WOMAD NZ adds nine musical performers to the 2022 line-up. BaseFM fave Mazbo Q and Ruby Du join the lineup amongest other NZ talent.
This week’s Local Eyes is Joseph Vea “Find Me”, which explores his addiction to social media and constant scrolling through content. He often wonders what “the cost” is of spending so much time and energy on things that don’t contribute to his daily life. This is not something people spend much time thinking about. He […]
This week on Native Tongues we check out new tracks from Lisi, Uts, Chris RL, Phodiso, Lion Rezz, La Coco & Oceans Before Me PLUS new artists JP, Kyla Greening and SOUNDPROPHETZ. Starting off the show is an artist called ‘道革 / dàogé with tracks from their new project ‘Solequience‘. Check it out on Bandcamp: […]
This week’s Local Eyes is from Tāmaki Makaurau-based wordsmith Chris RL with his follow up to his debut EP ‘STILL’. Check out the video for his latest release ‘I’M ON MY WAY’ featuring fellow Aotearoa rappers, the Māngere-born duo SHEDLYTE, and West Auckland standout Ranuimarz. Produced by SSU, ‘I’M ON MY WAY’ is a heartfelt […]
Celebrating 36 finalists across 15 different categories in a special live television event The 2021 Aotearoa Music Awards will be a live television event screened on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ OnDemand from the Aotea Centre. The event will take place in December and will be rescheduled to a date in early 2022 if Covid-19 restrictions […]
This week’s local Eyes is from one of New Zealand’s most prominent hip-hop figures, JessB. Who has just shared her new single “FROM THA JUMP.” Accompanied with a bold visual by Jodo Valley Productions featuring her collection of mini me’s, this track follows up on a string of remixes throughout 2021 as well as Jess’ […]
‘Breaking Artists’ on Base is a monthly feature where we pick 3 local artists and showcase 3 new tracks we think you should know. All ‘Breaking Artists’ tracks are fresh and featured for the entire month so that we can push their music far and wide. This month’s picks… Joseph Vea – Find Me Joseph […]
With more than four decades of music under his belt, George ‘Fiji’ Veikoso will be recognised as the recipient of the 2021 Manukau Institute of Technology Lifetime Achievement Award. The Pacific Music Awards Trust is proud to celebrate Fiji’s contribution to Pacific music at the 2021 Pacific Music Awards on 11 December. With his melodious […]
This week’s Local Eyes is from Palmerston North’s musical talent Rory Noble with his new single ‘High Again’. Rory Noble has a limitless global mindset. With production credits alongside household names Kanye West and Ruel, ‘High Again’ is taken from Noble’s forthcoming debut EP WHERE DO WE GO WHEN THE WORLD ENDS. Inspiration for the single has been drawn from Noble’s […]
WOMAD returns delivering world-class performers from Aotearoa, for the award-winning three day festival. For its 17th presentation in New Zealand, WOMAD NZ is back in full force with all of its eight stages that will feature close to 100 hours of music, with the diverse and rich range of talent that WOMAD go-ers have come to […]