There’s nothing like a live concert

Sam Harris — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:36:43 +0000

The first live band my oldest child experienced was Avalanche City at Parachute Festival some years ago. She was fresh into the world and we stood in the back for a couple of songs, clamping earmuffs firmly to her tender ears. I don’t know what she thought of it, but she’s liked much of the music I’ve introduced to her since.echo $variable;

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Poetry and beauty in both lyric and music

Sam Harris — Mon, 29 May 2017 22:00:15 +0000

“Man, you’re like a Dave Dobbyn evangelist,” said a friend to me some years ago as I raved to him about Dobbyn’s just-released album Available Light. Well, I’ve loved Dobbyn’s music almost as long as I’ve loved the Gospel: since being introduced to his work as an eight-year-old, during daily aerobics in my little two-roomed country school, when Miss Crane would play DD Smash’s Outlook For Thursday. The hook, the soul, the swagger, the musical craftsmanship, the droll humour and the love-song lyrics of that hit more than 30 years ago (and in his work with Th’Dudes before then) are elements which have continued to be a part of Dobbyn’s work over the years. He has refined and distilled them over eight solo albums, reaching a high point in last year’s Harmony House.echo $variable;

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There’s nothing like a live concert

Poetry and beauty in both lyric and music