APRA NZ announce Silver Scroll Award finalists

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Now in its 46th year, the APRA Silver Scroll Awards are a highlight on New Zealand’s music industry calendar. APRA (the Australasian Performing Right Association) is proud to announce the Top 20 songs in line for New Zealand’s most prestigious songwriting award for 2011:

Song Title

Writer/Composer(s) & Publisher

Performed by

Blanket

Annabel Alpers (Native Tongue Music Publishing)

Bachelorette

Bright Idea

Andrew Keoghan (Native Tongue Music Publishing)

Andrew Keoghan

Celia

Anna MacDonald

Annah Mac

Cold Feet

Liam Finn (Mushroom Music)

Liam Finn

Darkness All Around Us

Kody Nielson (Mushroom Music)

Kody and Bic

Everyone's Asleep

Stephen Heard/Dave Rowlands/Strachan Rivers/Tristan Colenso

Clap Clap Riot

Everything's Gonna Be Alright

Jolyon Mulholland (Native Tongue Music Publishing)

Mulholland

FFunny FFrends

Ruban Nielson (Mushroom Music)

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Google Song

Gareth Thomas

Gareth Thomas

Grandma's Cookies

Jesse Sheehan

Jesse Sheehan

How Ye

Andrew Wilson/Michael Prain/Lachlan Anderson (Mushroom Music)

Die! Die! Die!

Lead Us

Logan Bell/Jordan Bell

Katchafire

Leaving

Lisa Crawley (Centrifuge Music Publishing)

Lisa Crawley

Little Heart

Delaney Davidson

Delaney Davidson

Little Islands

Anna Coddington / Ned Ngatae (Mushroom Music)

Anna Coddington

Little Survivor

Julia Deans (Native Tongue Music Publishing)

Julia Deans

Love Love Love

Dave Baxter

Avalanche City

Nothing to Lose

Jon Toogood/Karoline Tamati

The Adults

She Was A Mountainside

Richard Setford

Bannerman

Singing Showers, Golden Lights

Ben King (Native Tongue Music Publishing)

Grand Rapids

From Friday 15th July, you can listen to the Top 20 and read each song’s lyrics at www.apra-amcos.co.nz – voting will be open for New Zealand-based APRA Members via the website until Sunday 31st July.

An anonymous jury of APRA Members have convened the preliminary list above; it is now down to the 7,500+ New Zealand APRA Members – the nation’s songwriters and composers – to elect their 2011 songwriting champion. Peer voting for the winner of the APRA Silver Scroll is all about songwriters recognising the outstanding achievements of their cohorts and honouring the craft of songwriting.

“The arrival of new songs each year is a beautiful thing. This year’s songs have a particular youthfulness and independent spirit which perhaps illustrates New Zealand music today,” says Anthony Healey, Director of New Zealand Operations for APRA.

Alongside the APRA Silver Scroll Award, presentations include the APRA Maioha Award and the SOUNZ Contemporary Award, recognising outstanding compositions in both Maori and Classical music, nods to the Most Performed Works here and overseas, and another surprise induction to the New Zealand Music Hall Of Fame.

This invite-only event will be held on Tuesday 13 September at the Auckland Town Hall. To learn more about the Silver Scroll Awards, including past winners and performances, click here.

2011 APRA Silver Scroll Awards - Auckland Town Hall – Tuesday 13th September

Voting Open Friday 15th July- Sunday 31st July via www.apra-amcos.co.nz