Category: Song Stories

Kick Off Your Collection of Classic Samoan Love Songs

Samoa Lyrics started as a subsite of One Samoana, which is all about discovering and celebrating our Samoan cultural heritage. We realized early on that our music – and especially the poetry in our lyrics – is a profound expression of our values, sentiments, and philosophies as a people. In

Samoana, Ala Mai: Translating Lota Nu’u

You know how at the end of a long Samoan (usually family) function, someone says the closing prayer then everybody gets up to sing a song together? I love that. Not just because it means we can go home soon and eat the food we’ve already loaded in the car

Translating Naumati Lagona

Music has been a huge part of my life since, as a very young child, I couldn’t go to sleep without somebody singing to me… and then they must have got sick of it cause next minute I get this portable radio thing for my birthday… To this day I

Tama a Samoa – A modern classic of Samoan music

If you’re Samoan, especially if you’ve got any interest in our rugby then you’ve most likely heard the song ‘Tama a Samoa’… except, because it’s been recorded and performed by various artists, you may have heard or seen it called ‘Tama Samoa’. A Tribute to Our Rugby Team It was