I am a child of the 70's and 80's when it comes to New Zealand music (which can sometimes be quite scary when I look at the vinyl that I am still hanging onto). However generally its happy nostalgic feelings of summer days, cicada's blaring in the background and good Kiwi music (for some reason I relate the music to summer rather than winter - which psychologists may find interesting and worthy of comment).
I can remember one particular misspent day in my youth hanging out in the old Trillo's nightclub in Downtown Auckland enjoying a cornucopia of NZ music including Tina Cross, Rob Guest, The Dudes and others. However my favourites were Citizen Band with songs such as Julia, I feel good and Rust in my Car. To date I have only been able to find their music on the great Nature's bset compilations. But today I am in seventh heaven as I have just discovered that one of their albums has been released on CD and is available through the library. Rust in My Car has all their best hits and my request has been lodged so hopefully it is winging it's way to me for the next two weeks of listening pleasure and reliving some memories.
To sample a taste of New Zealand music from this era any of the Nature's Best double albums are a great start. There is also a DVD selection and a song book for the musicians amongst you. If you want to have a look more generally at what we have, then enter a subject search for New Zealand Music and you can see everything from Brass Bands to the most up to date albums.
I will have a chat to some of the other librarians and hopefully by Friday will have a list of everyone's favourite Kiwi song to share with you on the Top 5.
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