Whirimako Black http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress Nau mai haere mai! Welcome to my website! Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:35:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Posting from my website http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/28/posting-from-my-website/ http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/28/posting-from-my-website/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:35:16 +0000 admin http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/?p=308 Kia ora Whanau!  Just testing out posting to Facebook from my website :)

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]]> http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/27/music-performed-on-tv/feed/ 0 Aotearoa Has Talent http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/aotearoa-has-talent/ http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/aotearoa-has-talent/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:40:54 +0000 admin http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/?p=288 Aotearoa Has Talent In Ngaruawaahia for the Koronaiha absolutely rocked, it should of been called, everyone’s got talent. Kia ora Iharaira and the production team it was mean maori mean! ]]> http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/aotearoa-has-talent/feed/ 0 Round Head Studio Auckland http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/round-head-studio-auckland/ http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/round-head-studio-auckland/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:36:12 +0000 admin http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/?p=285 Kia ora fans, on the 9th of Sept at Round Head Studio Auckland I would like to invite 2 fans only to come in and sit in on a recording of two songs which one will be played by the NZSO String section. If you think you would like that very much. Then give me a name for this album of love songs to be released before Xmas, the best names win. I’ll let you know! ]]> http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/round-head-studio-auckland/feed/ 0 Jamie Greenslade…… http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/jamie-greenslade/ http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/jamie-greenslade/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:35:25 +0000 admin http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/?p=283 I have just been checking out Tiki Tane’s sites and I have to say it is very impressive and inspiring. I am also loving Maisy Rika’s songs and voice good on you for hanging in and doing your homework, a true credit to every young maori, and you too Jamie Greenslade you are a credit to your iwi too. ]]> http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/jamie-greenslade/feed/ 0 E reo Irirangi o Poihakena http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/e-reo-irirangi-o-poihakena/ http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/e-reo-irirangi-o-poihakena/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:33:38 +0000 admin http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/?p=280 Morena ra te reo Irirangi o Poihakena, that kina looks wonderful, if only at this hour of the morning. As for that Interview I think its time we made a new one.
I have recorded two more albums, and they are looking like a 2010 release. I am open to doing a interview at that time here in NZ if you can organise that so you guys get some fresh news on the my musical collarations up to date. ]]> http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/e-reo-irirangi-o-poihakena/feed/ 0 My latest work in english http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/my-latest-work-in-english/ http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/my-latest-work-in-english/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:31:28 +0000 admin http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/?p=277 Kia ora everyone, I have been listening to my lastest work and boy oh boy I can’t believe its me sometimes. Very different from hearing it in Te Reo. ]]> http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/24/my-latest-work-in-english/feed/ 0 About http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/21/new-header/ http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/21/new-header/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:15:04 +0000 admin http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/?p=19

whirimakoblack

New Zealand’s soul diva, Whirimako Black has built up a loyal jazz, blues and Māori fan base with her sublime te reo Māori and English songs. She is, undoubtedly, one of this country’s finest musicians. Whirimako Black has performed throughout Aotearoa, Europe and Australia over the past decade. She creates a truly unique, intimate presence in her performances with a ‘sublime and exceptionally expressive voice’ that has been described as ‘pure velvet’. Whirimako’s distinctive sound, her use of traditional Māori musical forms and te reo Māori make her a unique and powerful voice for Aotearoa.

Awards

  • NZ Order of Merit (2006) for services to Māori music
  • NZ Music Award (2001) – Best Māori Album
  • APRA Maioha Award (2004) for her songwriting in te reo Māori
  • Te Waka Toi Award (2004) for her contributions to contemporary Māori music
  • NZ Music Tui (2008) for best Jazz Album

Solo Albums

  • Whirimako Black Sings – Te Reo Māori Version (2007)
  • Whirimako Black Sings (2007)
  • Soul Sessions (2006)
  • Kura Huna (2005)
  • Tangihaku (2004)
  • Hohou Te Rongo: Cultivate Peace (2003)
  • Hinepukohurangi: Shrouded in the Mist (2001)

Collaboration Albums

  • 1 GIANT LEAP album (2001/2), a world music project that saw worldwide release
  • LAND OF OUR FATHERS movie soundtrack (2004), with Zimbabwean musician Oliver Mtukudzi
  • HONE TUWARE album project (2005), produced by Charlotte Yates and featuring some of NZ’s top artists
  • Feel The Seasons Change (2008), with SALMONELLA DUB, as featured vocalist

DVD

  • An Evening With Whirimako Black (2007) , in concert with Joel Haines and Russel Walder at the Trinity Cathedral
]]> http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/21/new-header/feed/ 0 Gigs http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/21/tour-dates/ http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/2010/08/21/tour-dates/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:12:50 +0000 admin http://www.whirimako.org/wordpress/?p=7 Kia ora Whanau!  I’d like to announce tour dates coming up in November!

November

  • Thurs 4 Showplace New Plymouth
  • Fri 5 Expressions Arts Centre Upper Hutt
  • Sat 6 REAP Masterton
  • Wed 10 Golden Bay CAC
  • Thurs 11 Nelson School of Music
  • Fri 12 Inangahua CAC Reefton
  • Sat 13 Buller events Centre Westport
  • Sun 14 Shantytown Greymouth
  • Thurs 18 Oamaru Opera house
  • Fri 19 New Edinburgh folk Club Dunedin
  • Sat 20 Regent cinema Ashburton
  • Sun 21 Waimakariri CAC Rangiora
  • Tue 23 Gaiety Theatre Akaroa
  • Thurs 25 Coromandel
  • Fri 26 Tauranga Art Gallery
  • Sat 27 Gisborne
  • Sun 28 OSPA Onewhero

December

  • Wed 1 Kaikohe CAC
  • Thurs 2 Kaitaia
  • Fri 3 The Centre Kerikeri
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