical-journey-began/news-story/2cf1e750f835119b841e0fe605b75d35 | title = Mia Dyson returns to where her musical journey began | last = Tyler | first = Bethany | work = Geelong Advertiser | publisher = News Corp Australia | date = 8 October 2014 | accessdate = 29 October 2017 }}</ref> She then relocated to Melbourne,<ref name="Tyler"/> where her first residency, in November 2000, was at the Dan O'Connell Hotel, Fitzroy with her backing band comprising Dean Addison on bass guitar and Carl Pannuzzo on drums.<ref name="Dwyer">{{cite web | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070924062200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36318/20070924-1622/www.redroomcompany.org/poets_mia-dyson.html | url = http://www.redroomcompany.org/poets_mia-dyson.html | title = Mia Dyson – Australian Poet | last = Dwyer | first = Michael | archivedate = 24 September 2007 | date = January 2004 | work = Red Room Poetry | publisher = Red Room | accessdate = 31 October 2017 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
===2003–2006: ''Cold Water'' and ''Parking Lots''=== Dyson released her first album, ''Cold Water'', in May 2003 via Black Door Records and distributed by Shock Records.<ref name="NLA Cold">{{Citation | author1 = Dyson, Mia | title = Cold Water | date = 2003 | publisher = Shock Records | url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8275342 | accessdate = 30 October 2017 }}</ref><ref name="AMO Cold">{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080726143309/http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=5142 | url = http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=5142 | title = Releases :: ''Cold Water'' | archivedate = 26 July 2008 | work = Australian Music Online | publisher = Australia Council for the Arts | accessdate = 30 October 2017 }}</ref> It was produced by Dyson with Lloyd Barratt – her audio engineer and sometime domestic partner.<ref name="AMO Cold"/><ref name="Mathieson">{{cite web | url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/mia-dysons-move-to-us-harder--and-sweeter--than-she-expected-20140922-10k7vx.html | title = Mia Dyson's Move to US Harder – and Sweeter – than She Expected | last = Mathieson | first = Craig | authorlink = Craig Mathieson| date = 25 September 2014 | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | accessdate = 30 October 2017 }}</ref> For the album she provided lead vocals, guitars (acoustic, baritone, electric, lap steel) and piano.<ref name="AMO Cold"/> Her backing band were Daniel Farrugia on drums and Lucas Taranto on bass guitar.<ref name="Dwyer"/> ''The Age''{{'}}s Patrick Donovan opined, "[she] blew audiences away with her powerfully emotive voice and dynamic guitar playing on her debut album ''Cold Water''. But the songwriting was a little one-dimensional."<ref name="Donovan">{{cite web | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/Music/In-gear/2005/04/21/1114028471406.html | title = In Gear – Music | last = Donovan | first = Patrick | date = 22 April 2005 | work = The Age | accessdate = 31 October 2017 }}</ref>
She supported the album by touring both Australia and internationally: East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, West Coast Blues & Roots Festival, Falls Festival, Womadelaide, NXNE (Canada) and Edinburgh Festival (Scotland). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2003 it was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album.<ref name="ARIA2003">{{cite web | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2003 | title = ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2003: 17th Annual ARIA Awards | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | accessdate = 30 October 2017 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235713/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2003 | archivedate = 26 September 2007 }}</ref>
Dyson released her second album, ''Parking Lots'', in April 2005.<ref name="NLA Park">{{Citation | author1 = Dyson, Mia | title = Parking Lots | date = 2007 | publisher = MGM Distribution | url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/15968833 | accessdate = 31 October 2017 | quote = ''Parking Lots'', was recorded with Mia's live band – Lucas Taranto (bass) and Daniel Farrugia (drums), mixed by Nick Launay, and features a number of special guests inc. Renee Geyer and Matt Walker. }}</ref> She produced the album with recording partly occurring in a back yard shed at her grandfather's home in Moonee Ponds.<ref name=SMH/> Nick Launay mixed the album and studio musicians included Renée Geyer and Matt Walker<!-- not US drummer -->.<ref name="NLA Park"/> ''The Sydney Morning Herald''{{'}}s reporter described her sound as "strongly into soulful rock, folk and country."<ref name=SMH/> Donovan reflected, "she demonstrates the maturity to let her voice and playing soar. Dyson puts her newfound maturity down to experience and confidence gained from two years on the road, playing everywhere from women's prisons to three months overseas as a solo artist."<ref name="Donovan"/> At the ARIA Music Awards of 2005 she won Best Blues and Roots Album and was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist.<ref name="ARIA2005">{{Cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235755/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2005 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2005 | title = ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2005: 19th Annual ARIA Awards | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association| archivedate = 26 September 2007 | accessdate = 31 October 2017 }}</ref>
In 2006, Dyson toured the United States and Canada, she performed with Frank Zappa's band, The Mothers of Invention, on stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, and supported Ani Di Franco in New York's Central Park. In August of that year she was invited by Deborah Conway to take part in the Broad Festival project, with three other Australian female artists, they performed their own and each other's songs.<ref name="Broad2006"/><ref name="Elliott">{{Cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/ladys-night-at-the-beckoning-microphone/2008/08/18/1218911561072.html?page=fullpage | title = Lady's night at the beckoning microphone | last = Elliott | first = Tim | newspaper = The Sydney Morning Herald | date = 19 August 2008 | accessdate = 5 June 2011 |url-status=live|archivedate=8 October 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008015800/http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/ladys-night-at-the-beckoning-microphone/2008/08/18/1218911561072.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1}}</ref> With Dyson and Conway were Melinda Schneider, Kate Miller-Heidke and Ella Hooper.<ref name="Broad2006">{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadfestival.com/broad_2006.html |title=Broad 2006 |publisher=Broad Festival |accessdate=5 June 2011 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008201951/http://www.broadfestival.com/broad_2006.html |archivedate=8 October 2007 }}</ref> They toured the mainland state and territory capital cities.<ref name="Broad2006"/>
===2007–2013: ''The Signal'' and ''The Moment''=== In 2007 Dyson supported Eric Clapton during his Australian tour in February to sell out crowds. She also had a guest appearance on Australian hip hop artist Urthboy's second album, ''The Signal''. For her third album, ''Struck Down'', Dyson used Angus Diggs (Jeff Lang, Monkeyboy) on drums and James Haselwood on bass guitar.<ref name="Em">{{cite web | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20101115035000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/122966/20101115-1450/www.soulshine.com.au/article/2007/08/19/238-mia-dyson-struck-down-release.html | url = http://www.soulshine.com.au/article/2007/08/19/238-mia-dyson-struck-down-release.html | title = Mia Dyson ''Struck Down'' Release | last = Em | archivedate = 15 November 2010 | date = 19 August 2007 | work = Soulshine: Australian Independent Music | accessdate = 31 October 2017 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> She co-produced it with Barratt.<ref name="Em"/> ''The Signal'' was released in August 2007 and it peaked at No. 74 on the ARIA Albums Chart.<ref name="ARIA Report 913">{{cite journal | date = 3 September 2007 | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20071019140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20071020-0000/issue913.pdf | title = Week Commencing ~ 3rd September 2007 ~ Issue No. 913 | last = Wallace | first = Ian | journal = The ARIA Report | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | issue = 913 | pages = 2, 6, 12, 19 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue913.pdf | archivedate = 19 October 2007 | accessdate = 22 September 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Em of ''Soulshine'' observed, "The result is a superb album with Mia's classic husky roots sound, this time featuring a defining rhythm. Mia has evolved not only as a musician, but as a songwriter too, drawing inspiration from just about everything around her, and this album is sure to please old fans and convert new ones."<ref name="Em"/> The artist followed with a tour from September to November.<ref name="Em"/>
In 2009 Dyson relocated to Boston to try to break into the American music scene. She toured continuously, playing clubs and festivals across the country and in 2010, moved to Los Angeles. She briefly worked with Dave Stewart (ex-Eurythmics), she felt, "Dave is sort of an eccentric genius character, but we didn't have the same ideas and weren't really on the same page so it wasn't ever going to work, I think."<ref name="CanberraTimes.com.au">{{Cite news | url = http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/music/mia-survives-moment-of-truth-20120905-25ecz.html |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907142928/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/music/mia-survives-moment-of-truth-20120905-25ecz.html|archivedate=7 September 2012|first=Naomi|last=Fallon| title = Mia Survives Moment of Truth | newspaper = Canberra Times | date = 6 September 2012 | accessdate = 18 November 2013}}</ref> They recorded a track together, "You and Me", which was part of an extended play released in the US in April 2011.
Dyson opened for Stevie Nicks at the Santa Barbara bowl and Lake Tahoe in late 2010<ref name="StevieNicks.com">{{Cite news | url = http://www.stevienicksnews.com/2010/07/whos-opening-for-stevie-nicks-at-santa.html | title = Who's Opening for Stevie Nicks | newspaper = StevieNicks.com | date = 30 July 2010 | accessdate = 29 June 2012 }}</ref> and then opened for Chris Isaak on his national tour.
Dyson worked on her fourth studio album ''The Moment'' from late 2011. It was produced by Erin 'Syd' Sidney and Patrick Cupples, and was recorded in Ojai, California. A promotional track from the album, "Tell Me", was released in April 2012. The first single and its video, "When the Moment Comes", was released in July.<ref name="TheMusic.com.au">{{Cite news | url = http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2012/06/27/exclusive-mia-dyson-tour-announce-video/ | title = New Mia Dyson Video | newspaper = TheMusic.com.au | publisher = Street Press Australia | date = 27 June 2012 | accessdate = 29 June 2012 }}</ref> ''The Moment'' was released in August 2012, and it debuted at No. 51 on the ARIA Albums Chart.<ref name="ARIA Report 1174">{{cite journal | date = 27 August 2012 | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120924042300/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20120924-1423/Issue1174.pdf | title = Week Commencing ~ 27th August 2012 ~ Issue #1174 | last = Wallace | first = Ian | journal = The ARIA Report | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | issue = 1174 | pages = 2, 5, 8, 13, 15, 20 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue1174.pdf | archivedate = 24 September 2012 | accessdate = 31 October 2017 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It was nominated for Best Blues & Roots Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2012, and provided two more singles, "Pistol" and "Jesse".
In August 2013, Dyson collaborated with Liz Stringer and Jen Cloher and formed '''Dyson, Stringer & Cloher'''. The trio released an EP which featured an individual track from each musician. They then took on the road, playing over 40 shows around the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://milk.milkrecords.com.au/dyson-stringer-cloher|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206045009/http://milk.milkrecords.com.au/dyson-stringer-cloher|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 February 2015|title=Dyson, Stringer & Cloher|website=Milk Records|accessdate=15 May 2020}}</ref>
===2014–2020: ''Idyllwild'' and ''If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back''=== Dyson's fifth studio album, ''Idyllwild'', was released in June 2014. Matthew Fiander of ''PopMatters'' felt it was "another solid album from Dyson, and further evidence that the Australian singer can be both comfortable in her own skin and restless enough to push her boundaries."<ref name="Fiander">{{cite web | url = https://www.popmatters.com/182902-mia-dyson-idyllwild-2495648721.html | title = Mia Dyson: ''Idyllwild'' | last = Fiander | first = Matthew | date = 17 June 2014 | work = PopMatters | accessdate = 31 October 2017 }}</ref> ''The AU Review''{{'}}s Salmond rated it at 8.8 out of 10 and explained, "another beautiful album full of fun rock tunes as well as returning to her roots with slower bluesy ballads. Despite being her fifth record, she has created another stunning album that reflects her musical integrity and musical talents... [and has] the freedom to explore and challenge herself musically which has created an interesting array of upbeat bluesy-rock songs that intertwine effortlessly with slower bluesy soulful ballads. Her lyrics are more honest and reflective in nature, and this album could be argued to be her most honest yet."<ref name="Salmond">{{cite web | url = http://www.theaureview.com/albums/mia-dyson-idyllwild-2014-lp | title = Album Review: Mia Dyson – ''Idyllwild'' (2014 LP) | last = Salmond | first = Kimberley | date = 6 June 2014 | work = The AU Review | accessdate = 31 October 2017 }}</ref>
Dyson released her sixth studio album, ''If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back'', in March 2018.
In 2019, Dyson reunited with Stringer and Cloher and the trio recorded an album in eight days at The Loft in Chicago in April 2019 which was released in October 2019 under the title ''Dyson Stringer Cloher'' and toured nationally.<ref name="DSC">{{cite web|url=https://milk.milkrecords.com.au/dyson-stringer-cloher|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206045009/http://milk.milkrecords.com.au/dyson-stringer-cloher|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 February 2015|title=Dyson Stringer Cloher|website=Milk! Records|accessdate=15 May 2020}}</ref>
===2021–present: ''Tender Heart'' === In 2021 Dyson discovered she had undiagnosed arrhythmia. In February 2024 Dyson released ''Tender Heart''.<ref name="tender heart announce">{{cite web|url=https://shorefire.com/releases/entry/mia-dyson-dragging-me-down|title= Mia Dyson Finds Her New Lease On Life In A Near-Death Experience On "Dragging Me Down"|website=ShoreFire|date=19 January 2024|access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> At the 2024 ARIA Music Awards, it won ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album.
==Discography== === Studio albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUS<br /><ref name="ARIA Report 913"/><ref name="ARIA Report 1174"/> |- ! scope="row"| ''Cold Water'' | * Released: May 2003 * Label: Black Door (BDR014) * Format: CD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Parking Lots'' | * Released: April 2005 * Label: Black Door (BDR015) * Format: CD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Struck Down'' | * Released: August 2007 * Label: Black Door (BDR016) * Format: CD, digital download | 74 |- ! scope="row"| ''The Moment'' | * Released: August 2012 * Label: Black Door (BDR017) * Format: CD, LP, digital download | 51 |- ! scope="row"| ''Idyllwild'' | * Released: June 2014 * Label: Black Door (BDR018) * Format: CD, LP, digital download | — |- ! scope="row"| ''If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back'' | * Released: March 2018 * Label: Single Lock (SL022) * Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Dyson Stringer Cloher'' <br>{{small|(credited to Dyson Stringer Cloher)}} | * Released: October 2019 * Label: Milk! <small>(MILK045)</small> * Format: CD, digital download, LP, streaming | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Tender Heart'' | * Released: 23 February 2024<ref name="tender heart announce"/> * Label: Mia Dyson * Format: CD, digital download, streaming | — |}
=== Extended plays === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Details |- ! scope="row"| ''You and Me'' | * Released: April 2011 (US only) * Label: * Format: CD, DD |- ! scope="row"| ''Dyson Stringer Cloher'' <br>{{small|(credited to Dyson Stringer Cloher)}} | * Released: September 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/2013-tour-ep/1472376885|title=Dyson, Stringer & Cloher|website=Apple Music|date= September 2013|accessdate= 15 May 2020}}</ref> * Label: Milk! Records * Format: CD, digital download |- ! scope="row"| ''Introducing Mia Dyson'' | * Released: 2014 * Label: Mia Dyson * Format: DD * Note: 6-track EP, featuring songs from ''Idyllwild'', ''The Moment'' and ''Struck Down''. |- ! scope="row"| ''Right There'' | * Released: February 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/right-there-ep/1076226139|title=Right There (EP)|website=Apple Music|date= February 2016|accessdate=25 August 2020}}</ref> * Label: Mia Dyson * Format: DD |- ! scope="row"| ''Sings Leonard Cohen'' | * Released: November 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/sings-leonard-cohen-single/1326342251|title=Sings Leonard Cohen (EP)|website=Apple Music|date= November 2016|accessdate=25 August 2020}}</ref> * Label: Backdoor * Format: DD |- ! scope="row"| ''Parking Lots Revisited'' | * Released: 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/parking-lots-revisited-ep/1536077869|title=Parking Lots Revisited (EP)|website=Apple Music|date= 2020|accessdate=7 December 2020}}</ref> * Label: Backdoor * Format: DD, streaming |}
===Other appearances=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |- ! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Artist ! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Album |- ! scope="row" | "Precious Thing" | Various Artists | 2003 | ''The Queenscliff Music Festival ALIVE'' |- ! scope="row" | "Lonely" | Various Artists | 2005 | ''Look Both Ways'' (soundtrack) |- ! scope="row" | "Can't Let Go" | Various Artists | 2006 | ''Like a Version 2'' |- ! scope="row" | "Choose" | Various Artists | rowspan="2"| 2007 | ''Turning the Tide'' |- ! scope="row" | "Over Before it Began" | Urthboy | ''The Signal'' |- ! scope="row" | "This Magic Moment" | Various Artists | 2009 | ''Like a Version 5'' |- ! scope="row" | "Fruits of My Labour" | Katie Noonan | 2014 | ''Songs That Made Me'' |- ! scope="row" | "Humble" | Various Artists | 2017 | ''Scary Pockets'' |- ! scope="row" | "Being Scared" | Various Artists | 2018 | ''The Alchemy of Fire'' |}
==Awards== ===AIR Awards=== The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. They commenced in 2006. {{awards table}} |- | 2013<ref name="13nom">{{cite web|url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/final-air-awards-2013-nominations-revealed-50000-prize-announced/|title=Final AIR Awards 2013 Nominations Revealed, $50,000 Prize Announced|website=tonedeaf|date=1 October 2013|accessdate=20 August 2020}}</ref> |''The Moment'' | Best Independent Blues and Roots Album | {{nom}} |- | 2014<ref name="14nom">{{cite web|url=https://www.speakertv.com/news/latest-news/carlton-dry-air-awards-2014-nominees-announced/|title=CARLTON DRY AIR AWARDS 2014 NOMINEES ANNOUNCED|website=speaker tv|date=September 2014|accessdate=20 August 2020|archive-date=11 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911162157/https://www.speakertv.com/news/latest-news/carlton-dry-air-awards-2014-nominees-announced/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ''Idyllwild'' | Best Independent Blues and Roots Album | {{nom}} |- | 2019<ref name="2019nom">{{cite web|url=https://scenestr.com.au/music/2019-air-awards-nominees-20190328|title=2019 AIR Awards Nominees|date=28 March 2019 |accessdate=20 August 2020}}</ref> | ''If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back'' | Best Independent Blues and Roots Album | {{nom}} |- | 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scenestr.com.au/music/2020-air-awards-nominees-20200707|title=2020 AIR Awards Nominees|website=scenestr|date=7 July 2020|accessdate=8 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="2020wins">{{cite web|url=https://theindustryobserver.thebrag.com/2020-air-award-winners/|title=That's a wrap: 2020 AIR Awards winners and celebrations|website=the industry observer|date=1 October 2020 |accessdate=1 October 2020}}</ref> | ''Dyson Stringer Cloher'' {{small|(as Dyson Stringer Cloher}}} | Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="1"| 2025<ref name="AIRawards2025noms">{{cite web|url=https://www.thenote.com.au/news/air-awards-2025-nominees|title= The Nominees for the 2025 AIR Awards Are Here |website=The Note|date=13 May 2025|access-date=17 May 2025}}</ref> | ''Tender Heart'' | Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP | {{nom}} |- {{end}}
===APRA Awards=== The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |title=APRA History |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) |access-date=25 April 2022 }}</ref>
{{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2013 | "When the Moment Comes" (Mia Dyson) | Song of the Year | {{nominated}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/apra-song-year-shortlist-revealed/|title=APRA Song Of The Year 2013 Shortlist Revealed|website=Tone Deaf|date=11 April 2013|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref> |- | 2015 | "When We're Older" (Mia Dyson, Lee Pardini & Erin Sidney) | Song of the Year | {{shortlisted}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/apras-song-of-the-year-shortlist-is-here/|title=APRA's Shortlist Of The Top Aussie Songs Of 2014 Is Hereng of the Year!|website=Music Feeds|date=15 January 2015|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref> |- {{end}}
===ARIA Music Awards=== The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/search/?text=mia%20dyson|title=ARIA Award search|website=ARIA search|accessdate=25 August 2020}}</ref> {{awards table}} |- | 2003 |''Cold Water'' | Best Blues & Roots Album | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2"| 2005 | rowspan="2"|''Parking Lots'' | Best Female Artist | {{nom}} |- | Best Blues & Roots Album | {{won}} |- | 2008 |''Struck Down'' | Best Blues & Roots Album | {{nom}} |- | 2012 |''The Moment'' | Best Blues & Roots Album | {{nom}} |- | 2024 |''Tender Heart'' | Best Blues & Roots Album | {{won}} |}
===EG Awards / Music Victoria Awards=== The EG Awards (known as ''Music Victoria Awards'' since 2013) are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006. {{awards table}} |- |rowspan="2"| 2012<ref name="EG12noms">{{cite web|url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/awards-2012-nominations-announced-induct-weddings-parties/|title= EG Awards 2012 Announce Nominations, Induct Weddings, Parties, Anything|website=Tone Deaf|date=3 October 2012|accessdate=19 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="EG12wins">{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/the-temper-trap-oh-mercy-win-eg-awards-20121121|title=The Temper Trap, Oh Mercy Win EG Awards|website=noise11|date=21 November 2012|accessdate=19 August 2020}}</ref> | "When the Moment Comes" | Best Song | {{nom}} |- | Mia Dyson | Best Female | {{nom}} |- {{end}}
===J Awards=== The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005. {{awards table}} |- | 2014<ref name="2014winner">{{cite web|title = The J Award 2014|website = Triple J|url = https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/14/|publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation|year = 2014|accessdate =15 August 2020}}</ref> |herself | Double J Artist of the Year | {{won}} {{end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|miadyson.com/}} *[http://www.roocast.com/showdetail,conmap,587 Mia Dyson podcast included in Australian Music Podcast feed]
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