This week’s featured song:
Queensland isn’t the enemy. It’s the future.
Queensland
Category Archives: Northcote Country Soul
Tullamarine (Reprise)
The ‘Tullamarine’ tag which closed Northcote Country Soul.
Dear John
This song didn’t fit in Northcote Country Soul at all – it’s almost totally humourless (which some might say made it a natural fit!) – but I had to put it in there. I can’t really explain it for those … Continue reading
One More Time
The long-lost other track (apart from “Senseless”) performed by the gorgeous 5 Wayz from Gippsland in Victoria. This was part of Northcote Country Soul. Don’t ever play it… or read the words. Hit ‘Back’ now before it’s too late. Sweet … Continue reading
Churlish
Part of Northcote Country Soul. My mother’s heart was big and strong my father’s heart was true my sisters were delightful in the childhood that I knew and I never had to go without or sleep out in the rain … Continue reading
The Book
Hallelujah! This song may make absolutely no sense to you whatsoever; it barely makes sense to me. It’s the second song from Northcote Country Soul, and introduces the theme that ran like a very very very tenuous thread through that … Continue reading
Tullamarine
This had actually been sitting around for a year or so, but it always seemed like the opening song of a show, for obvious reasons. It opened Northcote Country Soul, which was largely a show about Melbourne, Australia. (Tullamarine is … Continue reading
Over The River
There’s a cultural faultline that runs through Melbourne’s arts community, and it neatly divides the north and the south. If you were visiting from overseas, then the two areas you’d be pointed towards – perhaps erroneously, as they’ve both largely … Continue reading
Squeegee
I live near the corner of Hoddle and Johnston now. Weird, eh? This one ended up early in the running order of Northcote Country Soul. On the corner of Hoddle and Johnston That’s when your eyes first met mine With … Continue reading
The Big Banana
This was probably the best song on the first album, and it was one of those ones that comes out all of a piece; you’re writing it and you’re interested to get to the next verse because you want to … Continue reading
Endear (And I Do)
Television presenter Indira Naidoo started on the ABC, switched to SBS, disappeared completely, turned up back on the ABC again… honestly, who can keep track? This was written after the first switcheroo, and was really just an excuse to yodel … Continue reading