Reb Fountain Awarded Taite Music Prize 2021 Chris Cudby / Photo credit: Frances Carter / Wednesday 21st April, 2021 9:49AM
The twelfth annual
Taite Music Prize was indeed a glitzy and glamorous occasion last night, returning to Tāmaki Makaurau s Q Theatre after necessarily switching to a livestream format for 2020 s Covid-derailed ceremony. This year s awards felt reflective of the significant challenges faced by Aotearoa music industry over the past 12 months, acknowledged in MC
Sarah Thomson s (95bFM) introductory speech. In many ways the public face of the Save Our Venues fundraising campaign to support independent venues across NZ during dire times for gigs,
Reb Fountain was awarded the Taite Music Prize for her 2020 self-titled album, while representatives of the Whammy Bar community
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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
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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