Ngaiire

Ngaire Laun Joseph (born 1984, in Lae), known by her stage name Ngaiire (pronounced ny-ree or /naɪəriː/), is a Papua New Guinea-born Australian-based R&B and future soul singer-songwriter. Her musical career commenced in 2003 with an enrollment in a bachelor of Jazz Studies at the Central Queensland University (CQU). In 2004, she competed in the second season of Australian Idol, where she competed as a semi-finalist but did not make it to the final 12 singers. She then worked with Blue King Brown and Paul Mac as a session vocalist before re-focusing on her solo career in 2008.

Ngaiire's debut studio album, Lamentations, was released in July 2013 and her second album, Blastoma, was released in June 2016. Her third, 3, was released in August 2021.

In 2018 APRA AMCOS appointed Ngaiire as an ambassador.

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Live Review: Ngaiire

"She weaves seamlessly from one octave to the next; hopping between high and low; joyous and teasing but then, at some points, she’s also painfully wistful."

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Guide Cover: Ngaiire

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Live Review: Urthboy, EV Jones, Jane Tyrell, Ngaiire, Rapaport, MC Rival, Joyride

Urthboy enlisted some fine talent to perform songs that mean something to him.

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Live Review: Ngaiire

Though her trajectory has been surprisingly slow, things can surely only get bigger and better for the charming Ngaiire, and those who got to see her in such a small space may count themselves lucky in years to come.

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Live Review: Ngaiire Northcote Social Club Giuliano Ferla

As a live band, they spiral and have a raw excitement that isn’t there on record. But maybe that’s the point.

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Live Review: Ngaiire, Twin Beasts, Grizzly Jim Lawrie

The singles Dirty Hercules and Around are feel-good highs that have the crowd begging for more but it’s the emotional rawness of ABCD that closes the set and proves that Ngaiire has more to offer than most other party-hard show ponies.

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Ngaiire, Blackchords And More Join Australasian World Music Expo

The event gets even bigger

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Live Review: Ngaiire, Lester The Fierce

As well as making singing look as easy as talking, Ngaiire puts her whole body and soul into the notes that come from her, moving uninhibitedly with the music and feeling every word that comes out of her mouth.

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Music Therapy

"I had two people in my family die at the beginning of the process, I was in a car accident, we were working our way through the album budget really quickly and I was starting to panic about where we were going to get the rest of the money [from]."

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Live Review: Ngaiire, Lester The Fierce, Elana Stone

A trio of strong female vocalists, the show was the epitome of cohesion and Ngaiire was an exquisite experience, showcasing a sound and performance that is unique and passionate.

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Ngaiire Announces Tour In Support Of New LP

Ngaiire will be promoting her debut album Lamentations

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Album Review: Ngaiire - Lamentations

It’s an album you can’t place or date; it’s universal, floating through space a cut above the rest.