thumb|alt=Tom Curtain an Australian singer songwriter, horseman, entrepreneur and family man |Tom Curtain promotional image in support of his sixth album 'Here's To You' due out 22 August 2025 {{Short description|Australian country music singer-songwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Tom Curtain''' is an Australian country music singer, songwriter and tourist operator based in Katherine in the Northern Territory.
== Career == Curtain was born in Mildura, Victoria in 1979 before returned his family property Old Boyneside, Kumbia near Kingaroy in Queensland where he attended Kumbia State School. He boarded at Marist College in Brisbane before attending the University of Queensland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tom Curtain biography |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Curtain/+wiki |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=Last.fm |language=en}}</ref>
Curtain worked at cattle stations across northern Australia but attributes the beginning of his song-writing to his time working in the stock-camp of Mount Sanford Station in the Northern Territory.
He began the tourism venture Katherine Outback Experience in Katherine, Northern Territory in 2013, that he runs with his wife Annabel. He is well known for performing while riding a horse and sharing his knowledge of training horses and working dogs for life on the land. Katherine Outback Experience won Gold for Tourist Attraction of the Year at the Australian Tourism Awards in 2021, 2023 and 2024. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-11 |title=Tom Curtain shares touring lessons from operating a tourism business |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/tom-curtain-katherine-outback-experience/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=The Music Network}}</ref>
Curtain has released five albums and toured widely, performing with Sara Storer, The Sunny Cowgirls, Pete Denahy and the Davidson Brothers.<ref name=":0" />
Curtain was friends with Amy ‘Dolly’ Everett and her family, a local teenager who died by suicide after being bullied. This inspired him to write ''Speak Up,'' a duet with Sara Storer which reached No. 1 on the iTunes Australian Music Chart.<ref>{{Cite web |last=North |first=Melissa |date=2018-11-27 |title=Tom Curtain takes the outback to the east with Speak Up Tour |url=https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/5781048/tom-curtain-takes-the-outback-to-the-east-with-speak-up-tour/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=The North West Star |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fitzgerald |first=Roxanne |date=2018-06-21 |title=Tom’s tribute to Dolly strikes a chord |url=https://www.katherinetimes.com.au/story/5472880/toms-tribute-to-dolly-strikes-a-chord/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=Katherine Times |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-21 |title=Country singer Tom Curtain brings 'Speak Up' tour to Geurie |url=https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/5916284/country-singer-tom-curtain-brings-speak-up-tour-to-geurie/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=Daily Liberal |language=en-AU}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Studio albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+List of studio albums ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:14em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:20em;" |Album details ! colspan="2" scope="col" |Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS<br /><ref>{{cite magazine|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 1 September 2025|magazine=The ARIA Report|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1852|page=6|date=1 September 2025}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS<br>Artist<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/F26AD98DEE702EBADF7F776C9EFF51BFB17B4ED6A75EC2FD777189C4E49EB1B5/ARIA%20Australian%20Artist%20Albums%20Chart.pdf?seq=43|title=ARIA Australian Artist Albums Chart|website=ARIA|date=1 September 2025|access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''Smack Bang!'' | * Released: 2004 * Label: Tom Curtain (TC 001) * Formats: CD | — || — |- ! scope="row" |''Heatwave'' | * Released: 2006 * Label: Tom Curtain, One Stop * Formats: CD | — || — |- ! scope="row" |''Territory Time'' | * Released: November 2017<ref>{{Citation |title=Territory Time by Tom Curtain |date=2017-11-14 |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/territory-time/1294065306 |language=en-AU |access-date=2022-03-17}}</ref> * Label: Tom Curtain * Formats: CD, digital | — || — |- ! scope="row" |''We're Still Here'' | * Released: 15 November 2019<ref>{{Citation |title=We're Still Here by Tom Curtain |date=2019-11-15 |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/were-still-here/1485104096 |language=en-AU |access-date=2022-03-17}}</ref> * Label: Outback Productions * Formats: CD, digital | — || — |- ! scope="row" |''Nothin's Gonna Stop Us'' | * Released: 21 October 2022<ref>{{Citation |title=Nothin's Gonna Stop Us by Tom Curtain |date=2022-10-21|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/nothins-gonna-stop-us/1645491696|language=en-AU |access-date=2022-03-17}}</ref> * Label: Tom Curtain * Formats: CD, digital | — || — |- ! scope="row" |''Here's to You'' | * Released: 22 August 2025 * Label: Tom Curtain (TC2025/6) * Formats: CD, digital | 76 || 8 |}
== Awards ==
=== Country Music Awards (CMAA) === Curtain has won several Golden guitar awards at the Tamworth Country Music Awards of Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden Guitar Award Winners |url=https://country.com.au/awards/golden-guitar-award-winners |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=country.com.au}}</ref>
{{awards table}} |- | rowspan=2| 2018 || "Never Never Land" (featuring Luke O'Shea) || |Toyota Heritage Song of the Year || {{won}} |- | "Never Never Land" (featuring Luke O'Shea) || Video Clip of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kixcountry.com.au/hottest-country-news/47957-2021-golden-guitar-nominees-revealed-updating|title=2021 Golden Guitar Nominees Revealed|website=Kix Country|date=November 2020|access-date=2 December 2022}}</ref> || "She Gave Us the Song" (with Lee Kernaghan & Sara Storer) || Toyota Heritage Song of the Year || {{nom}} |- | 2024<ref name="CMAA23noms1">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcmf.com.au/gga-nominees|title=Toyota 52nd Golden Guitar Awards|website=TCMF|date=20 November 2023|access-date=23 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="CMAA23noms2">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcmf.com.au/nominees-announced-for-the-52nd-country-music-awards-of-australia-the-toyota-golden-guitar-awards#:~:text=Tamworth%20Regional%20Council%20will%20present,livestreamed%20via%20the%20Festival%20website.|title=Nominees Announced for the 52nd Country Music Awards |website=TCMF|date=20 November 2023|access-date=23 November 2023}}</ref> || ''Nothing's Gonna Stop Us'' || Traditional Country Album of the Year || {{nom}} |- | rowspan=2| 2026<ref name="CMAA noms 26">{{cite web|url=https://country.com.au/images/Docs/AWARDS_DOCS/2026_AWARDS/2026_GOLDEN_GUITAR_AWARDS_FINALISTS.pdf|title= 54th Country Music Awards of Australia 2026 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards NOMINEES|website=Country|date=December 2025|access-date=10 December 2025}}</ref> || rowspan=2| ''Here's to You'' || Traditional Country Album of the Year || {{nom}} |- | Album of the Year || {{nom}} {{end}}
=== NT Song of the Year Awards === {{awards table}} |- | 2018 || "Territory Time"|| Tourism NT Tourism Song of the Year<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-24 |title=Gurrumul Yunupingu, Caiti Baker, among multi-nominees for NT Song Of The Year |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/gurrumul-yunupingu-caiti-baker-among-multi-nominees-for-nt-song-of-the-year/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=The Music Network}}</ref> || {{nom}} {{end}}
=== Southern Stars Australian Independent Country Music Awards === {{awards table}} |- | rowspan=4| 2018<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-09 |title=Mane man Tom’s talents in train |url=https://thewest.com.au/travel/australasia/mane-man-toms-talents-in-train-ng-b881844060z |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=The West Australian |language=en}}</ref> || himself || Independent Male Artist of the Year || {{won}} |- | "Never Never Land" (featuring Luke O'Shea) || Single of the Year || {{won}} |- | ''Territory Time''|| Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | himself || Independent Artist of the Year || {{won}} {{end}}
=== Adelaide River Country Music Festival === {{awards table}} |- | 2002 || himself || Best Male Vocal category || {{won}} {{end}}
== References == <references />
== External links ==
* [https://www.tomcurtain.com.au/ Official website]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Curtain, Tom}} Category:Living people Category:Australian country musicians Category:1979 births Category:People educated at Marist College Ashgrove