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NZ Music Month News
The Māori language song "Upokohue" has won Second Place in the World Music category in the 2014 International Songwriting Competition (ISC). Each year the competition has become progressively more competitive, and with over 18,000 entries from 118 countries, organizers consider this to be a remarkable achievement.
Ūpokohue from the album RIMA (Moana & the Tribe) was written by Moana Maniapoto, Scotty Morrison and Paddy Free. It is a tribute and in some ways, a love song, to the endangered Maui dolphin. Ūpoko means ‘head’ while ‘hue’ is a type of gourd.
This is the 2nd time Moana has entered the ISC. In 2004, she was announced the overall winner, and awarded the Grand Jury Prize (2003) for her song Moko. Her song Whole Worlds Watching was also one of 10 finalists in the new ‘Pick a Cause’ category.
Moana & the Tribe released their album
RIMA at the end of last year. They will be perfoming at
WAIATA on May 30 as part of a special showcase of original
Māori music during NZ Music Month and are planning a tour
of Australia later on
in the year.
OFFICIAL MOANA &
THE TRIBE PAGE
http://www.moananz.com/
ISC WINNERS 2014
http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners
WAIATA
http://www.ticketdirect.co.nz/event/details/126116/waiata
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