An interview with Tiki Taane: Expressing cultural heritage and identity through music
Issue: Vol 15 No. 2 (2014)
Journal: Perfect Beat
Subject Areas: Popular Music
Abstract:
In this Riff article, Oli Wilson engages in a discussion with Tiki Taane, who is one of New Zealand's most successful and celebrated musicians. The interview explores and outlines the fluidity of contemporary musical representations of Māori culture and identity in Taane's music, and provides new perspectives on popular music’s capacity to express indigeneity in a New Zealand context.
Author: Oli Wilson
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