20 Oct 2018

Peta Siulepa - Samoana Jazz Festival celebrates Mavis Rivers

From Saturday Morning, 11:35 am on 20 October 2018

Peta Siulepa is about to present her fifth Samoana Jazz and Arts Festival in both Apia, Samoa and PagoPago, American Samoa. This year the festival focus is a tribute to Samoan New Zealander and Grammy Award winner Mavis Rivers, described by many of her peers as one of the world's greatest female jazz singers. Rivers' son, La'auli Matt Catingub (also a Grammy Award winner) will be at the Samoana Festival with his own band, playing alongside artists from Samoa and Aotearoa. Siulepa is herself a jazz singer and musician as well as festival director.