Tell The World – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:02:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5 Poetry and beauty in both lyric and music https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/05/30/poetry-beauty-lyric-music/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/05/30/poetry-beauty-lyric-music/#respond Mon, 29 May 2017 22:00:15 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=15133 “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

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]]> “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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