International Music of Samoa

Samoa has produced renowned musicians. The ensemble Past To Present/llanda from the year 1990 to 2006 which comprised of three Samoans and one Maori such as Lennie Keller, Frank Laga’aia, Norman Keller & Leighton Hema; Hema later left the ensemble attained fame and commercial achievement in Samoa, New Zealand, United States and Australia; its success has not however been equaled by any of other islander ensemble. In the year 2006, it was still on in the music company, traveling, recording or producing, as in its last production of Australia’s Young Divas. An ensemble with a familiar profession path and achievement was Kulcha, based in Sydney, which released two albums but separated after a period of years.

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The Katinas, who relocate to the United States at one center, is another renowned Samoan ensemble. It is performed at the Junior Youth Christian Program in Melbourne in Australian in the year 2005.