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Strawpeople
Strawpeople are a New Zealand band. They were created by Paul Casserly and Mark Tierney after they had met while working at the Auckland university radio station now known as 95 bFM. Over the years, Strawpeople has brought together various New Zealand songwriters, vocalists and musicians in a collaborative effort and achieved some success. The album ''Broadcast'' reached number seven on the New Zealand charts and stayed in the top 40 for 51 consecutive weeks. Single "Sweet Disorder" from that album won the 1995 APRA Silver Scroll Award as well as the 'Songwriting' trophy at the 1996 New Zealand Music Awards. "Sweet Disorder" was voted one of the APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time, and was included on the related Nature's Best 2 CD. Their fourth album ''Vicarious'' became their most commercially successful album, climbing to number four on the New Zealand albums chart and winning "Album of the Year" at the 1997 New Zealand Music Awards. In 2000, the band had their hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicarious (album)
''Vicarious'' is the fourth studio album by New Zealand band Strawpeople, featuring vocalist Fiona McDonald. Released in 1996 by Columbia Records, the electronic album produced by McDonald and Strawpeople member Paul Casserly was commercially successful, staying on the New Zealand charts for nearly six months and peaking at #4.Strawpeople - part two ''Audioculture''. Retrieved November 24, 2020. It was also awarded Album of the Year at the 1997 New Zealand Music Awards. Development The album was originally intended to feature Vict ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona McDonald
Fiona Maude McDonald (born 1965) is a New Zealand pop singer and television personality. Singer McDonald's first involvement with music came through singing jingles for Auckland student radio station bFM. From that work she was asked to join Auckland band Diatribe which also included musician Greg Johnson. In the early '90s she teamed up with former bFM producers Mark Tierney and Paul Casserly who were looking for a singer for their new studio-only group, Strawpeople. McDonald also briefly sang live with NRA, and provided guest vocals on the Headless Chickens on "Cruise Control". Reaching #6 in the charts, "Cruise Control" proved to be so popular that she was asked to join the band full-time. Three successful years of recording and touring followed, including number one single "George", but McDonald eventually left the band in 1995. In the mid-'90s, McDonald continued to work with the Strawpeople and at the same time worked on songs for her solo album. ''A Different Hunge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Tauevihi
Stephanie Ann Tauevihi is a New Zealand songwriter, singer and actress, known for her work as the fictional character, Donna Heka, in the New Zealand television series ''Shortland Street''. She also played a Real estate Agent in one episode of short-lived NZ program '' Rude Awakenings''. She has provided songs and vocals for New Zealand band Strawpeople. Career Tauevihi began her career on radio station Mai FM, and entered television as a presenter for the youth television show ''Infocus''. She has sung with and provided vocals for band Strawpeople, for which work she received a 1995 nomination for 'Best Female Vocalist' at the New Zealand Music Awards. Stephanie appeared on The Masked Singer NZ as a " Pavlova", a type of New Zealand dessert. Stephanie was eliminated in the semifinal. Activism As a health promoter for 'Waiora Healthcare PHO' in West Auckland, she is active in efforts to address addiction to drugs and alcohol in New Zealand, and supports the organization 'Be Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Milky Way
"Under the Milky Way" is a single by Australian alternative rock band The Church (band), The Church, released on 15 February 1988, and appears on their fifth studio album ''Starfish (album), Starfish''. The song was written by bass guitarist and lead vocalist Steve Kilbey and his then-girlfriend Karin Jansson of Curious (Yellow). It peaked at No. 22 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart, No. 24 on the United States Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, No. 25 on the New Zealand Recorded Music NZ, Singles Chart and appeared in the Dutch Single Top 100. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1989, the song won 'Single of the Year'. It was issued simultaneously in both 7" vinyl and 12-inch single, 12" vinyl formats by Arista Records (internationally) and Mushroom Records (Australian region). In 2006, the song was remixed and released as Craig Obey vs The Church. It peaked at number 91 on the ARIA charts. In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bic Runga
Briolette Kah Bic Runga (born 13 January 1976), recording as Bic Runga, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist. Her first three studio albums debuted at number one on the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, New Zealand Top 40 Album charts. Runga has also found success internationally in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom with her song "Sway (Bic Runga song), Sway". Early life Runga was born in Christchurch. Her mother, Sophia Tang, was a Chinese Malaysian lounge singer in Malaysia when she met Joseph Te Okoro Runga, a Māori people, Māori ex-serviceman. They moved to New Zealand to live. Runga is of Ngāti Kahungunu descent. Regarding her name, she explains: "'You say it Bec, rather than Bic. ... It's Chinese, it's a strange vowel sound which doesn't seem to translate in Australia. It means the colour of jade, which might mean green.'" Runga grew up in Hornby, New Zealand, Hornby, Christchurch surrounded by a musically incline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Have A Little Faith In Me
"Have a Little Faith in Me" is a song written and performed by John Hiatt that appears on his 1987 album '' Bring the Family''. His version of the song has also appeared on the soundtracks of the movies '' Look Who’s Talking Now'' (1993), ''Benny & Joon'' (1993), ''Phenomenon (film)'' (1996), ''The Theory of Flight'' (1998), '' Cake'' (2005), '' My Best Friend’s Girl'' (2008), '' Love Happens'' (2009), '' Father Figures'' (2017), and ''Benjie'' (2017). Live versions were included on 1994's '' Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan?'' and 2005's '' Live from Austin, TX''. The song has been included in all of his greatest hits collections, including 1998's ''The Best of John Hiatt'' (as a rerecorded version) and ''Greatest Hits — The A&M Years ’87-’94'', 2001’s ''Anthology'', 2003’s ''20th Century Masters,'' and the 2005 box set ''Chronicles''. Background The song was the first song written by Hiatt following his sobriety from drugs and alcohol, which had contributed to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APRA Awards (New Zealand)
The APRA Music Awards are several annual and two-yearly award ceremonies run in New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members. APRA hold the annual Silver Scroll Awards and song awards, selects an inductee into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, and makes three professional development awards every second year. APRA also runs awards for its Australian members. APRA Silver Scroll Awards Each year all songwriters that are members of APRA with a song on general release in the eligibility period can enter the APRA Silver Scroll Award. For the APRA Silver Scroll Award, a judging panel of APRA members decides a shortlist of songs, which is then voted on by APRA's wider membership of 10,000+ songwriters and composers. The votes of the wider APRA membership decide the winner and finalists for the APRA Silver Scroll Award. The APRA Silver Scroll Award is awarded purely on the basis of songwriting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs Of All Time
The APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time is a selection of New Zealand songs as voted in 2001 by members of the Australasian Performing Right Association. The top 30 of this selection was used to create the ''Nature's Best'' CD and the rest of the list for follow up compilations. A similar list was made in Australia of the top 30 Australian songs. Selection The list was created to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in New Zealand in 2001. 900 candidate songs were chosen for APRA members to vote on. The top 30 songs were released on the ''Nature's Best'' CD. Commentary Some artists feature prominently in the list. These include: * Dave Dobbyn with the most songwriting credits (10) and second equal as an artist (6). * Neil and Tim Finn have second and third place songwriting credits (9 and 8 respectively) * The Finn-related bands Split Enz and Crowded House have the two highest entries (8 and 6—tied with Dave Dobbyn). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature's Best 2
''Nature's Best 2'' is a two-disc compilation album of 35 New Zealand popular music songs, numbers 31-65 on the APRA 75th Anniversary Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. See '' Nature's Best'' for more information on the selection process of this list. ''Nature's Best 2'' was released as part of a Nature's Best Box Set on 29 November 2005. Track listing Disc one #"Outlook For Thursday" – DD Smash (Dave Dobbyn/DD Smash, 1983) #" Down In Splendour" – Straitjacket Fits (Andrew Brough, 1990) #" Better Be Home Soon" – Crowded House (Neil Finn, 1988) #" How Bizarre" – OMC (Alan Jansson/Pauly Fuemana, 1995) #"Language" – Dave Dobbyn (Dave Dobbyn, 1994) #"Message to My Girl" – Split Enz (Neil Finn, 1984) #"Poi E" – Pātea Māori Club (Dalvanius Prime, 1984) #"Stuff And Nonsense" – Split Enz (Tim Finn, 1979) #"Venus" – The Feelers ( James Reid, 1998) #"System Virtue" – Emma Paki (Emma Paki, 1993) #" Fraction Too Much Friction" – Tim Finn (Tim Finn, 1983) #" Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narrative songs sung by the characters * MusicAL, an Albanian television channel * Musical isomorphism, the canonical isomorphism between the tangent and cotangent bundles See also * Lists of musicals * Music (other) * Musica (other) * Musicality Musicality (''music-al -ity'') is "sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music" or "the quality or state of being musical", and is used to refer to specific if vaguely defined qualities in pieces and/or genres of music, such as melodiousness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on January 15, 1889, evolving from the Graphophone#Commercialization, American Graphophone Company, the successor to the Volta Laboratory and Bureau#Commercialization of phonograph patents, Volta Graphophone Company. Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business, and the second major company to produce records. From 1961 to 1991, its recordings were released outside North America under the name CBS Records International, CBS Records to avoid confusion with EMI's Columbia Graphophone Company. Columbia is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels, alongside former longtime rival RCA Records, as well as Arista Records and Epic Records. Artists who have recorded for Columbia include AC/DC, Adele, Aerosmith, Julie And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
