Pete Rainey and
Glenn Common of
Smokefree Rockquest
for their contribution to music through 33 years of
motivating young musicians and helping them to develop their
talent and creativity, musicianship, and performance
skills.
Dylan Pellett, General
Manager Independent Music New Zealand
says, It’s astounding to me that we can
celebrate together tonight and show off the talented artists
that live and create in Aotearoa. What a privilege to
present this event on behalf of our membership and the wider
music community. Top work everyone!
The 2021Taite
Music Prize was held at
Q Theatre in
Tāmaki Makaurau and featured performances by
Friday, 12 March 2021, 7:58 am
The
Taite Music Prize highlights outstanding
New Zealand albums released in the past year. The award is
open to all genres of music and judged on artistic merit
regardless of genre, sales, or record label.
Today,
Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) is very pleased to announce the
finalists for the
Taite
Music Prize
2021 and the
Auckland Live Best Independent
Debut Award. These two prestigious awards will be
awarded on Tuesday, April 20th, 2021 at Auckland s Q Theatre
alongside the yet to be announced Classic Record and the
Independent Spirit Award recipients.
Named after the
late
Dylan Taite, one of New Zealand’s
An artist who conjures a truly special atmosphere, Westerman recently took charge of
Delivering a spacious, down tempo selection that dwells on beatific mood, he also included a brand new remix.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra picks apart Drawbridge , adding opaque psychedelic elements and swirling new layers of noise around Westerman s vocal.
Tune in now.
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Nominations now
open
The
Taite Music Prize
highlights outstanding New Zealand albums released in the
past year. The award is open to all genres of music and
judged on artistic merit regardless of genre, sales, or
record label.
IMNZ General Manager, Dylan
Pellett says, It’s an honour to present the
Taite Music Prize every year, and this one is no different -
excepting the fact that everyone has had a challenging time
over the last twelve months! With those far-reaching
challenges as a backdrop, it is heartening to know that New
Zealand artists have responded with such creativity and