NEW ZEALAND'S FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS SONGS
SUNG BY NEW ZEALAND'S FAVOURITE ARTISTS
A stunning line up of New Zealand's top musicians have come together this year to create the coolest and biggest hit of Christmas 2010.
"So This is Christmas" features many of the biggest names in New Zealand music coming together to sing an incredible line up of well known Christmas songs. With duets from Peter and Margaret Urlich, Sharon O'Neill and Dragon, songs from The Feelers, Jordan Luck Band with Monique Rhodes, The Patea Maori Club, Hollie Smith, Elemnop, The Chills, The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra,The Earlybirds, Jan Hellriegel and Dick Johnson, this may be the last Christmas album you ever have to buy!
We even have songs featuring a couple of All Blacks and Antonia Prebble from Outrageous Fortune.
The best part is that when you buy this album you are supporting the charity Shine* (www.2shine.org.nz) which is doing incredible work helping to keep kids and families safe in at risk homes.
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"This album's gonna be a Christmas classic! Guaranteed! I haven't had this much fun making a record in years..." - Jordan Luck
"The heart, passion and fun on each track of "So This is Christmas" is just incredible. But then, with a line up of artists like this, how could it be anything else?" - Hollie Smith
Watch the article about "So this is Christmas"on Campbell Live in the video section.
In the pictures section you can find photos of the recording session with All Blacks players Neemia Tialata and Rodney So'oialo and songwriting winner Danielle Rana.
Chills in studio for 'Christmas song people won't hate'
The Chills are together again in the studio for the first time in seven years, and promising to break new ground - by recording a Christmas song people won't hate. The latest incarnation of the band, led by frontman Martin Phillipps, has been recording at the New Zealand Music Industry Centre studio in Dunedin this week. But, this time Phillipps and the band have broken away from their rockier past to move into the less edgy world of the festive season. The "very old" traditional Christmas song would feature on a new Christmas album raising money for charity, alongside works by other New Zealand artists, producer Monique Rhodes said. Christmas Duet Secondary School Songwriting Competition 2010Competition closed
Play It Strange (CEO Mike Chunn founding member of Split Enz) has been asked to complement those tracks with two original songs on the theme of Christmas written by NZ secondary school students.
To that end, we ran a competition to find TWO original Christmas Songs that are written for male/female duets by two young NZ songwriters.
We sought:
The 2 winners of the CHRISTMAS DUET SONGWRITING COMPETITION are: 'SMILE' - by Massad Barakat-Devine in yr 12 at Sacred Heart College in Auckland and 'ALL I NEED IS THE SUNSHINE ' - by Danielle Rana in yr 11 at ACG Parnell College in Auckland
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In November this year, a CD of New Zealand’s most successful musicians and singers performing Christmas songs will be released to raise funds for the very worthy charity 
Play it Strange songwriting winner in studio