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Great Career Artists

“The music industry is renowned as being so fickle and transient. The battlefields of the music biz are strewn with the bodies of one hit wonders. This final program celebrates the supreme music careers. People that have diversified and broadened their creative worlds to forge the most amazing and globally defeating musical existences. Come with me as we try to uncover some of these epic individual’s secrets to everlasting musical youth.” – Henry Wagons

Check out Henry’s radio programme with guest Neil Finn (Neil appears part-way through) at DoubleJ.

Available for the next five days only.

Goin’ Your Way wins an Aria Award

Congratulations from the team to Neil Finn and Paul Kelly for their win at the 2014 Aria Awards: Best Adult Contemporary Album for Goin’ Your Way .
More information about the awards here.
Listen to Goin’ Your Way here and view the original webcast on the Videos page.
Scroll down this page to see their performance from the Arias.

Matt Fell talks about Temple of Low Men

Australian record producer Matt Fell (Tim Freedman, John Williamson) joins host Jeremy Dylan for a breathless exploration of Temple of Low Men by Crowded House.

Along the way, they break down classic tracks I Feel Possessed, Into Temptation, Sister Madly, Better Be Home Soon, Kill Eye and When You Come, delve into how Neil Finn’s lyrics can hit too close to home for some, the genius of producer Mitchell Froom, the underplaying of Nick Seymour and Paul Hester and why Neil Finn is a funk-soul brother. Listen here.

You can hear Neil himself talking about some of his favourite albums in Jeremy Dylan’s podcasts here.

Into The Sunset – video (live in Auckland, 2014)

From Neil’s Dizzy Heights concert at The Powerstation in Auckland, 20th September 2014, here’s “Into The Sunset” from his 2001 album One Nil (released as One All in the US and Canada.)

See more videos from this tour and throughout Neil’s career on the Videos page.

Mick Ronson gets a curve ball from Eddie Rayner

Filmed on Super 8 during Split Enz world tour in 1982.

Pony Ride – live video

From Neil Finn’s Dizzy Heights Tour of the US earlier this year, here’s “Pony Ride”.

See many more videos from throughout Neil’s career on the Videos page.

Dave Dobbyn with Neil Finn, Tim Finn & Emma Paki in Concert, 1994

We’ve been wanting to share this television special with you for a while. In 1994, one of NZ’s most treasured songwriters and performers, Dave Dobbyn, teamed with guests Neil Finn, Tim Finn and Emma Paki for a live presentation of his album Twist. The album was produced by Neil and is a true New Zealand classic.
Thanks to NZ On Screen for bringing this out of the archives. It’s divided into five clips.

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WA Today interview

Read Candice Barnes’ interview with Neil Finn, ahead of his solo show at Margaret River, WA Australia in November.
“Margaret River gig to be Neil Finn’s last ‘for a long time'”.

Aria Awards Nomination

Goin’ Your Way, the live album by Neil Finn and Paul Kelly, is a nominee in the Best Adult Contemporary Album category in the Aria Awards 2014. You can listen to the 2 disc CD on our Albums/Other page and view the show as originally broadcast live on the Videos page.