Folk group T-Bone have been awarded the 2023 Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa | Best Folk Artist Tūī, following the release of their debut album, Good ‘n Greasy. Featuring Gerry Paul, Dusty Burnell, Richard Klein, Michael Muggeridge, and Aaron Stewart, T-Bone’s debut album Good ’n Greasy contains close vocal harmonies and fiery instrumentals on guitars, mandolin, banjo and fiddles, creating a […]
Recorded Music NZ are pleased to announce that nominations for the 2023 Te Kaipuoro Waiata Tamariki Toa | Best Children’s Music Artist, for all of those artists who have released a Children’s Music album (or 5 single releases) during the period 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022 The awards will be presented at a […]
Recorded Music NZ are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa | Best Folk Artist Tūī – Butter Wouldn’t Melt, Mel Parsons, and T-Bone. The winner will be presented with their Tūī at the 2023 Auckland Folk Festival on 29 January 2023. Butter Wouldn’t Melt Blending Americana and Traditional folk […]
A record-breaking eight #1 albums by New Zealand artists in 2022 Recorded Music New Zealand’s annual End-of-Year Official Charts | Te Papa Tātai Waiata Matua O Aotearoa have been revealed today. While it has been a record-breaking year for New Zealand albums reaching #1, and there are more chart accolades for local mega-groups Six60 and […]
Today the Aotearoa Music Awards | Nga Tohu Puoro o Aotearoa announce the 2022 finalists, with the winners to be announced on November 10th. With six nominations Rob Ruha emerges as the frontrunner for this year’s awards. Rob is nominated for six awards: Recorded Music NZ Te Pukaemi o te Tau | Album of the […]
Today we celebrate the winners of the Recorded Music NZ Te Kaipuoro Tautito Toa | Best Jazz Artist and the APRA Best Jazz Composition, which were announced today live on Radio New Zealand’s Music 101. Aotearoa-born, London-based jazz musician Myele Manzanza has won the Tūī for Recorded Music NZ Te Kaipuoro Tautito Toa | Best […]
Pacific musicians recognised at in-person awards ceremony in Manukau, Auckland This evening the Pacific music community was celebrated at the 2022 Pacific Music Awards at the Vodafone Event Centre in Manukau, Auckland. Onehunga-based hip hop crew SWIDT took out three awards for Flava Best Pacific Group, Base FM & Island Base Best Pacific Hip Hop […]
As the local scene continues to develop and grow, today we celebrate the talented finalists for Recorded Music New Zealand Te Kaipuoro Tautito Toa | Best Jazz Artist and APRA Best Jazz Composition awards. Aotearoa-born, London-based jazz musician Myele Manzanza leads the nominations as a finalist for both awards for his album Crisis & Opportunity […]
Last night, the finalists for the 2022 Pacific Music Awards were announced at an event at The 312 Hub in Onehunga. Across 13 awards categories, this year’s 26 finalists are a mix of new musicians debuting music, established Pacific music icons and everything in between. Leading the finalist nominations this year are Tomorrow People with […]
Nominations for the 2022 Aotearoa Music Awards open today The call is out to artists across the country with nominations now open for the 2022 Aotearoa Music Awards. From today, musicians, producers, engineers, and visual artists who have contributed to the local music industry can be put forward for a 2022 Tūī. Nomination details can […]