While you can hear and see a ukulele being played when Beth’s community choir gathers together, it moves into its own dramatic spotlight when Bruce picks one up and starts to teach himself the film’s title tune, a theme song that’s cleverly saved for the final credits.
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Napier’s career goes right back 35 years, to his turn as Sel Bishop in Ian Mune’s rip-roaring movie of Came a Hot Friday Holloway has quite a presence on local TV, most recently in the series Fresh Eggs.īut it’s Annie Whittle as the mother Beth who really sets the film off, a stalwart of the local community choir.Ĭomposer Karl Steven explained to me how his whole score grew from what he describes as the humble ukulele and the instrument itself is central to the film’s narrative. This time around the emphasis is on the relationship between father Ross, played by Marshall Napier and son Bruce, played by Cohen Holloway. This is a marvelously observed, written and delivered tale of life up north amongst a farming community that, to put it mildly, is given to emotional terseness.īennett developed this full-length feature from an earlier short, Ross and Beth. Some of the best music you can hear around the country this summer has been in the movie houses … well, if you managed to see Hamish Bennett’s Bellbird. Listening to this album again, it’s interesting to note that fellow Kumeu performer, Tim O’Brien, is in charge of the disc’s smooth production, and their song 'Hank' so beautifully sums up, amongst other things, the pair’s need to move on.ĭancing Under the Dogwoods by Tattletale Saints New Zealand’s loss became Nashville’s gain a few years back, when Cy Winstanley and Vanessa McGowan moved to the States – not that they didn’t make a return visit pretty promptly in 2014, to pick up a Tui award for their first album, How red is the blood. One of the headline attractions must have been the Tattletale Saints, who set off now on an extensive national tour, promoting their new album, Dancing under the Dogwoods. This year there was a generous line-up of local and international musicians, including the American ace banjo player Tim O’Brien and the British group Faustus, which I covered on this programme a few years back. Heart Attack by Brenda Liddiard & Mark LaurentĪuckland’s Anniversary weekend saw Mark Laurent taking on two gigs at the Auckland Folk Festival in Kumeu, now proudly in its 47 th year.
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