William Dart looks back at some of the exceptional local music that's passed his way over the year - SJD, Matthew Bannister, and Christine White, and a preview of what promises to be a highlight of next year's Auckland Arts Festival - Victoria Kelly's Requiem.
Music Details
ARTIST: Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band
TITLE: Turn the Record Over
ALBUM: See Reverse Side for the Title
COMPOSER: Ellington, Kweskin
LABEL: Universe
ARTIST: SJD
TITLE: A Boy
ALBUM: Lost Soul Music
COMPOSER: Donnelly
LABEL: Round Trip Mars
ARTIST: Matthew Bannister
TITLE: I Felt a Funeral
ALBUM: (private recording)
COMPOSER: Bannister, Dickinson
LABEL: Bannister, used with permission
ARTIST: Christine White
TITLE: The Stars
ALBUM: Pirouette
COMPOSER: White
LABEL: Christine White
ARTIST: Christine White
TITLE: Taken
ALBUM: Raven Project
COMPOSER: White
LABEL: Christine White
ARTIST: Stephen De Pledge
TITLE: Goodnight Kiwi
ALBUM: (RNZ recording)
COMPOSER: Kelly
LABEL: RNZ
ARTIST: Anika Moa
TITLE: He Taurere, from Requiem
ALBUM: (single)
COMPOSER: Kelly, Hunt
LABEL: Victoria Kelly