What is a diva? In this episode, we re-define divadom, and re-discover divas lost to time. 

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The Amp: Episode 11: Defining Diva
EPISODE 11
Defining Diva

When you think of the word diva, a few big names might come to mind. But in this episode, we dare our kaimahi to go into the archives and find us a forgotten diva. Someone who may not be a household name, but stood their ground, owned their talents, and left a lasting legacy -whether or not the world was watching.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This podcast was brought to you by Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum. It was written and produced by Steph Strock and Laura Skerritt. Sound design by Sara O’Brien and production support from Annabel Walker. The executive producer was Teresa Cowie from Connect Content. Thanks to our host, Steph Strock, and our guests Sophie Elborough, Madison Pine, Anjuli Selvadurai, Emma Prideaux, and Nina Finigan.

We are immensely grateful to the family of Nola Luxford, who kindly gave us permission to use Nola’s voice in this episode.

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All SFX/Music used with appropriate permissions/licence from Epidemic, BBC, Soundsnap, Sara O’Brien and AWMM SFX Library. 

From freesound.org:

  • Journey To The Interweb by Aemyn -- https://freesound.org/s/609250/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

  • Mind Defrag by gjgaura -- https://freesound.org/s/466902/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

  • Rock_Hammer_Chisel_01.wav by dheming -- https://freesound.org/s/240981/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

From Internet Archive:

  • Music from the film Girl Shy: Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor Story by Sam Taylor, Tim Whelan and Ted Wilde Titles by Thomas J. Gray Cinematography by Walter Lundin Edited by Allen McNeil Art Direction by Liell K. Vedder

  • Mozart Arias for Soprano from the Marriage of Figaro:Analekta fluers de lys Orchestre Metropolitain Lyne Fortin and Joseph Rescigno

  • Fly Away: Ted Fio Rito & His Orch - Fly Away To Ioway - Brunswick 6860

  • Tom Coakley - Your Guess is Just as Good as mine: Radio Stars of the 1930's & their music - from Pax41 Music Time Machine

From the National Library of New Zealand:

  • Record Title:Hinemoa Rosieur. Tiaki IRN:1001152. Tiaki Reference Number:MSDL-4181 Collection: MS-Group-0450: Downes, Peter, 1928-: Collection relating to New Zealand music, theatre, and broadcasting history

  • Talk by Nola Luxford 17 January 1939, disc one. Sound recordings from Nola Luxford collection. Ref: OHD12-0306. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/35840859

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