4/4 Pacific Music + Arts Volume 1:3 April 2016

9 BY ARTIST: Annie Grace The Journey Beau Monga ‘King & Queen’ Common Kings Hits & Mrs Ezra James ‘Runaway’ Ill SemanƟcs Trillogy K.One Out of Thin Air Makisi Famili Mal Lakatani ‘FiƟ Lagakali’ Revere ‘Set Apart’          Rosie Everything’s Rosie Sol3 Mio On Another Note Team Dynamite ‘Cosmos ReUp’ Te Vaka Amataga Tha Feelstyle ‘Sasa’ TJ Taotua ‘Firstly’ Tomorrow People Bass & Bassinets Tree ‘Sweet Lovin’ Vince Harder Rare Vision vol 1 :3          The VPMA team are now looking forward to celebrating all these finalists in the weeks leading up to the awards ceremony. If you haven’t heard these releases – go check their music out! Each of the finalists are up for the Vodafone People’s Choice Award – Best Pacific Artist, which is determined solely by public vote. Details for this will be announced soon, to have your say and vote for your favourite Pacific artist, go to: www. pacificmusicawards.org.nz The 2016 awards ceremony will be held on Thursday 9 June, at the Vodafone Events Centre, Auckland. The night will celebrate the music released in 2015, with each of the awards presented. At the heart of the event is the live performances that take place on the night. A new feature are the audio visual component of the awards presentation – with the category videos produced by Malosi Pictures Ltd – and we can’t wait to see what they create for us this year. Announcements will be made soon about tickets for the awards ceremony and also the performers for the night – so stay tuned. And we look forward to celebrating with you on 9 June. For more details about the awards, please go to: www.pacificmusicawards.org.nz 4/4

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