Congratulations, Maia!
2006.04.28
Maia Hirasawa is the winner of the 2006 Swedish Roland/SAMI Music Awards (for unsigned swedish bands)… and that’s really good news! The six finalists (Angels, Dear Euphoria, Idoru, Maia Hirasawa, Tupelo Honeys and Swedish Amateurs) played two songs live in Stockholm before the jury made their decision: “Using simple means, Maia could catch the attention of the audience with her self-confidence and her charm. There was a consensus among the jury about her presence and her catchy melodies.” (hum, that’s a quick translation from Swedish of the Digfy news. I hope it’s ok…)
In case you don’t know who Maia is, you should check her myspace homepage and listen to her songs: she’s got the voice of an angel. This is what she just wrote about the prize: “I won! Just want to tell everyone that I actually won Roland/Sami Music Awards yesterday! Wehoo! Now I can bye myself an ocean of new guitarpedals… No, just joking. It was great anyway and I’m very honoured. There is too many good things happening now at the same time- Got a gig on Hultfredsfestivalen and just been to Paris playing with Hello Saferide. And now I am in Olso with HS. Life is sweet some times!”
May 7th, 2006 - 07:17
lovely voice indeed! her songs are free to download @ Myspace, btw!
May 22nd, 2006 - 20:31
[...] ar readers of Noisedfisk might remember that Maia is the Swedish girl who recently won the Sami contest; that she can be seen on stage with her friend Annika from Hello Saferide; th [...]