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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
Music Plus
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Press Release – Taite Music Prize
Dare to take a shot at who the next winner of theTaite Music Prize will be? 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 resilience. We salute all of our musicians with this event, and look forward to celebrating our amazing community.”
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