30/06/2023
With smooth, soulful vocals at the forefront of her sound, 2023 marks a decade since Bailey Wiley began releasing music. Her latest single Baby Mama is a mellow RnB groove, laden with lush harmonies and inspired by Wiley’s ...
19/06/2023
The mid-February release of Ashy 's infectious new single LA Talk was neatly timed to share with her audience before she travelled to the USA as an 'official showcasing artist' at SXSW (South By SouthWest) in Austin, Texas, ...
15/06/2023
Currently a year 11 student at Rotorua Girls’ High School, 15-year-old Nikau Grace Chater is already a few years into her budding career as a musician. Her bilingual debut single Tōku Tuakiri is an introspective power ...
24/05/2023
Producer Edward Liu is a developing presence in the Aotearoa music scene. As EdyOnTheBeat or more simply Edy, he has worked with artists such as Sam V, Razé, Mikey Mayz and Jarna. Liu released the lead single from his own NZ ...
24/05/2023
Ōtautahi funk beast Somebody Do Something provide the goods with their debut album 'As Rome Burns'. The band, made up of Grace Stainthorpe, Ash Perry, Marlee Rosoff, Austyn Mills, Wilson Reveley and Callum Margetts, followed ...
24/09/2020
Neo-soul RnB band Jam & Jelly from Papatoetoe High School in Tāmaki Makaurau have taken out the national final of the 2020 Smokefree Tangata Beats competition. Jam & Jelly are Skylah Hewett (vocals), Ozarius Tu'ua ...
18/09/2020
There's a good chance that a bunch of very talented and photogenic tamariki might steal the 'show' at the 2020 Waiata Māori Music Awards. Māori Television series stars Te Nūtube are finalists in four categories on the ...
05/08/2020
The Pacific Music Awards Trust are very happy to announce that the 2020 Pacific Music Awards will go ahead as a (scaled back) live event on Wednesday, September 30, at the BNZ Theatre, Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau. The ...
05/08/2020
August 1 marked the start of the fifth annual Te Marama Pūoro Waiata Māori - Māori Music Month, designed to nurture, grow and inspire up and coming performers and established artists alike. The start of the month also ...
20/12/2019
Nominations for all award categories of the Pacific Music Awards 2020 are now open. A dozen categories are for local artists (New Zealand citizens/residents) plus there's the Best International Pacific Artist Award, which ...
