ZAMANI WINS FIN!
Singer, songwriter, producer – Zamani won the 2019 Atlantic International Film Festival (FIN) Award for Best Atlantic Original Score. The winning score “What’s So Great About Him” was written for a ten minute short film titled Cockblock, directed by Halifax filmmaker Tamar Dina and stars musicians/actors Kirsten Olivia Taylor and Samm Reid, along with actor Ryan Willis. The award was announced and presented at the Linda Joy Media Arts Society FIN Awards Luncheon on September 19th, 2019. This award comes on the heels of Zamani’s recent success in capturing the 2019 TD International Jazz Festival Stingray Rising Star Award receiving a $3000 cash prize from Stingray Music.
Zamani began singing with her family at community events at age 12. Versed in many Black music genres, Zamani became inspired to expand her repertoire of R&B, Urban Jazz and Pop after receiving praise from the late veteran vocalist Sharon Jones who caught her performance- while then only 14 – with her jazz guitarist father Harvi Millar at the TD Halifax International Jazz Festival. In 2018 Zamani received ANSMA’s Portia White Youth Music Award and the Jongleur Youth Arts Award. In 2018 she received ANSMA’s Emerging Artist of the Year Award and released her first self-titled EP Mix Tape shortly after. In 2019 Zamani mae her first international appearances performing at New Skool Rules Festival in Rotterdam, and opening for R&B veterans Maya and Genuwine and Pop artist UB40, at the Caribbean Roots and Soul Festival in St. Lucia.
Recently nominated for two 2019 Nova Scotia Music Awards – Pop Artist of the Year and African Nova Scotian Artist of the Year – Zamani continues to catch the attention of music industry influencers both locally and internationally and is poised to breakout!
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UPCOMING SHOWS
Performance Dates 2019
Dead of Winter Festival
January 24, 2019
Alterego’s
2193 Gottingen St, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax Pop Explosion
October 20th, 2018
Paul O’Regan Hall
5440 Spring Garden Rd. Halifax
Nova Scotia Music Week
November 2nd, 2019
Nova Scotia
8th Halifax Youth Expo
November 13 & 14, 2018
Halifax Forum Civic Centre
2901 Windsor St., Halifax
The Viola Desmond Musical
November 22, 2018
Spatz Theatre
1855 Trollope St.,Halifax
Viola Desmond Tribute Concert
November 24, 2018
Marquee Ballroom
2037, Gottingen St., Halifax
Orchestrated Neighbours Concert – Nova Scotia Music Week & Symphony Nova Scotia
Spring 2019
Nova Scotia
TBD
New Album Release
Latest Hits
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Sample Song: I wish
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SWITCHIN' LANES
Featuring: Jayden Austin, Zamani & Shay Pitts
Performance Credits
Music Industry Performances
Music Industry Performances,TD International Jazz Festival Halifax, The East Coast Music Awards (ECMA’s) All Ages Showcase, Nova Scotia Music Week (NSMW) Showcase Artist, Youth Arts Connection Youth Music Showcase, Emerge Music Festival, Dead of Winter Music Festival, Stayner’s Jazz Club, 18th Annual African Nova Scotian Music Awards, ANSMA Natal Day Festival, Lift Every Voice Concert & Showcase (ANSMA), Preston Primos Annual Showcase: The Jeff Goodspeed Youth Jazz Band;, Viola Desmond The Musical – World Premiere, Halifax May Works Festival, Young Gifted & Black Youth Music Showcase, Nova Scotia Mass Choir Annual Martin Luther King Concert, Sankofa: Annual African Nova Scotian Songwriters Circle, Eastlink TV ANSMA Awards Show, Global TV The Morning Show, CTV Live at Five, Reeny Smith Facebook Live Christmas Concert, Patchwork House Concerts.