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Dear Friend,

Welcome back.

The “grittiest compilation”, before the ink has dried, before the T's have been discussed or style has been thrust - messy, erroneous, breathtaking - the Open Voices way.

For those who want to go a little deeper…

Dear Friend,

This song and sequence assembled during rehearsals and the leadup to concert day is a compelling and complicated mantra that speaks of revolution and a sense of permanence (or…

(Andy Rush and David Francey, rehearsing Time for the Wicked to Rest, Cookes-Portsmouth United Church)

My Friend,

Working on this beautiful story about wonderful people who spread joy through music and singing has been a gift and a challenge.

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It was 1:50am. I couldn’t sleep. My mind ventured from one idea to the next. Subsumed by restlessness, I wandered downstairs to the couch. It was there, on the coffee table, where I had left it earlier in the evening.

Greetings!

After we lost Mary’s cousin Leng in February of last year, and then my father in May, I needed to take some time; the last half of 2024 was reflective and motionless. There was a break in most of…

Setting: Warkworth Music Fest 2024

Act: Aeroforce

Day: Saturday

Time: Evening

Sometimes you just get lost in it.

Riding the wave of music, performance, people, love, good vibes, dancing, singing, enjoying, tasty food, laughter, friendship.

I listened to Aerosmith alot…

This song did something to me.

Mostly, I think, because Ozzy is still so impressive.

The guitar licks are sooooo good and fun. His voice is historically characteristic and soothing.

Is he more distinguished?

Does love break us down?

This

I had never heard of TikTok prior to a friend mentioning it in 2020. Having taken a break from social media in 2019, it was only when a pandemic was declared that I hopped back on, sparingly, to see what…

(filming of music video Only Love - Fall 2023)

I haven’t been ready to write this post. Some of you will understand. It involves you, and me, and a section of the eighties, early nineties.

And. Well.

Let’s ease into…

Love was in the air.

But it was more than that.

Way. More.

A ‘pausing’ kind of more-than-that.

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