Rongomaiwahine Higgins
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:06 pm

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Rongomaiwahine Higgins may not be a household name yet, but that may be a matter of time. Higgins plays tonight at the Crown at one of the Song
Poets Corner gatherings with Jae Bedford, Simon Kerr and Mark Parry.

“This [tonight’s gig] will be my first time in Dunedin, which I am really
excited about, although in Wellington [from where she moved] I have played for about five years. It will be interesting to see how the Dunedin crowd will take me.”

Her musical journey stared when she was very young, “I started in
Wellington, after watching Ruby Turner on stage and I said to my aunty, ‘I
want to do that - I want to perform and sing.’

‘That was about when I was 5. I guess dreams really do come true.”

Asked to describe her music, Higgins replied: “My music comes from the
soul. The way I explain this is everyone goes through experiences and
challenges in life; when you write words that reflect this and also put a
tune that you feel comes from your soul, you have just written soul
music.”

Although her gig tonight will be solo, she is on a recruitment drive.
“Yeah, I am actually playing by myself and am also looking for band
members who can contribute to soul music.”

See Rongomaiwahine Higgins follow her dream at the crown tonight.