Celebrating NZ music throughout May: 31 – Suzanne Prentice / Brooke Fraser / Anika Moa / @melissakellie / summing it all up

It’s the last day of May, so let’s look back at the month. We’ve seen heaps of awesome kiwi music, and we’ve barely touched the surface.

I had a listen to the video @sift666 shared in the comments a couple of days ago, and it explains very well why so much popular modern music is so bad. Or maybe just "meh". But even more reason to keep looking for the real musicians, who would like to see music be great again. I can't say I cared for a lot of the new kiwi artists I found along the way, but I did like some of them.

Let's move onto the last selection. After this, I think we'll all have a break from music posts for a while! It has been quite a challenge. I've got photos from our trip to Brisbane to share, and photos of silver sent to me by fellow Steemians. And a new recipe.

I’m going to finish off with a few of the female artists that haven’t been featured yet, including another Steemian. Then I’ve included a list of all the kiwi music posts from this month, plus a few older ones.

Suzanne Prentice

A country singer who was active from 1973 and is still entertaining audiences today. Her most well known song was a cover of Crystal Gayle’s “When I Dream” from 1982.

Brooke Fraser

Brooke is a singer-songwriter active from 2002 to the present. So far she has released 4 albums and 9 singles. Here’s one of her first singles, “Lifeline”, from 2003.

Her most successful release was “Something in the Water” from 2010. (Not to be confused with the Carrie Underwood song of the same name from 2014.)

Anika Moa

Active from 1999 to the present, she’s a pop artist with 8 albums and 17 singles under her belt. Here’s “Falling In Love Again” from 2002

Melissa Kellie

Our very own @melissakellie – how did I manage to leave it so long to mention her? Sorry! She is currently living in Australia, near Brisbane, along with her mum, @kiwioz, but is a New Zealand citizen.

I’m having some problems with my DTube, getting video, but no sound. So sadly, I’ve been unable to check out any of her recent posts, and have had to go to Youtube! Here she is with one of her original songs, Never Ending War.

Pop along to her blog for hours of entertainment

https://steemit.com/@melissakellie

Or if you also have DTube problems, check out some more of her work here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/MelissaKellie10

A reminder of our Kiwi Steemian musicians

@kaykunoichi

• Kill the Pad - Integrity

@podycameron

From his new EP, being released direct to the blockchain
• Drowning
And a 90s style beat

@melissakellie

Too many for me to list them all here, so go check her out here: https://steemit.com/@melissakellie or here: https://www.youtube.com/user/MelissaKellie10

Here’s a full list of all the other posts

Bookmark this post and come back and visit it often. There’s a lot here to check out.

Posts by me @kiwideb

Mostly from my era of 60’s to 90’s, but with a more recent artist in most posts.

• 60 years of my favourite music – 10 Kiwi classics
• Some Maori classics – Now Is The Hour / Pokarekare Ana / Whakaaria Mai and more
• The Broods / The musicians in my family
• Don McGlashan / Mutton Birds / Front Lawn / Blam Blam Blam / Decades (Ashei)
• Bic, Boh & Pearl Runga / Stellar / Amez Amez / Jon Lemmon
• Split Enz / Crowded House / Tim Finn / Neil Finn
• Th’ Dudes / theSlacks
• Topp Twins / Pody Cameron
• Allison Durbin / Kunoichi
• Blerta / Corben Simpson / Bernie Griffen
• Rei / Dalvanius Prime / Maisey Rika
• Harry Parsons / Tony Backhouse (gospel song leader)
• Dave Dobbyn with DD Smash & Herbs / The Beths
• Supergroove / Che Fu / Salmonella Dub
• Shona Laing / Sharon O’Neill
• Flight of the Conchords / Fred Dagg / Marcus Turner / Gish
• Jordan Luck / Dance Exponents / Fur Patrol
• Tadpole / Goldenhorse / Michael James Keene
• Nesian Mystik / Scribe / Trillion
• Crocodiles / Swingers / Netherland Dancing Toys / Peking Man / When the Cat’s Away / Holidaymakers / Revere
• Keith Urban / The Adults / Estere / Jess B
• Miss June / Die! Die! Die! / Opposite Sex / Astro Children
• The Rumour / John Rowles
• Marlon Williams / Unfaithful Ways / Delaney Davidson
• Aldous Harding/ Lorde / OMC / Coconut Rough / Sisters Underground
• Classical – Dame Kiri Te Kanawa / Hayley Westenra / Helen Bowater / Katherine Austin & Linden Loader / Jack Body
• Mild Orange / Broods / Straitjacket Fits / The Chills
• The Mockers / Pop Mechanix / Scavengers / Suburban Reptiles / Toy Love
• NZ Hall of Fame / Johnny Devlin / Hirini Melbourne & Richard Nunns / Douglas Lilburn / Bill Sevesi / Moana Maniapoto

Posts by @sift666

His tastes are a bit heavier than mine.

• The Clean
• Head Like A Hole (HLAH)
• Pitch Black

Posts by @kiwscanfly

Similar era to mine, but a bit more recent

• Shihad
• The Feelers
• Headless Chickens, with Strawpeople in the comments
• Patea Maori Club – with that great kiwi classic, Poi-E
• Herbs

Posts by @conradt

Some of the more recent bands

• Dub & Reggae - Black Seeds / Fat Freddy’s Drop / KatchaFire / Rhombus
• Heavy Metal – Beastwars, Blindspott/Blacklistt, 8 Foot Sativa, Devilskin
• Solo artists – Hollie Smith, Gin Wigmore, Dave Dobbyn, Lorde
• The Classics – Split Enz, Crowded House, The Exponents, Dragon
• Rock – Elemeno P / Feelers / Datsuns / Villainy
• Best of the Rest – Six60, Flight of the Conchords, The Naked and Famous, Kimbra

And a kiwi cultural classic – the haka.

Posts by @ravenruis

Some especially for music month, but others part of her series on NZ nostalgia. A lot of them are going back into the archives, but there are some recent artists as well.

Although I remember a lot of what she shared, a lot of it was new to me. I had no idea we had so many musicians releasing music back in my youth and before. What a blessing to have so much of our history shared now on the blockchain!

• Craig Scott / Hogsnort Rupert’s Original Flagon Band / Dave & The Dynamos / Rob Guest / Steve Allan / Deane Waretini Jr
• John Hanlon / Hello Sailor / Coup D’Etat / Mark Williams / Dragon
• Bunny Walters, Erana Clark, Nahia Blackmore, Prince Tui Teka, Abe Phillips (The Shadracks), Drut
• Bridget Allan, Space Waltz, The Yandall Ssters, John Rowles, Bill & Boyd, Herma Keil & The Keil Isles
• Mr Lee Grant, Maria Dallas, John Hore Grenell, Andy Anderson, Ray Columbus
• The Simple Image, The Chicks, Ricky May, The Quin Tikis, Nash Chase, Yolande Gibson
• Headband, Golden Harvest, Jon Stevens, The Holidaymakers, The Chapta, Ticket
• Pixie Williams, Daphne Walker, Dinah Lee, Carol Davies, Max Merritt & The Meteors, Clyde Scott (& the Zanyopolis)
• Johnny Cooper (The Maori Cowboy), Peter Lewis & the Trisonic, Glyn Tucker with Ian Lowe & the Tornados, The Four Fours, Sandy Tansley
• Bobby Davis & the Dazzlers / Newsounds ft Ray Woolf / Al Paget / Peter Posa / Lou & Simon
• Morgan Clark with Benny’s Five / Rod Derrett / Johnny Granger / The Duplicats, with the Johnny Thomson Trio / Esme Stephens
• Pat McMinn / Mavis Rivers / Rockinghorse / Mi-sex / The La De Das
• January / J ‘n B / Toni Williams / Lutha / The Quincy Conserve / Allison Durbin
• The 3Ds / The Knobz / The Narcs / Golden Harvest / Red Hot Peppers
• The Radars / Suburban Reptiles / Screaming Meemees / Tall Dwarfs / TrueBliss
• Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos / The Dead C / Plagal Grind / The Double Happys / Bored Games
• This Kind Of Punishment / The Verlaines / The Chills / Zed / Working With Walt
• Hi-Revving Tongues / The Avengers / Shane / Tom Thumb / Cathy & The Cucumbers
• Larry’s Rebels / The In Betweens / Fourmyula / Mutton Birds / Dribbling Darts (of Love)
• Ticket / (Blues) Revival / The Clean / The Kal-Q-Lated Risk / The Underdogs
• The Dedication / The Kini Quartet / David Curtis / Human Instinct / Collision
• The Sapphires / The Rumour / Citizen Band / Tamburlaine / Weta
• Vaughan Lawrence / Sonny Day & The Sundowners / The Yeomen / Red Hewitt & The Buccaneers / Terry Dean & The Nitebeats
• The Clevedonaires (The Cleves) / Jay Epae / Sandy Edmonds / The Action / Cellophane
• Mother Goose / Gwynn Owen / The Embers / The Climax Band / The Ahmed Dahman Group
• The Pleasers / Lew Pryme / House of Nimrod / Aardvark / Shirley Kay Angel
• Push Push / Strawpeople / Headless Chickens / Children’s Hour / Nocturnal Projections
• The Latter Rain / Ragnarok / Zarks / Pauline Bramley / Kim Hart
• Amber / Bari & The Breakaways / Windy City Strugglers / Fia Chaplin / Nancy Harrie
• Anie Whittle / Timberjack / Rangi Parker / Bulldogs Allstar Goodtime Band / Desna Sisarich
• The Androids / Toy Love / The Gordons / Blam Blam Blam / The Newmatics
• Beaver / Hammond Gamble / Clap Clap Riot / Goodshirt / Assembly Required
• Ballon D’essai / Rooter (The Terrorways) / The Spelling Mistakes / The Bats / Tadpole
• 25 Cents / The Terminals / Bill Direen & The Bilders / Chants / The Bluestars
• Her favs – Mihirangi / Supergroove / Shihad (Pacifier) / Opshop / The Feelers
• Full list of artists covered

And if you still want more kiwi music:

This website has a comprehensive list of New Zealand artists for you to check out.

Thanks for listening

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