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
Gig Information
ARIA has fostered her talent for singing, dancing and performing since a young age. A driven and unique artist, ARIA has honed her super powers by adapting and diversifying, whether it was writing and recording the Auckland anthem ‘Friday’, in the shack with Homebrew, belting top Cs in the Festival Garden for Dr Colossus, crooning BVs for Teeks on RNZ or laying down vocals for Noah Slee at Red Bull studios, Berlin, ARIA has lapped it all up, slowly harvesting her rich experiences to build her own juicy, tapestry.
The debut single release from ARIA, ‘Awake With You’ is a high energy, pop-soul collaboration with renowned electronic producer and NZ Music Awards nominee, Boycrush, whose illustrious drumming career (Lawrence Arabia, Ruby Suns) is evidenced by the driving drums in the tune. Acclaimed actress Morgana O’Reilly directed and produced a raw and powerfully defenseless, filmic capture of the story behind the song which y
auckland scoop co nz » The Taite Music Prize 2021 Finalists Are Announced scoop.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scoop.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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
Press Release – Arts on Tour New Zealand
Carnivorous Plant Society are back! Allow New Zealands favourite psychedelic jazz band to take you on a journey from the streets of Mexico City to the mountains of Asia then straight to the depths of hell!
“Wonderful!” – John Campbell, Radio NZ
“Some serious instrument playing going on!” – Kathryn Ryan, Radio NZ
“Wonderful bunch of extremely talented musicians… they wowed the audience last night.” – 4th Wall theatre
Carnivorous Plant Society are back! Allow New Zealand’s favourite psychedelic jazz band to take you on a journey from the streets of Mexico City to the mountains of Asia then straight to the depths of hell!