the band – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 28 Feb 2018 01:30:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 Music that values craft and soul https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/01/23/music-values-craft-soul/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/01/23/music-values-craft-soul/#respond Sun, 22 Jan 2017 21:30:08 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=14427 “I remember all of it … Let me take you back,” said musician and producer John Simon at the start of the Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Concert at the Aotea Centre in Auckland in the last week of November. He was talking about an event in California in 1976 for which he was the musical

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/01/23/music-values-craft-soul/feed/ 0 Highlighting those on the lower rungs https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/10/27/highlighting-those-on-the-lower-rungs/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/10/27/highlighting-those-on-the-lower-rungs/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:53:42 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=14023 In autumn 2009, I loaded up my old Mitsubishi van with all my worldly possessions and hit the road. I’d finished a degree and was ready for a change of scene. And there was a lovely woman up North whom I was keen to court. The overloaded van swung and bounced on its springs and a packet of Girl Guide biscuits on

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