Category Archives: Music
From wax cylinders to streaming music
I have a nice Ngaio Press publishing project at the moment – a history of Charles Begg & Co, a company which bestrode New Zealand’s musical scene for over 100 years from the 1860s. The manuscript was written by the … Continue reading
Filed under Music
The best Christmas present
My best Christmas present this year didn’t arrive on Christmas Day. It came on Christmas Eve, when I played the piano for residents of Martinborough’s Wharekaka Rest Home. It’s something I do from time to time, usually playing Great American … Continue reading
Filed under Music, Nostalgia, Retirement
Back with a (virtual) band
I’m back with a band again. It’s the old John MacGibbon Trio of the late sixties and early seventies, revived with a better bass player and drummer. Unfortunately they’re virtual players – you can’t go down to the Muso’s Club … Continue reading
Filed under 50s nostalgia, Jazz, Music
Who put the bomp in the bomp shoo bomp shoo bomp?
You can rock it you can roll it Do the stomp and even stroll it At the hop When the record starts a spinnin’ You chalypso and you chicken at the hop Do the dance sensation that is sweepin’ the … Continue reading
Filed under 50s music, 50s nostalgia, Oldies
