Music News - Top Five Finalists Announced For 2016 Apra Silver Scroll Award
01 September 2016 - 0 Comments
Five top New Zealand artists and acts have made the shortlist for
the 2016 APRA Silver Scroll Award, recognising excellence in songwriting.
The finalists and their songs represent an eclectic mix of genres and range
from iconic names in Kiwi music, to up-and-comers making their mark in the
industry.
After winning the prized award in 2014, the internationally renowned Tami Neilson is back
in this year’s list of finalists with The
First Man co-written with her brother Jay Neilson. It’s a
heartbreaking song that reflects on the death of her father, written at a time
of deep pain and grief, and yet also written out of deep love and celebration
that narrates the time between a child’s life beginning to a parent’s life
ending.
Stalwarts of indie pop ‘n’ rock The
Phoenix Foundation (Samuel Scott, Lukasz Buda, Conrad Wedde,
William Ricketts, Thomas Callwood, Christopher O'Connor) also make this
year’s cut. It brings their total number of nominations over the years to six
times in the Top 20 and an impressive four times in the Top 5. The band’s entry
this year, Give Up Your
Dreams, is an uplifting nod to the fine line between chucking
it all in and soldiering on with a great big smile on your face.
Auckland singer-songwriter Lydia
Cole is also up for the award with her song Dream. It’s a
bittersweet two-part tale all about falling in love when you least expect it.
It is the second song to have earned Lydia a spot in the Top 5.
Thomas Oliver is a first-time nominee with his love song If I Move To Mars, which explores
the Wellington singer-songwriter’s fascination with the idea of living on the
red planet with your lover – lying in the dirt, drinking Cognac and listening
to records.
Also newcomers to the Top 5 are Street
Chant (Emily Littler, Billie Rogers, Alex Brown, Christopher
Farnham) with their song Pedestrian
Support League. The indie-rockers’ song is loosely about life
in their hometown of Auckland and that feeling you get when you return from
life on the road, to a crummy flat in Grey Lynn.
Anthony Healey, Head of NZ Operations for APRA AMCOS, says: “Great songs
tell great stories and each of these songs give us beautiful, heartfelt tales
of dreams, love and loss. It’s a diverse and eclectic group of songwriters,
each at the very top of their craft and each very much deserving of our
celebration."
The APRA Silver Scroll Awards celebrated its 50th anniversary last
year marking a significant milestone and a track record in recognising New
Zealand’s brightest songwriting talent. It’s considered one of the most coveted
awards in New Zealand music and has previously been awarded to Ray Columbus,
Hammond Gamble, Shona Laing, Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga, Don McGlashan, Neil Finn,
Chris Knox, Brooke Fraser, James Milne & Luke Buda, Alisa Xayalith &
Thom Powers (The Naked And Famous) and Ella Yelich-O’Connor (Lorde) & Joel
Little.
The other awards presented on the night are:
- APRA Maioha Award, celebrating
exceptional waiata featuring te reo Māori
- SOUNZ Contemporary Award,
celebrating excellence in contemporary composition
- APRA Best Original Music in a
Feature Film Award
- APRA Best Original Music in a
Series Award
As a part of the celebrations
APRA will also be inducting a songwriter/s into the New Zealand Music Hall of
Fame.
All awards will be presented at Vector
Arena in Auckland on Thursday
29th September. Radio
New Zealand will broadcast and live video stream the APRA
Silver Scroll Awards ceremony on RNZ
National, Freeview
Ch 50 and online at www.rnz.co.nz/music.
The awards are proudly supported by Panhead
Custom Ales.
APRA
Silver Scroll Award – top 5 finalists 2016:
Lydia Cole – Dream –
Lydia Cole
The Phoenix Foundation – Give
Up Your Dreams - Samuel Scott, Lukasz Buda, Conrad
Wedde, William Ricketts, Thomas Callwood, Christopher O’Connor.
Published by Native Tongue Music Publishing.
Thomas Oliver – If
I Move To Mars – Thomas Oliver.
Published by Mushroom Music Pty Ltd.
Street Chant – Pedestrian
Support League - Emily Littler, Billie Rogers, Alex
Brown, Christopher Farnham.
Published by Arch Hill Music Publishing / Native Tongue Music Publishing.
Tami Neilson – The
First Man – Tami Neilson, Jay Neilson.
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