Danielle wins Pacific Break 2022
PALONGSIDE country music superstars Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn and Little Big Town, the Atlanta-borne Zac Brown Band will play in front of an expected 200,000 people at Nashville’s Bicentennial Park during live portions of New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash.
The show will broadcast on CBS, plus streaming live and on-demand on Paramount.
The accomplishment of headlining a preeminent event on Nashville’s evergrowing and nationally-impacting social calendar is not lost on band members Coy Bowles and Matt Mangano.
Bowles describes the band’s New Year’s Eve set as important because his love of music is as significant to his life as his love of his family and friends.
Simon Dumas of King Calaway embraces Zac Brown after they performed together during CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium Thursday, June 9, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.
“Humans gathering together to celebrate the power of music is exciting,” he says. “We’re firing on all cylinders and probably having the best time [onstage]
APUA New Guinean singer Danielle Morgan has been involved with the music industry since high school.
But it was not until after she separated from her ex-partner that she decided to take it more seriously, putting her personal journey at the centre of her work.
Danielle said she was proud “to represent women especially, on this sort of platform”
The song was a unanimous favourite with judges from nearly 200 songs submitted from 15 nations
The Port Moresby-based artist will travel to perform at WOMADelaide in March next year as her prize
“I take a lot of inspiration from my own journey … using it to keep pushing me forward,” said the artist and single
Tmother, who goes by the stage name Danielle.
“There were so many times when I just thought ‘what’s the point in doing this’ because I kept hitting roadblocks and getting a lot of criticism because I’m a mum and I’m a big girl.”
Danielle’s most recent song, is a powerful track about the people of Indonesia’s Papua region fighting for freedom.
She decided to enter it into Pacific Break, an ABC music competition for unsigned artists across the region.
Danielle had tears streaming down her face as she made history becoming the first female winner in the competition’s history.
“It means so much to me because it has been a really hard road.
“It kind of solidifies why I kept pushing,
HE music world has been paying tribute to the lead singer of British dance act Faithless with one British DJ hailing him as "an incredible talent".
Maxi Jazz, whose real name was Maxwell Fraser, died "peacefully in his sleep" on Friday night.
The musician and DJ was a core member of Faithless - a band best known for its club classic Insomnia.
Dutch trance legend Armin van Buuren hopes Jazz's music keeps on "inspiring others".
Various aspects of the music industry have continued to pay tribute to Jazz since his death was announced. Independent label Rough Trade Records said the 65-year-old played a "pivotal role in the world of British electronica".
British DJ Judge Jules described Jazz as an had.”
To wit, this year finds band leader Zac Brown two decades into his career and expanding his scope as a producer and songwriter able to captivate live crowds with not just the chorus of the band’s 2008 hit ‘Chicken Fried.’
Instead, his interactive style has expanded to combine the best elements of James Taylor-style folk with Jimmy Buffett’s seemingly inimitable breezy rock, plus styles familiar with rock’s early 2000s connection with country’s outlaw roots even though sometimes I really wanted to give up on the music.
“To be able to represent women especially, on this sort of platform, that’s an achievement.
“Especially considering how hard it can be for women in PNG and the "incredible talent and a complete gent", while DJ and radio presenter Mistajam remarked that Jazz's "words and performances touched so many of us".
Crystal Palace's first team will walk out to Faithless as they take on Fulham at Selhurst Park in the Premier League on Boxing Day, the club's chairman wrote on Twitter.
Steve Parish added: "Desperately sad to hear the news that we lost Maxi this morning. He was such a huge talent, a massive supporter of the club in every way and just a wonderful kind-hearted man.
"He made the world dance, sing and laugh and someone I was privileged to call a friend. RIP Maxi."
“I’ve been working hard for a long time. However, I feel rejuvenated right now and like a raiding barbarian ready to win over more new fans. The culture of entertainment I’ve created over the 5500 live shows I’ve played in my life has developed an undeniable chemistry that has remained the same -- but definitely feels like it has improved,” noted Brown to The Tennessean in June 2022.
Zac Brown with Dolly Parton prior to her 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
Alongside their New Year’s Eve gig, helping Dolly Parton be inducted into the
BPacific, with a lot of cultural stuff and all of that. So yeah, it’s a real big achievement.
“You have sung the life of a thousand women and girls in PNG,” said one user.
“Thanks to you to put PNG women’s standard of music to the next level. Much love, you are truly blessed no matter what.”
Danielle submitted two songs to Pacific Break 2022 —
— both of which were highly commended by the judges for their warmth and depth.
The judging panel featured leading Pacific and international music experts including artist manager and producer Kera Whewell and WOMADelaide associate director Annette Tripodi.
EYONCE is set to give a concert for the first time in almost five years. The 41-year-old superstar who released her highly-anticipated seventh studio album earlier this year - has not performed a full-length concert since 2018, but is reportedly gearing up for an hour-long show at the five-star Atlantis, The Palm resort in Dubai on January 21, following in the footsteps of fellow pop legend Kylie Minogue. A source told newspaper's Bizarre column: "Beyonce is being lined up to sing at Atlanis as part of a huge event. The hotel has put on a range of massive performances recently, with Kylie Minogue booked in to perform on New Year's Eve."The insider went on to add that invites have already been sent out for the event and teased
n“Danielle’s vocal tone, experience, and presence on stage, depth of repertoire, warmth and charisma, as well as her proud links to her cultural heritage and her courage representing Pacific women in music make her a stand-out winner for this year’s competition,” Ms Whewell said.
“Danielle’s authenticity and heartfelt truth-telling is so powerful, and I know she is going to be very well received by the fans at WOMADelaide,” Ms Tripodi said.
Finalists for Pacific Break 2022 were InsideOut Fiji (Fiji), Yadra Mai BIBAO (Solomon Islands), Blow My...
Danielle is the seventh person to claim the Pacific Break crown since the competition was launched in 2008.
nthat tickets to see the
hitmaker - who is thought to have signed a deal worth £20 million ($F53.8m) for the show - are like "gold dust", noting that several celebrity guests will be in attendance.
The source added: "Invites have been sent out for the event with Beyonce - which is being billed as an hour-long performance - and it's the hottest ticket in town. Afterwards, there is a party with Swedish House Mafia who are booked to do a DJ set. This will be Beyonce's first proper live show since she performed at the Global Citizen Festival in Johannesburg in 2018."Tickets are like gold dust and it will be a who's who of the showbiz world on the night. "