NZ Music Month's Melodic Memories (29)

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I know I really only scratched the surface of homegrown talent, but over this past month we've really run the gamut of music flavours - from rock to punk to jazz to folk to ... well, anything really. It has been quite a journey, and not all music will appeal to everyone (or anyone?) but I hope you've found something that delighted your auditory senses along the way, and perhaps even inspired some fresh sounds to listen to now.

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After a while I realised I had begun to highlight so many artists and bands for this month that I had to create an alphabetical list so I didn't repeat any. Here they all are:

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aardvark
abe phillips/the shadracks
al paget sextet
allison durbin
amber
andy anderson
annie whittle
assembly required
ballon d'essai
bari and the breakaways
beaver
bill and boyd
bill direen & the bilders
blam blam blam
blues revival
bobby davis and the dazzlers
bored games
bulldogs allstar goodtime band
bunny walters
carol davies
cathy and the cucumbers
cellophane
chants/chants r&b
children's hour
citizen band
clap clap riot
clyde scott & the zanyopolis
collision
coup d'etat
craig scott
daphne walker
dave and the dynamos
david curtis
deane waretini jr.
desna sisarich
dinah lee
dizzy limits
dragon
dribbling darts of love
drut
erana clark
esme stephens
fia chaplin
glyn tucker with ian lowe & the tornados
golden harvest
goodshirt
gwynn owen
hammond gamble
headband
headless chickens
hello sailor
herma keil and the keil isles
hi-revving tongues
hogsnort rupert's original flagon band
house of nimrod
jay 'n bee
jay epae
january
john hanlon
john hore grenell
john rowles
johnny cooper
johnny granger
jon stevens
kim hart
larry's rebels/the rebels
lew pryme
lou & simon
lutha
mahia blackmore
maria dallas
mark williams
mavis rivers
max merritt & the meteors
mi-sex
mihirangi
misty bridgette allen
morgan clarke with benny's five
mother goose
mr lee grant
nancy harrie
nash chase
nocturnal projections
pat micminn
pauline bramley
peter lewis & the trisonic
peter posa
pixie williams
plagal grind
prince tui teka
push push
ragnarok
rangi parker
ray columbus
red hewitt & the buccaneers
red hot peppers
ricky may
rob guest
rockinghorse
rod derrett
rooter/the terrorways
sandy edmonds
sandy tansley
screaming meemees
shane
shihad/pacifier
shirley kay angel
sonny day and the sundowners
space waltz
steve allen
strawpeople
suburban reptiles
supergroove/low down dirty blues band
tadpole
tall dwarfs
tamburlaine
terry dean & the nitebeats
the 3ds
the action
the ahmed dahman group
the androidss
the avengers
the bats
the bluestars
the chapta
the chicks
the chills
the clean
the clevedonaires/the cleves/bitch
the climax band
the dead c
the dedikation
the doublehappys
the duplicats, with the johnny thomson trio
the embers
the feelers
the four fours
the fourmyula
the gordons
the holidaymakers
the human instinct
the in-betweens
the kal-q-lated risk
the kini quartet
the knobz
the la de das
the latter rain
the mutton birds
the narcs
the newmatics
the newsounds
the pleasers
the quin tikis
the quincy conserve
the radars
the rumour
the simple image
the spelling mistakes
the surfires/the sapphires
the terminals
the underdogs blues band
the verlaines
the windy city strugglers
the yandall sisters
the yeomen
this kind of punishment
ticket
timberjacket
tom thumb
toni williams
toy love
truebliss
vaughan lawrence
weta
working with walt
wreck small speakers on expensive stereos
yolande gibson
zarks
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I have memories from when I was pretty young of my father showing me several autograph books filled with signatures from singers and band members he'd collected over time. He said he was an 'autograph hound'. I dearly wish I had those books now, as I would love to see just how many names, and from who, he'd got.
Maybe, when they finally invent those time machines I can pop back and nab it before it disappears for good.

I hope you've enjoyed this musical journey of (re)discovery with me. Maybe we'll do it again next year. :)

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