Gentle Hum – live in Auckland video
“Gentle Hum”, performed at the Auckland Town Hall in July 2015.
Recorded and mixed by Andre Upston. Video by Kontent, directed by Simon Mark-Brown.
Listen here to RNZ’s one hour archived stream of the concert.
Goin’ Your Way (Highlights) – vinyl out today
Released today for Black Friday Record Store Day in the US: Neil Finn and Paul Kelly on translucent yellow vinyl! Going’ Your Way (Highlights) features ten tracks from the acclaimed 2CD set and is only available in independent record stores.
The double CD, previously issued in Australia and NZ, will be released to the world by Omnivore Recordings on December 11th.
Team NF
Finn’n’Fleetwood
window shopping at Sharondelier , the best shop in Auckland . pic.twitter.com/5QF0kV4nzu
— neil mullane finn (@NeilFinn) November 25, 2015
Don’t Dream It’s Over – solo with strings video
From Neil Finn’s “Solo with strings” concert at the Auckland Town Hall in July, here’s ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’.
Recorded and mixed by Andre Upston. Video by Kontent, directed by Simon Mark-Brown.
String arrangement by Victoria Kelly.
Listen here to RNZ’s one hour archived stream of the concert.
A Summer’s Tale
The programme has just been announced for next year’s A Summer’s Tale festival in Germany. Neil Finn will be playing at the festival of art and music live in the green, held in Lumühlen, August 10th-13th 2016.
Sigur Rós, Glen Hansard, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Heather Nova and many others will also be there. Tickets are on sale now though please note their website may be overloaded at times due to high demand.
Edible Flowers – solo with strings video
From Neil Finn’s “Solo with strings” concert at the Auckland Town Hall in July, here’s ‘Edible Flowers’.
Recorded and mixed by Andre Upston. Video by Kontent, directed by Simon Mark-Brown.
String arrangement by Tony Visconti.
Listen here to RNZ’s one hour archived stream of the concert.
Neil’s induction speech for The Exponents
At last night’s NZ Music Awards, The Exponents were inducted by Neil into the NZ Music Hall of Fame.
Watch Neil’s speech here.
Telluride Bluegrass Festival June 2016
Neil Finn will be playing in Colorado, USA, at the 43rd Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Further details about this June 2016 event are at https://www.bluegrass.com/telluride and there’s a good news article at telluridenews.com
Solo With Strings – Radio broadcast and videos
Updated 30/11/15
Neil Finn’s recent “Solo with strings” Auckland concert was broadcast on RNZ National’s Music 101 on Saturday.
Listen here to the one hour archived stream.
Here are a few tasters with bonus visuals.
Recorded and mixed by Andre Upston. Video by Kontent, directed by Simon Mark-Brown.
‘One Step Ahead’ and ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ string arrangements by Victoria Kelly.
‘Edible Flowers’ string arrangement by Tony Visconti.
Nick Alexander RIP
Neil , Nick, Mark and Matt send their love and best thoughts to the family and friends of Nick Alexander RIP who toured with Crowded House through Europe in 2007 . We played this song every night on that tour .
From Nick Seymour:
A harrowing day spent hearing punter accounts of events at the Bataclan. Nick Alexander was a lovely gent, he sorted our tour merchandise on a 2007 CH European tour. I have very fond memories of hanging out with him. Much love to his family, his sweetness did you proud. X
Click here if you’d like to donate to the Nick Alexander memorial fund.
Jesse Sheehan – Girl (If you are who you say you are)
Jesse Sheehan – Girl (If you are who you say you are)
Produced by Neil Finn
Engineered by Andrew Everding
Mastered by Bob Ludwig
Video Directed by Anthony Plant
Enzology Episode 10 – See Ya ‘Round
In the final Enzology podcast, Neil, Tim, Eddie, Noel, Nigel and Paul look back at 1984 when the Enz ended with a bang. Includes a look at the writing process behind the hit song, “I Walk Away”.
Team NF