The band plays on

Hi there,

The warm glow of U.K, Irish and European shows is still upon us and we are gathering charms and charge for a long overdue tour of the U.S and Canada. I feel blessed to have the band sounding so good and to have the joy of hearing you sing with us. I really missed it, music is magic and it makes me so hopeful.

There are many new songs in the works, one of which we played a few times on tour, "Some Greater Plan”. It was a song that Tim and I wrote inspired by our dad’s war diaries in which he described the night he walked into a ballroom in Florence with a hot jazz band playing and saw a beautiful girl across the room. “She was out of my league,” he wrote, but there began a heady romance for the best boy rider in Te Rore. It was a moment that gave dad a sense of hope and possibility at a time when the world seemed very dark….. we could all surely use some of those moments right now.

I’m not sure what will happen in the world but I know that music is more important than ever and there’s no end to what might be possible.

We gave up on the world somehow
But now we start believing
And all that we can do
Is fill the room
With a song of love
Sing it if you want
To feel a part of some greater plan

Thanks for staying with us, it’s good to have you along.

Neil

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