May is the month we acknowledge the music of Aotearoa New Zealand. A month started when local music was not as accepted as a sound from somewhere over there. Do we still need a NZ Music Month? Yes. It’s a wonderful way to celebrate the ethnic, cultural and creatively diverse musical threads of our community. From our National Anthem to Tryptofunk – this is New Zealand music.
We could go on forever with the list of words, voices, compositions…this is a mere fragment of the talent we have here.
Maybe not “New Zealand music” but these two epitomise New Zealand musicality and it’s Dames Malvina Major and Kiri Te Kanawa.
No introduction needed…
Contemporary sound
Wherever you are during New Zealand Music Month 2020 – be safe be happy be kind. Arohanui Kia Kaha
This ARTbop The Sunday Series: NZ Music Month has been compiled from information and YouTube videos. There is so much more of our New Zealand music and our creatives available online. Take the time to watch.
Rosemary Balu. Rosemary Balu is the founding and current Managing Editor of ARTbop. Rosemary has arts and law degrees from the University of Auckland. She has been a working lawyer and has participated in a wide variety of community activities where information gathering, submission writing, community advocacy and education have been involved. Interested in all forms of the arts since childhood Rosemary is focused on further developing and expanding multi-media ARTbop as the magazine for all the creative arts in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
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As many of the traditional haunts of The Corner Shop NZ may be closed at the moment we will share with you interesting and amazing stuff we have found online, the progress of the property up here in Whakamarama and of course some more of the eclectic range of the vintage, collectable and just plain weird we have in our shop. We hope you all stay safe and well and we’ll see you in one of our favourite cafes (with cake) soon!
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Vintage kitchen tins
