Māmā Mihirangi

Of Ngāti Rākei and Ngāti Waikorara, Mihirangi is an internationally renowned artist/activist and “Queen of Loops”. She has been inspiring audiences across the globe, and is celebrated for introducing her country to the art of live-looping.After many years of touring she returned home back to her whenua, learnt her language, raised a family and created a new show Māmā Mihirangi & the Māreikura. After a highly successful tour in Canada in 2018, her new show was invited to showcase at the worlds largest folk, roots and world music conference. This performance was amongst over 4000 showcases and was listed by Songlines Magazine (UK) as one of the top 3 live performances to have been seen!An Artist/Activist, on the Executive Committee of the Global Alliance of Mother Nature's Guardians, for the last two years Mihirangi and the AMNG has been addressing the World Governments, the UN and the International community as Ambassador’s for the Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, encouraging indigenous values into legislation. Mihirangi has performed for and with fellow artist activists Arrested Development, Lee Scratch Perry, John Butler, Blue King Brown, Michael Franti, Public Enemy, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers and The Dixie Chicks!Weaving ancient chants with intricate harmonies, traditional & contemporary instruments and beats with deep bass, Mihirangi’s lyrics poetically celebrate the values, lore, medicines and customs of her lineage and culture. Her new show invokes and expresses the strength and spirit of the feminine in the full spectrum of it’s power from raw vulnerability to Indigenous disciplines that powerfully lend themselves to the global equality of feminine expression, empowerment and freedom. A musical journey of the soul that travels back through the ancient lines and melodies of lineages that connect us all.BMA Magazine Australia by Katherine Quinn - “It's clear that Mihi places great importance on having a genuine connection with her fans, using her lyrics to communicate subjects that are important to her and central to Maori culture.”The ABC Australia by Dan Condon 21 April 2019 - “Mama Mihirangi has a voice of both immense power and beauty. Those big notes were complete showstoppers”. !!Festivals, Music & News by Pip Andreas 19 April 2019 - “A visually stunning performance. With pitch perfect harmonies, their ancient spiritual roots combined with contemporary electronica R & B were delivered with political missives”. !!13th Floor NZ by Kendall Elise 2019 - “Mama Mihi is a master live looper, and seamlessly blends contemporary beats and technology with Maori instruments, language, costumes and dance”.The Music Australia by Lauren Baxter , Nicolas Huntington 22 April 2019 - “It’s a powerful set so early in the day, Māmā Mihi’s voice especially so and, we leave feeling re-energised by the looping magic”.Ali Campbell, UB40 - "She's just brilliant with a capital 'B'! In the 30 years I've toured the world I've never seen anything like her…she belongs on stage.”Speech, Arrested Development - “Mihirangi has got locked down a whole new way of doing music... it’s going to revolutionise us as artists”.