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Tuesday, July 09, 2024

The Unfettered Computer

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This is a bit off-topic, but I spend all my day on one sort of computer or other; updating websites, running an online radio station, bookin...
Monday, February 22, 2016

Marcus William Turner, 16th February 1956 — 2nd February 2016

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New Zealand folk music icon and former children's television presenter Marcus Turner died suddenly at his Dunedin home just shy of his...
Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Neil Colquhoun; Reanimating NZ Folk Song

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Collector, composer and publisher Neil Colquhoun, regarded by some as the the father of New Zealand folk song, died on Wednesday, 29th Octob...
Tuesday, December 03, 2013

You Need a Building Permit for that Tent

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Things we used to do without a second thought while running a concert or a festival event are now subject to inexplicable amounts of red tap...
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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Now is the Time for All Good Folk...

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On the eve of the inevitable passing the GCSB and TIC Amendment bills , it's worth remembering, in the protest sense, we've been h...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

I Had to Leave a Little Girl in Kingston Town

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Lord Invader An occasional epistle from singer/songwriter, Phil Corfield. This was the first line in a song, to capture me. Who was ...
Friday, May 03, 2013

Of Cassettes and Kludges.

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A couple of years ago a friend brought to me some much loved cassette tapes of original songs that her husband had recorded in the 80'...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

The New Old School

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The folk club is losing its traditional domain. And by traditional I mean folk club, not music. "Folk" is the new hip word bandi...
Monday, January 07, 2013

Negative Feedback a Positive Thing

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I've long been fascinated with the concept of negative feedback since my my technician training days. Wikipedia tells us: "Nega...
Monday, December 17, 2012

ABC Music Notation

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There are many music-writing software packages on the market, Sibelius being the most popular for classical musicians and ubiquitous t...
Monday, December 03, 2012

Ye Olde Folke Clubbe

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NEFC 1981 Notwithstanding a short-lived association at McMurdo Sound, I believe the New Edinburgh Folk Club (my club here in Dunedin) i...
Monday, November 26, 2012

The Richness Around Us

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Going to the folk club is a bit like going to church regularly; the format is much the same and the content changes slightly. Sometimes it...
Friday, November 23, 2012

Nice Website, But...

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It's that time of year (it's always that time of year) where we're trying to put together artist profiles for festival website...
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Monday, November 19, 2012

Thank You for Your CD

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Recorded music is cheap, ubiquitous and relatively easily made and distributed these days. The definitive document still seems to be the C...