Mihirangi, contemporary singer-songwriter & soulful world roots performer

“The Queen of Loops... It’s Zap Mama, Sheila Chandra, Kate Bush and Billie Holiday being channeled by one powerful and dynamic voice. Mihirangi is all power – commanading and conscious, humorous and carefree, her powerful message and music is hypnotic and provocative". Mighty Music Mag, CA, 2009

Mihirangi’s astonishing show has captured and mesmerized audiences both nationally and internationally, becoming a touring favorite with her unique sound. She has performed with Public Enemy, Arrested Development, Sly and Robbie, Michael Franti and Lee Scratch Perry.

Singing in both Maori and English and dubbed the "Maori Princess of Funk" & the "Queen of Loops", Mihirangi creates her own band sound live in front of her audience. Utilizing a loop pedal, the key to her music is the layering of her own vocal sounds. From the foundation of earth-shaking bass lines to intricately layered harmonies, rhythmic ‘ska’ chops, sensuous jazzy riffs and beat boxing – it’s all done with the power of her voice, an incredible vocal range and an exceptional talent for timing, rhythm and dynamic tonality.

A solo artist and multi-instrumentalist Mihirangi also plays percussion, keyboards, guitar and Taonga Puoro (traditional Maori instruments). For her international and national tours and festivals she is joined on stage with DJ Katch and Tony McCall from the Resin Dogs adding drums, cuts, scratches and samples supplying a high level of energy to Mihirangi’s already lively beat-boxing & percussion laced shows.

Appealing to audiences around the world her persuasive lyrics play out her concerns for indigenous, environmental and spiritual issues. An activist and dream-weaver Mihirangi has performed at "Power to the Peaceful" to an audience of 60,000 in San Francisco and was the guest performer at the Sea Shepherd Conservation Societies 30^th Anniversary Benefit in Santa Monica to an audience of fellow international artist-activists including The Dixie Chicks, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pierce Brosnan and Martin Sheen.

“Mihirangi has got locked down a whole new way of doing music… it’s going to revolutionize us as artists and I’m supporting it because I think it’s awesome” Speech from Arrested Development.

Being dubbed as an entrepreneur for changing the history of independent music Mihirangi has created a self-produced fan-funded independent project called “Future Producer”. This project is allowing her fans to become personally involved in the production of her next album, voting for the songs, artwork, lyrics, etc they want on her album. From first point of sale her fans receive revenue for their involvement plus a copy of the album once it’s completed.

An artist that has people sitting up, listening and taking notice for all the right reasons. Mihirangi's utterly unique musical vision and the cross-cultural harmony that she herself represents is being heard.

Festivals Performed at...

New Zealand & Australia: WOMAD Australia, WOMAD New Zealand, Falls Festival, Australian East Coast Blues and Roots Festival, Parihaka, Port Fairy Folk Fest, Soundsplash, The Dreaming Festival, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Victorian Maori Arts Festival, Adelaide Festival, Sydney Carnival, St Kilda Festival, Daylesford Singers Fest, Apollo Bay Music Fest, Yag’ubi World Festival, Cygnet Folk Festival, Maldon Folk Fest, Cabargo, Chewton Folk Festival, Victor Harbor, Troubadour Weekend Music Festival, Earthdance, Festival of Folk Rhythm & Life, Acland Street Aloha Festival, Chapel Street Festival, Brunswick Street Festival, Global Garden Party, Sustainable Living Festival, Barmah Beats Festival, Mythopoeia, Blessington St Community Festival, Fairtrade Funkathon

International: Edinburgh Fringe Festival Scotland, Amsterdam Roots Festival Holland, Power To The Peaceful Sanfrancisco, Vancouver Is ICA Folk Fest & Vancouver Folk Fest Canada, Toronto Harbourside Fest, Calgary Folk Fest Canada, Canary Wharf Fest London England, Nantwich Roots Fest England, Lights Fest Petersborough Toronto, Florham Park Washington USA, Soundwave CA, Starbelly Jam CA, Brandon FF CA, Island Festival Duncan CA, Komasket Music Fest CA, Winnipeg Folk Festival CA, Regina Folk Fest CA, Cumberland Big Time Out CA, Ottawa Folk Fest CA,

Venues Performed at...

New Zealand & Australia:- Spiegel Tent, The Vodafone Arena, Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne Museum, The Palace, Melbourne Town Hall, The Corner Hotel, Fortyfivedownstairs, Milanos, St Andrews Hotel, The Esplanade Hotel, Revolver, The Retreat Hotel, The Evelyn Hotel, Gasworks, Ceres, The Boite World Music Cafe, Botanical Gardens, Bar Open, Opoeia, The Planet Cafe, Richmond Hotel, Cafe 303, Clifton Hill Hotel, Elwood Lounge, Z Bar, 9T4 Bar, Grandma Funks, Vic Night Markets, Ace Morning, Soul Train, Bendigo Theatre, Mayfields, The Stage, RMIT, Swinbourne, Amphitheatre Melb, 161, The Criterion Hotel, Prince Alfred Hotel, Noise Bar, Ginkgo Organic Café, Eco Arts Centre, Yielima Station, Elsternwick Hotel, Ivory Restaurant Bar, The Temple & The Helensville Hotel & The Bridge House Hotel New Zealand, Alley Cat Bar , Republic Bar, Royal Oak, Stage door Café Tasmania, Indi Bar, Norfolk Basement, Quindanny, Altitude Bar, Redcliffe on Murray Perth, Woolongong Uni, Merry Muse Canberra, Beach Hotel Bondi, Hoey Moey Coffs

International: Bahrain International Conference Center, Temple Bar Music Center & Eamonn Dorans Dublin Ireland, Jovellanos Institute Concert Hall & Bele Hotel AsturiasS pain, Vancouver Railway Club & Virginia Kluge-Rhue Aboriginal Art Center Canada, Clifton Hill School Glasgow Scotland, Iota Hotel Washington DC USA, Princess Park & Gilded Balloon & Spiegel Tent Edinburgh Scotland,Calgary Dickens Pub CA, Canmore Communitea Café CA, Minstrel Café CA, Lydia's Saskatoon CA, Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver CA, Tofino Legion CA, Hermann's Jazz Club Vic CA, Peterborough Historic Red Dog CA

Artists Performed With...

Supported, written, recorded, toured or shared the stage with: -

New Zealand & Australia:- Paul Kelly, The Waifs, Kate Miller Heidke, Vicka and Linda Bull, Corner Stone Roots, Pitch Black, Kavisha Mazella, Dan Sultan, Ganga Giri, Ross Wilson, Neil Murray, Geoff Atchison, Mal Webb, Bomba, Pete Cornelious, Akasa, The Stiff Gins, Jim Keays, Richard Tedesco, Tenzin Choegyal, Valanga Khoza, Colcannon, Alex Pertout, King Marong, Larry Maluma

International:- Arrested Development, Public Enemy, Michael Franti, Lee Scratch Perry, Alice Cooper, Brady Blade & Doug Pettibone from Jewel, Billy Bragg, Adham Sheikh, Utah Phillips, Mary Black, Ellen McIlwaine, John McCutchens, Wimme, Be Good Tanyas, Jenny Allen, Bocephus King, Tom Robinson, Wyrd Sisters, Suraj Holzwarth & Grandmother Drum, Felpeyu