The seven finalists for the Taite Music Prize have been announced earlier this month, now it's time to get to know them better.
In today's video Andrew Keoghan talks about his debut album Arctic Tales Divide. The younger brother of Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan is a classically trained singer who has performed in Puccini's opera Turandot age 21, before spending years fronting various jazz-oriented ensembles.
The Auckland based singer-songwriter combines his classical music background with elements of pop and folk, to create songs that are built on driving rhythms, delicate violin arrangements and choir-like vocals. The resulting sound has been described as chamber pop.
In its inaugural year in 2010 the Taite Music Prize was won by Lawrence Arabia for his album Chant Darling and Ladi 6 was awarded the prize for The Liberation Of... last year.
All Nominees:
Andrew Keoghan - Arctic Tales Divide (Brave Beluga Records)
Beastwars - Beastwars (Destroy Records)
David Dallas - The Rose Tint (Dirty Records)
She's So Rad - In Circles (Round Trip Mars)
The Bats - Free All Monsters (Flying Nun Records)
Tiny Ruins - Some Were Meant For The Sea (Spunk Records)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Seeing Records)
Today: Auckland based singer-songwriter Andrew Keoghan
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